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Review: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - January 21, 2025
With JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, Jocelyn Bioh pulls off a challenging theatrical feat: She makes a slice-of-life play consistently engaging and entertaining. Set in Harlem at a hair salon of the same name, JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING follows a group of West African immigrant women working there —...
Review: JEKYLL & HYDE IN CONCERT at BrightSide Theatre
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - January 19, 2025
This is the moment – when Dr. Henry Jekyll decides to try an experiment. Jekyll and Hyde in Concert is the newest production from BrightSide Theatre. ...
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?...
Past Shows
Into The Woods
4/24 - 4/26/2020
The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family and the choices we make....
Arsenic and Old Lace
2/7 - 2/8/2020
Joseph Kesselring Southeastern Illinois College...
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
11/22 - 11/24/2019
All of your favorite peanut characters come to life in the this stage production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". When Charlie Brown complains about the ...
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
10/4 - 10/6/2019
A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...
ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
6/28 - 6/30/2019
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 ...
ELTON JOHN AND TIM RICE'S AIDA
4/26 - 4/28/2019
Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA is a contemporary musical take on a grand classic tale of the timeless bond between an enslaved Nubian princess ...
The Boys Next Door
2/8 - 2/9/2019
Tom Griffin Southeastern Illinois College...
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
10/12 - 10/13/2018
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny ...
MADAGASCAR JR
7/13 - 7/15/2018
Take a journey out of the zoo and onto the stage with your favorite crack-a-lackin' friends from the blockbuster DreamWorks film....
TARZAN
6/30 - 7/1/2018
Tarzan swings its way onto the Arizona Broadway Theatre stage with technical and lighting wizardry galore! With music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning composer Phil ...
THE PRODUCERS
4/20 - 4/22/2018
The Producers is a hilarious musical creation of Mel Brooks, a comedic mastermind. Brooks wears multiple hats for this production, acting as composer, lyricist, and ...
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET THE MUSICAL
12/1 - 12/3/2017
Kris Kringle takes on the cynics among us in this musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite. In his inimitable style, Meredith Willson, the author ...
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
10/6 - 10/7/2017
This award-winning musical teaches history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, instructing a whole new generation to “Do the Circulation,” “Unpack Your ...
MY FAIR LADY
4/21 - 4/23/2017
White Christmas
12/2 - 12/4/2016
The holidays, homecoming time — and for many, that means a WHITE CHRISTMAS. The all-time number-one pop song and most-recorded tune in history inspired first ...
White Christmas
12/2 - 12/4/2016
The holidays, homecoming time — and for many, that means a WHITE CHRISTMAS. The all-time number-one pop song and most-recorded tune in history inspired first ...
HONK!
7/24 - 7/26/2015
Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point ...
The Addams Family
4/24 - 4/26/2015
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
10/17 - 10/19/2014
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television ...
GODSPELL-2012 REVISED VERSION
10/18 - 10/20/2013
Godspell book by John-Michael Tebelak music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz conceived & originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak based on The Gospel According to St. ...
ANNIE JR
7/19 - 7/21/2013
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 ...
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
4/26 - 4/28/2013
In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in ...
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
10/12 - 10/14/2012
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that ...
Once Upon a Mattress
4/27 - 4/29/2012
If you thought you knew the story of 'The Princess and The Pea,' you may be in for a walloping surprise! Did you know, for ...
Videos
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Fun Home
Porchlight Music Theatre (1/16 - 3/2) | |
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Revival: A Tribute to The 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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UPTOWN
The Center for Performing Arts (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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Markus Birdman: We Are All In The Gutter...
Cambridge Junction (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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LES 10 COMMANDEMENTS
ZENITH DE TOULON (3/1 - 3/1) | |
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Bob Marley's Three Little Birds
Greenhouse Theater Center (2/8 - 3/2) | |
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Salonen Conducts Bluebeard's Castle
Chicago Symphony Center (2/6 - 2/8) | |
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live
The Chicago Theatre (4/15 - 4/15) | |
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Journeyman: A Tribute to Eric Clapton
Raue Center For The Arts (3/22 - 3/22) | |
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