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Melodrama—in the door-slamming, confession-spilling, emoting-to-the-rafters sense—is never really in short supply around Chicago’s storefront theater scene. But literal melodrama—narrative musical accompaniment to nonmusical scenes—is a rare treat in an industry that increasingly leans on tracks for everything from comedy sketches to full-scale musicals. So you’ve got to hand it to writer/director Cody Lee Walker and his 75-minute one-act silly Halloween spook ʼem, which features mood-setting piano noodling from music director Kimi Arquines all throughout its mansion mischief. In
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Melodrama—in the door-slamming, confession-spilling, emoting-to-the-rafters sense—is never really in short supply around Chicago’s storefront theater scene. But literal melodrama—narrative musical accompaniment to nonmusical scenes—is a rare treat in an industry that increasingly leans on tracks for everything from comedy sketches to full-scale musicals. So you’ve got to hand it to writer/director Cody Lee Walker and his 75-minute one-act silly Halloween spook ʼem, which features mood-setting piano noodling from music director Kimi Arquines all throughout its mansion mischief. In
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