Top 5 Musicals of 2012 “The Mikado,” The Hypocrites “A Little Night Music,” Writers’ Theatre “Beauty and the Beast,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater “The Other Cinderella,” Black Ensemble Theater “James Joyce’s ‘The Dead,'” Court Theatre —Johnny Oleksinski
Top 5 Horror Shows of 2012 “Anna, in the Darkness,” Dream Theatre Company “Pontypool,” Strawdog Theatre Company “The Gacy Play,” Sideshow Theatre Company “Kill Me,” WildClaw Theatre “Boobs of the Dead: A Walking Dead Burlesque,” Gorilla Tango Burlesque —Zach Freeman
Top 5 Most Talked-About Productions of 2012 “The Iceman Cometh,” Goodman Theatre “Angels in America,” Court Theatre “Sunday in the Park with George,” Chicago Shakespeare “A Little Night Music,” Writers’ Theatre “Good People,” Steppenwolf Theatre —John J. Accrocco
Top 5 Performances by an Actress in 2012 Mariann Mayberry, “Good People,” Steppenwolf Theatre Dael Orlandersmith, “Black N Blue Boys/Broken Men,” Goodman Theatre Hollis Resnik, “Angels In America,” Court Theatre Tiffany Scott, “A Little Night Music,” Writers’ Theatre Kate Harris, “Sweet and Sad,” Profiles Theatre —Johnny Oleksinski
Top 5 Performances by an Actor in 2012 Dean Evans, “Honeybuns,” Collaboraction André De Shields, “Camino Real,” Goodman Theatre Larry Yando, “Hamlet” Writers’ Theatre Manny Buckley, “Hit The Wall,” The Inconvenience Ron Wells, “The Quality of Life,” The Den Theatre —Johnny Oleksinski
Top 5 New Plays of 2012 “Hit The Wall,” The Inconvenience “We Are Proud To Present A Presentation…,” Victory Gardens Theater “Dirty,” The Gift Theatre “Black N Blue Boys/Broken Men,” Goodman Theatre “Pink Milk,” Chicago Fringe Festival —Johnny Oleksinski
Top 5 Directors of 2012 Halena Kays, “6 Characters in Search of An Author,” The Hypocrites Robert Falls, “The Iceman Cometh,” Goodman Theatre Sean Graney, “The Mikado,” The Hypocrites Chay Yew, “Oedipus el Rey,” Victory Gardens Theater Eric Hoff, “Hit The Wall,” The Inconvenience —Johnny Oleksinski
Top 5 Places to Take a Dance Class in 2012 American Rhythm Center Old Town School of Folk Music Joel Hall Dance Center Lou Conte Dance Studio Joffrey Ballet School —Sharon Hoyer
Top 5 Shakespeare Productions of 2012 “Being Shakespeare,” Simon Callow, Chicago Shakespeare Theater “Timon of Athens,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater “Hamlet,” Writers’ Theatre “Merchant of Venice,” First Folio —Dennis Polkow
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