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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. ...

Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Goodman Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - October 15, 2024

Namir Smallwood’s performance as Kenneth is a real testament to his superb abilities as a performer and the intimacy of PRIMARY TRUST becomes more profoundly emotional thanks to him. ...

Review: Siegfried Tieber at THE MAGIC PARLOUR


by Rachel Weinberg - October 14, 2024

Magician Siegfried Tieber’s sparkling, genuine charm is every bit as magical as his tricks in his special engagement at THE MAGIC PARLOUR....

Review: AN ACT OF GOD at Copley Theatre, Aurora IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - October 10, 2024

A question from Archangel Michael to God. The newest production in the BOLD Series at the intimate Copley Theatre in Aurora is An Act of God. Alex Weisman, in his bravura Paramount Copley debut as God, delivers each of the revised Ten Commandments to the audience in a way they do not expect. Sarcasm...

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD National Tour Premiere


by Rachel Weinberg - September 27, 2024

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is three hours of nostalgia-fueled, utterly captivating theater...with heaps of stage magic. The Chicago engagement marks the national tour debut of the eighth installment in J.K. Rowling’s HARRY POTTER series....

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at The Home Creative Co.


by Zac Thriffiley - September 25, 2024

Despite some moving performances from the supporting cast, seasoned fans of and newcomers to THE OUTSIDERS may be underwhelmed by a production whose various elements leave it struggling to “stay golden.”...

Past Shows

CABARET (1998 Version)
2/14 - 2/23/2020


In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget ...

[title of show]
9/30 - 10/1/2017


An original musical based on the lives of four people and a musical they create. This production about "two guys writing a musical about two ...

The Light in the Piazza
4/27 - 4/30/2017


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Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) Tracker
The Little Mermaid in Chicago The Little Mermaid
Drury Lane Theatre (11/6 - 1/12) Tracker
Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago Million Dollar Quartet
Paramount's Stolp Island Theatre (9/15 - 12/29) Tracker
DREAMGIRLS in Chicago DREAMGIRLS
The Seven Thirty Theatre (12/6 - 12/7) Tracker
Orphans in Chicago Orphans
Parker Players Theater Company (10/25 - 11/10) Tracker
My Kind of Christmas in Chicago My Kind of Christmas
Palos Village Players (11/15 - 11/23)

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Leroy and Lucy in Chicago Leroy and Lucy
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (10/24 - 12/15) Tracker
Mercy Killing in Chicago Mercy Killing
Open Space Arts (11/1 - 11/17)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus in Chicago Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Greenhouse Theater Center (11/23 - 12/22)
Jefferey Cooke - My Christmas Spectacular 2024! in Chicago Jefferey Cooke - My Christmas Spectacular 2024!
Venus Cabaret Theater @ Mercury Theater Chicago (11/30 - 11/30)
Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Chicago Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Chicago Symphony Center (11/25 - 11/25)
The Wedding Singer in Chicago The Wedding Singer
Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center (5/3 - 5/18)
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