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    Chicago theater for fall 2022: Our top 10 includes ‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘The Notebook’

    by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Sep 07, 2022 5 minutes
    The entrance to the Spiegeltent at the Cambria Hotel in downtown Chicago on July 17, 2019.

    CHICAGO — The total number of theater shows on offer in Chicago has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. But the lists of coming attractions still contain some appealing offerings of all stripes. Here’s a selection of 10 shows, all with Chicago origins and involving Chicago artists, that look to have particular promise this fall. Hope you’ll find one (or more) that tempts you to venture out of the house.

    “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” Theo Ubique Theatre: The venerable Evanston musical company celebrates its 25th anniversary this fall and the celebration includes an intimate revival of the deliciously wacky 1978 Broadway musical comedy (book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson with music and lyrics by Carol Hall). “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” is based on the notorious Chicken Ranch brothel and widely beloved for such campy signature numbers as “Hard.

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