BWW Chicago Critics' Favs of 2015

The Broadway World Chicago team of critics looks back on the 2015 theater season for what we were most thankful for. Here's our list:

1. BLOOD BROTHERS, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
2. THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Mercury Theater
3. VANYA AND SASHA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, Goodman Theatre
4. BETTE, LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL BATHS, Hell in a Handbag Productions
5. AMERICAN IDIOT, The Hypocrites

-Misha Davenport

1. RIDE THE CYCLONE, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
2. OCTOBER SKY, Mariott Theatre
3. SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, Porchlight Theatre
4. SHINING LIVES, Northlight Theatre
5. MELANCHOLY PLAY, Piven Theatre Workshop

-Patrick O'Brien

1. CAROUSEL, Lyric Opera of Chicago
2. DOMESTICATED, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
3. THE FULL MONTY, Kokandy Productions
4. MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, Theater Wit
5. THE TEMPEST, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

-M. William Panek

1. THE TEMPEST, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
2. THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE, Theater Wit
3. BILLY ELLIOT, Drury Lane Theatre
4. DOGFIGHT, BoHo Theatre
5. BEACHES, Drury Lane Theatre

-Elee Schrock

1. CAROUSEL, Lyric Opera of Chicago
2. SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, Porchlight Theatre
3. SIDESHOW, Porchlight Theatre
4. SOUTH PACIFIC, Light Opera Works
5. BILLY ELLIOT, Drury Lane Theatre

-Paul Thompson

1. ON YOUR FEET!, Broadway In Chicago Pre-Broadway World Premiere
2. DISGRACED, Goodman Theatre
3. THE TEMPEST, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
4. GRAND CONCOURSE, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
5. BAD JEWS, Theater Wit

-Rachel Weinberg

Comment below and we hope to see you at the Broadway World Chicago Awards Celebration Saturday, Jan. 16th at 7 p.m. at The Call, 1547 W. Bryn Mawr where we'll crown your favorites!