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Review: SHUCKED National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - January 09, 2025
SHUCKED is a corny musical...in the best way possible. Book writer Robert Horn and composer team Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally’s lyrics are chock-full (or should I say husk-full?) of puns, double entendres, and cringey punchlines. I was grinning ear-to-ear (of corn). SHUCKED is joyful, creative, a...
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - December 23, 2024
This story is definitely geared to young females. They do identify with it. It was apparent in the audience. It is about respecting yourself but also treating each other with respect. Believe in yourself. Have faith in others but ultimately, have faith in yourself. We all need to remember these impo...
Review: TEATRO ZINZANNI at Cambria Hotel
by Rachel Weinberg - December 12, 2024
TEATRO ZINZANNI is still kicking it in the indoor Spiegeltent Zazou nestled on the fourteenth floor of the Cambria Hotel in the Loop. It’s still a reliably entertaining variety show, and this particular edition includes many returning performers....
& JULIET National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - December 05, 2024
& JULIET is an unserious jukebox musical that’s deeply serious about its commitment to fun....
Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 24, 2024
This is the crucial moment in the current childrens’ theatre production at Marriott Lincolnshire of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical, Cinderella. The cast of ten, under the direction of Laura Rook, brings delight and joy to the littlest members of the audience, many of the girls dressed as ...
Review: FALSETTOS presented by Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - November 25, 2024
FALSETTOS, originally written as two-one act musicals set in 1979 and 1981, respectively, feels simultaneously dated and prescient. In this co-production from Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company, director Nick Bowling leads a first-rate ensemble that preserves the musical as a period piece bu...
Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at Theo Ubique
by Misha Davenport - November 22, 2024
What did our critic think of THE SECRET GARDEN at Theo Ubique?...
Review: FROZEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 10, 2024
What did our critic think of FROZEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?...
Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 07, 2024
Read our review of WHITE CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre....
Review: LEROY AND LUCY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - November 04, 2024
In Ngozi Anyanwu’s LEROY AND LUCY, two strangers meet at a crossroads in Mississippi...and not much happens. Based upon the myth of Robert Johnson, who supposedly sold his soul to the devil to make it as a blues musician, the play finds Leroy (Jon Michael Hill) and Lucy (Brittany Bradford) in a limi...
Past Shows
Shrek The Musical Jr
11/17 - 11/19/2022
Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. It's ...
Disney's Newsies Jr.
8/19
Disney's Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys ...
Disney's Descendants
8/4 - 8/6/2022
Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs ...
Disney's Frozen Kids
7/23
Designed for elementary school students, Frozen KIDS is a 30-minute adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, which was based on the 2013 Walt Disney Animation ...
The Wizard of Oz
1/9 - 3/21/2020
Every Saturday (Jan. 9 - MARCH 21), three groups of students will meet over several weeks to study the fundamentals of musical theatre performance and ...
Seussical Kids
12/3 - 12/24/2019
"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper!...
ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
8/2 - 8/4/2019
A joyous girl power romp! This is the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to ...
LEGALLY BLONDE
6/27 - 6/30/2019
Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority girl known for her love of pink and all things fashion, isn't taken seriously. But when her boyfriend Warner dumps ...
MARY POPPINS JR
6/15
One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical! Mary Poppins ...
G2K Cinderella
4/12 - 4/14/2019
The 'G2K' Getting To Know Series: Uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers. The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the ...
ANNIE KIDS
12/12
Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little ...
ELF-THE MUSICAL JR.
12/7 - 12/8/2018
A title known the world over, Elf The Musical JR. is a must-produce holiday musical that can easily become an annual tradition for any theatre. ...
DISNEY'S THE LION KING JR
8/3 - 8/5/2018
The African savannah comes to life with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and ...
Disney Channel's 2006 smash hit movie musical comes to life! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, ...
Celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the world’s most beloved children's authors - Roald Dahl - with a fantastical tale of a boy, his ...
PETER PAN JR
4/28
Wendy Darling loves to tell stories to her brothers, Michael and John. But when her father announces she must move out of the nursery, Peter ...
The jungle is jumpin? with jazz is this exciting Disney classic! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through ...
In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents, Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil ...
DISNEY'S ALADDIN JR
12/9
Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! All of your favorite characters are here ...
SEUSSICAL
8/12 - 8/14/2016
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and promote excitement in reading and literature with Seussical! This whimsical musical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss and ...
LES MISERABLES
6/26 - 6/28/2015
Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Misérables, with glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery ...
LES MISERABLES SCHOOL EDITION
6/26 - 6/28/2015
The legendary Broadway musical has been specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers. This author-approved, PG-rated edition has been abridged to a running ...
ANNIE KIDS
6/13
Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little ...
HAIRSPRAY JR
8/9
Good morning, Baltimore! It's 1962, and spunky plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has one big dream -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When ...
SHREK
8/9 - 8/11/2013
SHREK THE MUSICAL , based on the Oscar ® winningDreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story ofeveryone's favorite ogre to dazzling new ...
101 DALMATION KIDS is the familiar tale of kidnappers, puppies, and villains. In a loving home in the city of London, human owners Robert and ...
SEUSSICAL JR
6/22
A delight for children to perform, SEUSSICAL is now one of the most-performed shows in America! In this fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza, Tony winners Lynn ...
Welcome to the marketplace of Agrabah, where we're about to begin the fantastic tale of the street rat who became a prince! Disney's ALADDIN KIDS ...
Videos
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Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) | |
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Revival Brothers Band: Tribute to Allman Brothers Band
Raue Center For The Arts (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Fool for Love
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1/30 - 3/16) | |
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Pretty Woman (Non-Equity)
Peoria Civic Center (2/18 - 2/19) | |
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Je''Caryous Johnson''s Games Women Play
Arie Crown Theater (5/10 - 5/10) | |
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Avaaz
Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier (1/21 - 2/9) | |
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Twelve Angry Jurors
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy (2/14 - 2/16) | |
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Journey to the Past: A Blank Cabaret Fundraiser
The Newport Theater (3/10 - 3/10) | |
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Insidious: The Further You Fear
Old National Centre (2/2 - 2/2) | |
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CELESTIAL COUNTERPOINT: Songs Among the Stars
SIUE Dunham Hall Theater (1/22 - 1/22) | |
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