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Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 24, 2024

What did our critic think of RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL? ...

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...

Review: BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE at The Second City E.t.c.


by Rachel Weinberg - October 31, 2024

The Second City’s latest e.t.c. revue BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE wants to remind audiences that life is a cabaret, old chum. While some Second City revue themes hang together better than others, BEST KEPT SECRET slyly pays homage to the classic Kander and Ebb musical CABARET and the general ide...

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts, Skokie, IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - October 26, 2024

What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts, Skokie, IL?...

Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT National Tour Present by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - October 24, 2024

SOME LIKE IT HOT brings old-fashioned musical comedy, hijinks, and a ton of superbly executed tap dancing to the stage. ...

Review: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - October 20, 2024

What did our critic think of BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA at BrightSide Theatre? ...

Review: ATONEMENT Astounds at The Joffrey Ballet


by Kathleen Anwar - October 20, 2024

What did our critic think of ATONEMENT at The Joffrey Ballet? Read the review. ...

Past Shows

Home Calls: The Songs of Salzman and Cunningham


The Northwestern Musical Theatre Certificate Program of 2021 will present a new video album of Home Calls: The Songs of Salzman and Cunningham. Featuring songs ...

Visions and Voices, a Black Playwrights’ Reading Series


The Black Playwrights Reading Series presented by the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and features first year Master of Fine Arts directing students and ...

The Glass Menagerie
"The Glass Menagerie"
1/8 - 1/10/2021


This refreshing new take on Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie is told through the lens of a Chinese American family. Set in St. Louis in ...

Tomás and the Library Lady: An Imagine U Production


Toms and The Library Lady, directed by MFA Directing student Ismael Lara, Jr., tells the true story of a nine-year-old Toms Rivera, the son of ...

Wirtz Center Virtual Fall Season


Northwesterns Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts today announced its fall 2020 lineup of virtual offerings. The three-play series includes a reading of ...

Imagine U Storytime
Imagine U Storytime
10/25 - 11/8/2020


Familiar tales from long ago and student-created stories will debut Oct. 25 to Nov. 15 with the latest installment of Imagine U Storytime, the online ...

Videos


The Little Mermaid in Chicago The Little Mermaid
Drury Lane Theatre (11/6 - 1/12) Tracker
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical in Chicago Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) Tracker
Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago Million Dollar Quartet
Paramount's Stolp Island Theatre (9/15 - 12/29) Tracker
Leroy and Lucy in Chicago Leroy and Lucy
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (10/24 - 12/15) Tracker
DREAMGIRLS in Chicago DREAMGIRLS
The Seven Thirty Theatre (12/6 - 12/7) Tracker
Rosie and The Rivets in Chicago Rosie and The Rivets
The Center for Performing Arts (3/23 - 3/23)
Feels Like The First Time in Chicago Feels Like The First Time
Raue Center For The Arts (2/1 - 2/1)
Holidays a cappella in Chicago Holidays a cappella
Chicago a cappella (12/13 - 12/13)
Hadestown in Chicago Hadestown
CIBC Theater (5/6 - 5/18)
Black Violin: Full Circle Tour 2025 in Chicago Black Violin: Full Circle Tour 2025
McAninch Arts Center (4/27 - 4/27)
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