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Productions

A

Abigail's Party                                            Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Addams Family, The                                    After The Fall

After The Revolution                                   Ah, Wilderness!

Aida                                                           Ain't No Crying The Blues

Aladdin(G)                                                 Alegia

Alice in Wonderland(G)                               Aliens

All in Love is Fair                                       All My Sons

All's Well That Ends Well                               Almost an Evening

Altar Boyz                                                    Always...Patsy Cline

America: All Better                                        American Girl(G)

American Idiot                                       Ameriville

Amish Project, The                                       Analytical Engine, The

An American Story                                          Angel's In America

Anything Goes                                                Around the World in 80 Days (2008)

Art                                                                Assisted Living

As You Like It (2011)                                       Avenue Q(2008)

Ah, Wilderness!

B

Baker's Wife, The                                         Banana Shpeel

Barnum                                                           Becky Shaw

Behanding in Spokane, A                                   Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo

Big Fish                                                           Big Knife, The

Big Meal, The    Billy Connolly Live!

Billy Elliot                                                         Birthday Party, The

Black Watch                                                     Blithe Spirit

Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead Blood and Gifts

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson                           Body Awareness

Boneyard Prayer                                             Book of Mormon

Broadway Bound                                           Brigadoon

Bristol Renaissance Faire (2009)(G)                     Bristol Renaissance Faire (2011) (G)

Bristol Renaissance Faire (2012)(G)                  Brother Can You Spare Some Change?

Brother/Sister Plays                                           Bronx Tale, A

Bus Stop                                                           Busman's Honeymoon

Butcher of Baraboo, The                                   By The Way, Meet Vera Stark

C

Camelot                                                                Camino Real

Campaign Supernova or How many Democrats Does it Take to Lose an Election?

Can Can                         Candide(2008)

Candide(2010)    Carousel

Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking                                    Caretaker, The

Cascabel                                                               Catch Me If You Can

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof                                               Cavalia (G)

C'est La Vie                                                             Changes of Heart

Chesapeak                                             Chess

Chicago (2009)                                                        Chicago (2011)

Chinglish                                                              Chorus Line,A (2009)

Christmas Carol, A (2010) (G)                                Christmas Carol (2011 G)

Circle Mirror Transformation                                  Cirque Du Soliel (2008)(G)

Cirque Du Soleil -Ova (G)(2011)                               Cirque Du Soliel Dralion (2012)(G)

Cirque Eloize(G)                                                       Cirque Shanghai (2008)(G)

Cirque Shanghai (2009)(G)                                          Cirque Shanghai (2010)(G)

Cirque Shanghai (2011) (G) Cirque Shanghai (2012)(G)

Cirque Shanghai (2013) (G) City and the City, The

Clybourne Park Cole Porter Songbook, A

Collection, The

Columbinus Comedy of Errors, The (2009)

Comedy Of Errors, The (2010) Come Fly Away

Company Completeness

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West Crazy for Yo u

Creditors Cripple of Inishmaan,The

Critic, The                                                                  Crowns

Crowd You're in with, The                              Cyrano de Bergerac(2009)

D

Dead Man's Cellphone

Death of a Salesman

Detective's Wife, The

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Disconnect

Disgraced

Don't Dress For Dinner

Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Sole Christmas(G)

Dreamgirls(2012)Marriott

Dream of the Burning Boy, The

Drood

Dancing Queen

Death and Harry Houdini

Detroit

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Distracted

Do The Hustle

Doyle and Debbie Show, The

Drowsy Chaperone(2008)

Dublin Carol

E

Eastland Eclisped

Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward II, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer

Elephant and the Whale, The (G)

Elizabeth Rex Endgame

Enron Equivocation

Escanaba in Love Ethan Frome

Everything is Illuminated Evita

                                                F

Farnsworth Invention, The                                        Feast, The

Fela                                                                        Feydeau-si-deau

Fiddler on the Roof(G)                                               Fifty Words
                                                   Follies                                                                       For the Boys

Forbidden Broadway Christmas, A                        42nd Street

Four of Us, The                                                      Fox on The Fairway The

Freud's Last Session

From Doo Wop to Hip Hop Front Page, The

Frost/Nixon                                                               F***king A

Fuerza Bruta                                                              Funk it up About Nothin'(2008)

Funk It up About Nothin'(2011)

G

Gas For Less Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ghostwritten Gigi

Girl in the Yellow Dress, The Glass Managerie, The

Goat, The God of Carnage

Good Negro, The Good People

Gospel According to James, The Graceland

Grease                                                          Great American Trailer Park Musical

Great Falls                                                     Gutenberg! The Musical!

Guys and Dolls (2011-Marriott)                       Guys and Dolls (2011-Theater at the Center)

Gypsy

H

Hair Hairspray (2012)

Hamlet(Canada 2008) Hamlet (2012)

Hairy Ape Hay Fever

Head of Passes Heartbreak House

Heat Wave Hedda Gabler

Hellcab Henry IV: The Making of a King

Henry VIII Hero

Hesperia Hesphaestus (G-2010)

High Holidays History Boys, The

H.M.S. Pinafore

Homecoming,The Hot l Baltimore

House With No Walls Hughie(Canada-08)

Hughie (Goodman-10) Hunchback

I

Iceman Cometh, The

I Do! I Do! Iliad, An (2011)

Iliad,the (2010) Illegal Use of Hands

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change(2008)

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change(2013) Immediate Family

Importance of Being Earnest, The(2009-Canada)

Importance of Being Earnest, The (2010- Remy Bumppo)

In a Dark House In The Company of Men

In A Forest, Dark and Deep In The Next Room

Invisible Man Iolanthe

Iphigenia 2.0 Irving Berlin's White Christmas (G 2011)

Ishara Puppet Theatre

It's A Wonderful Life(G)(2008) It's A Wonderful Life (G)(2010-St. Charles)

It's A Wonderful Life (G)(ABT) Itsoseng

J

Jackie Wilson Story, The

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Jailbait James Joyce's 'The Dead'

Jazz Jeff Awards

Jekyll and Hyde

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2011)(G)

Jubilee! Julius Caesar (Stratford 2007)

Julius Caesar(Chgo Shakespeare2013)

K

Kid from Brooklyn:The Danny Kaye Musical

Kid Sister Killer Joe

Kinky Boots K of D,The, An Urban Legend

Kiss Me Kate Kooza

Krapp's Last Tape (Canada) Krapp's Last Tape(2010)

L

Lady's Not For Burning,The

Last Act of Lilka Kadison, The Laughter on the 23rd Floor

La Soiree Leaving Iowa

Legally Blonde(Broadway in Chgo 2009) Legally Blonde (Marriott 2012)

Let Them Eat Chaos Letters, The

Liaisons Dangereuses, Les Liar, The

Light in the Piazza

Little Dog Laughed, The Little Foxes, The

Little Night Music, A Little Shop of Horrors

Long Red Road, The Louis Slotin Sonata

Lover,The Love's Labour's Lost

M

Madagascar Madness of George III, The

Maestro Magnificents, The

Mamma Mia!(Sept. 2008)                               Mamma Mia!(2010)

Man of LaMancha                                               Man Who Came to Dinner, The

March, The                                                         Mariette in Ecstasy

Mark of Zorro. The                                             Married Alive

Marvin Gaye Story, The                                       Marvin's Room

Mary                                                                   Mary Poppins (G)(2009)

Mary Poppins (G) (2011)                                       Master Harold'... and the Boy s

Match

Measure for Measure                                         Megacosm

Meet John Doe                                                     Memory of Two Mondays, A

Memphis

Merchant of Venice, The(2011)                              Mercy Seat,The

Metal Children                                                       Metamorphoses

Michael Jackson, The Immortal World Tour          Middletown

Million Dollar Quartet                                          Million Dollar Quartet (Transferred)

Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker                             Misanthrope, The

Mistakes Were Made                                            Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

Motherf**ker with the Hat                                           Motherhood, The Musical

Moonstone, The                                          Mourning Becomes Electra

Movin' Out                                                        Murder for Two

Music Man, The(G)(2008-Canada)

Music Man(G) (2010)                                                Music Man(G) (2013)

My Brother's Keeper                                                   My Fair Lady (G) (08)

My Kind of Town                                                        My One and Only

N

New Electric Ballroom, The Next to Normal

Night and Day Nine

9 to 5 Nixon's Nixon

Noises Off No Country For Old White Men

North Plan, The Not Enough Air

Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Number of People

Nutcracker, The (G)(2007) Nutcracker(G)(Ballet)

O

Odd Couple, The(2010) The Odd Couple(2012)

Oedipus El Rey Oh Coward!

Oleanna Oliver(G)

On an Average Day 101 Dalmations (G)

Odradek Opponent, The

Orlando Othello: The Remix

Other Cinderella, The Other Desert Cities

Outgoing Tide,The Over The Tavern(G)

P

Pal Joey Parallelogram

Perfect Wedding, A Peter Pan (G)(Canada 2010)

Peter Pan (G) (2010-Lookingglass)

Peter Pan (G) (2011-Chgo. Tribune Freedom Center Now Riverfront Theater)

Pianist of Willesden, The

Piano Teacher, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The

Pirates of Penzance, The Pitmen Painters, The

Plaid Tidings Plaza Suite

Porgy and Bess Potted Potter

Price, The Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Pride and Prejudice Putting it Together

R

Race Radio City Christmas Rockettes(G)

Rain(2009) Rain (2011) Rain (2012)

Real Inspector Hound, The Real Thing, The

Reasons to Be Pretty Red

Red Herring Red Noses

Reefer Madness Rent(2009)

Rent(2012) Return To Haifa

Riverdance Rod Blagojevich Superstar!

Romeo and Juliet Royal Family, The

Rush Limbaugh! The Musical Russian on the Side

S

School For Lies, The Screwtape Letters, The

Seagull, The Season's Greetings

Sense and Sensibility

Sex, Love and the Second City Sex With Strangers

Shanghai Circus Extreme(G)(2011) She Loves Me

Shout!(G) Side by Side by Sondheim

Singin' In The Rain Sizwe Banzi is Dead

Sky's The Limit, The Sleeping Beauty (G)

Sleuth Smokey Joe's Cafe

Snapshots Soldier's Play, A

Some Enchanted Evening Sound of Music,The (G)

South Pacific(G) South Side of Heaven

Sunset Boulevard Spamalot

Speech & Debate(2008) Speech and Debate (2013)

Speed-The-Plow Spin

Spoiler alert: Everybody Dies Spring Awakening

Spring Green Festival Spunk

Standard Market Starting Here, Starting Now

State of the Union Stella & Lou

Still Alice Stones in His Pockets

Stoop Stories Strange Interlude

Stratford Shakespeare Festival (2009) Stella & Lou

Streetcar Named Desire, A Studs Terkle's Not Working

Stuffed and Unstrung Suicide, Inc.

Sweeney Todd(2008) Sweeney Todd(2011)

Sweet and Hot Sweet and Sad

Sweet Bird of Youth Sweet Charity

T

Talking It Over Taming of the Flu

Taming of the Shrew,The(2009) Taming of the Shrew(2010)

Taming of the Shrew(2011- WS) Taste of Honey, A

Teddy Ferrara Tempest, The (Canada-2010)

Ten Chimneys (Play 2012) Ten Chimneys - Wisconsin

They're Playing Our Song Third

Thirty-nine Steps, The(2012-Drury Lane) Thirty-three Variations

This This is How It Goes

Three Tall Women Three Sisters (2012)

Thugs, The Tigers Be Still

Time Stands Still {title of show}

To Master The Art Traces (G )

Travels With My Aunt(2009-Canada) Travels With My Aunt (2010-Writer's)

Tree Trinity River Plays, The

True History of the Johnston Flood, A

Trust Turn of The Screw, The (2012)

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee(2010) Twist of Water

U

Uncle Vanya

Unnecessary Farce Urine Town

V

VEGAS-The Show(G)

V is for Variety Voysey Inheritance, The

W

Walworth Farce, The Warhorse

Wasteland Watership Down

We Are Proud.... Weekend

Welcome to Arroyo's We're All in This Room Together

West Side Story(2011) Whale, The

When She Danced

Whipping Man, The White Noise

Who Do We Think We Are?                          Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Wild Duck, The                                                 Willy Wonka(G)

Wings                                                              Winter Pageant Redux (G)

Winter's Tale, A                                                 Wiz, The (G)

Woody Sez                                                         Working

X

Xanadu(2009) Xanadu(2012)

Y

Year Zero Yellow Moon

You Never Can Tell Young Frankenstein

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