BWW Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE Brings New Life to a Classic at Lyric Opera
A boy and girl falling in love, a vengeful mother-in-law hunting an alleged kidnapper, and .
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BWW Review: PUMP BOYS & DINETTES at Porchlight Music Theatre
After the long pandemic hiatus, Porchlight Music Theatre returns to in-person productions with a feel-good staging of PUMP BOYS & DINETTES.
BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at The Broadway Playhouse
Is it a patchwork? Is it a cauldron? Is it a document that needs to abolish, essentially scrapped, and rewritten? It can be argued that The Constitution of the United States is any of these things.
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Cloran’s production cleverly unites Shakespeare’s text and the Beatles’ music to come together (pun intended) in a lively and original version of AS YOU LIKE IT.
BWW Review: AMERICAN MARIACHI at Goodman Theatre
AMERICAN MARIACHI is an enchanting celebration of female empowerment and mariachi music.
BWW Review: THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND Kicks off Season at The Marriott Theatre
From beginning to end, the five actors left it all on the stage as they sang, belted and tapped their way through numbers largely focused on love, loss, andhttps://cloudadmin.
BWW REVIEW: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theater Wit
It’s not just fitting that MR.
BWW Review: THE SIGNATURE SHOW Enchants Audiences at The Chicago Magic Lounge
The Chicago Magic Lounge is a true wonder-inducing experience featuring Chicago's own unique brand of magic.
BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Goodman Theatre
After such a long wait, it’s particularly magical to see this uproariously funny but also tender play that puts young Black women right at its center.
BWW Review: WHY DOGS DON'T TALK at First Folio Theatre
Why Dogs Don't Talk playfully turns the expression- and assumption- 'Man's Best Friend' on its head.
BWW Review: TEATRO ZINZANNI Presented by Broadway In Chicago
TEATRO ZINZANNI is unabashedly designed to entertain — and it’s at its best when it makes high-flying fun literal with the aerial acts on display.
BWW Review: I HATE IT HERE at Goodman Theatre
I didn't hate I HATE IT HERE.
BWW Review: DINGLEBERRIES at Interrobang Theatre Project
There's a lot of vulnerability that comes with creating art.
BWW Review: OHIO STATE MURDERS at Goodman Theatre
Director Tiffany Nichole Greene stages esteemed playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s OHIO STATE MURDERS with a cinematic twist in this second installment in Goodman Theatre’s Live Series.
BWW Review: TITANIC (SCENES FROM THE BRITISH WRECK COMMISSIONER'S INQUIRY, 1912) at Court Theatre
In TITANIC (SCENES FROM THE BRITISH WRECK COMMISSIONER’S INQUIRY, 1912), playwright Owen McCafferty poignantly dramatizes eyewitness accounts of the Titanic’s sinking.
BWW Review: Lyric Opera's THE NEW CLASSICS Free Streaming Concert
If you’re looking for something to help fill that show tunes void, look no further than Lyric Opera’s THE NEW CLASSICS streaming concert.
BWW Review: THE SOUND INSIDE at Goodman Theatre
Broadcast live from Goodman Theatre’s intimate Owen Theatre, THE SOUND INSIDE intrigues because of the twists and turns in Adam Rapp’s script, but also because it combines cinematic-quality streaming with the thrill of live theater.
BWW Review: THE LAST MATCH at Writers Theatre
THE LAST MATCH derives its greatest level of poignancy from the fact that it lays bare Tim and Sergei’s interior lives for the audiences.
BWW Review: GOODS at Artemisia Theatre
No talking about politics: this is the rule by which Marla and Sam abide.
BWW Review: Porchlight Music Theatre's NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1961
With NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1961, Porchlight Music Theatre has put together a program that will satisfy the cravings of those who desperately miss live musical theater.
BWW Review: Goodman Theatre's Encore of SMOKEFALL (2013)
It seems most fitting that Goodman Theatre's current encore streaming production of SMOKEFALL exists both in and out of time.
BWW Review: Goodman Theatre's Encore Streaming of PEDRO PARÁMO (2013)
Although I don’t often preface my reviews, I think this particular write-up deserves one.
BWW Review: Porchlight Music Theatre's BROADWAY BY THE DECADE
Porchlight's streaming program BROADWAY BY THE DECADE provides some much needed musical theater cheer in this unprecedented and challenging year for Chicago theater.
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Disney's The Little Mermaid The Performing Arts Center (7/18-8/02) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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Good People By David Lindsay-Abaire 4 Chairs Theatre (7/17-8/23) PHOTOS |
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RCSA presents Hadestown: Teen Edition Raue Center For The Arts (7/10-7/18) |
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Pete the Cat North Shore Center for the Performing Arts - North Theatre (11/12-12/11) PHOTOS |
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Hairnation 2026- An Outdoor 80s Tribute Festival BaseCamp Pub (7/26-7/26) |
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The Wizard of Oz Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (7/08-8/09) |
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Shreya Ghoshal NOW Arena (9/11-9/11) |
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Afterlife Music Fest: Story of the Year, Eve 6, The Early November and More! BaseCamp Pub (8/15-8/15) |