The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Chicago.
HIGHWAY PATROL has refreshing bravery and honesty; it’s an intriguing exploration of online identity and the connections that might be found, or that we seek to find, on our social media profiles and in our DMs.
It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely.
Teatro ZinZanni is back inside the spiegeltent nestled on the fourteenth floor of the Cambria Hotel on Randolph to delight audiences with its latest edition: LOVE, CHAOS, AND DINNER.
What did our critic think of SHREK THE MUSICAL at Music Theater Works?
Northlight Theatre's DIAL M FOR MURDER is a breathtaking, pulse-pounding, and even mordantly witty production that has already been extended through January 7 due to popular demand.
Betty Boop is making her stage debut.
As sweet as a slice of cheesecake and as spicy as a raunchy joke shared between friends, THE GOLDEN GIRLS SAVE XMAS is a delightfully queer comedy that celebrates friends and family with holiday cheer.
It’s a “brand new day” for THE WIZ with new material from Amber Ruffin in this Broadway-bound engagement, but the production is well-trod territory.
What did our critic think of A CHIRSTMAS CAROL at The Goodman Theatre?
Few dramatic adaptations of A Christmas Carol manage to convey the magic, the emotional power, and—yes—the terror of Dickens’s original as effectively and impactfully as Manual Cinema’s version, now playing at Writers Theatre in Glencoe through December 24th.
What did our critic think of EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS IS A GIFT at Studebaker Theater?
There are not enough words to describe Paramount Theatre’s current production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which is based on the book by Roald Dahl.
The new production at Drury Lane Theatre is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
These days, truth is elusive — and Timeline Theatre’s THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT plays with that idea.
The current production at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is Beautiful, the Carole King Musical.
This is a fun, female-driven farce.
What did our critic think of BEETLEJUICE IS THE GHOST WITH THE MOST at Auditorium Theatre?
Although it debuted off-Broadway more than thirty years ago, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s ASSASSINS remains a thrilling, bone chilling, brilliant, and immensely taut musical.
This COMPANY is a touching portrait of one woman’s attempts to connect with her friends amid a bustling New York City, simultaneously a connecting and isolating place.
If you like good old-fashioned magic, sleight of hand, and mind-reading tricks, Dennis Watkins’s THE MAGIC PARLOUR is the ticket.
?This is the premise of Brigadoon, the current production by Music Theater Works at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.
What did our critic think of BRIGADOON at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts?
Mercury’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a Halloween treat with many classic musical comedy tricks.
World premiere musical A WONDERFUL WORLD has a wonderful lead in James Monrie Iglehart as Louis Armstrong.
What did our critic think of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Copley Theatre?
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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Lucy's Comedy Raue Center For The Arts (11/13-11/13) |
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It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Theatre At The Center (12/09-12/20) |
