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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

Little Bear Ridge Road
Little Bear Ridge Road
6/13 - 7/21/2024


Ensemble Member Laurie Metcalf comes home to Steppenwolf to star in Little Bear Ridge Road, a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by MacArthur ...

Purpose
Purpose
3/14 - 4/21/2024


For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there ...

No Man's Land
No Man's Land
7/13 - 8/20/2023


In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless ...

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