BWW REVIEW: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theater Wit
It’s not just fitting that MR.
Chicago Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Chicago.
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.
BWW Review: TEENAGE DICK at Theater Wit
What does live theater look like during a pandemic? As Americans adjust to the new realities of social distancing and sheltering in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, many theaters across the nation and the world are dark.
BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Presented by Broadway In Chicago
In WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, playwright Heidi Schreck has pulled off one of the most challenging feats in theater: The seamless blending of the personal and the universal.
BWW Review: MIDDLE PASSAGE at Lifeline Theatre
In Lifeline Theatre's MIDDLE PASSAGE, the intimate Rogers Park venue transforms into the scene of a 19th century maritime epic.
BWW Review: graveyard shift at Goodman Theatre
orde arrington tuttle's graveyard shift, now making its world-premiere following an initial workshop production during Goodman Theatre's 2018 New Stages Festival, is a haunting and beautiful reflection on police brutality against Black Americans.
BWW Review: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Presented By Broadway In Chicago
While Donna Summer may be 'Hot Stuff' when it comes to iconic songwriting and singing, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL is a lukewarm entry in the genre of biographical jukebox musicals.
BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE at Raven Theatre
Classic plays provide us a snapshot of the time period in which they were written.
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Fleetwood Max Raue Center For The Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Mean Girls Paramount Theatre (8/26-10/11) |
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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 Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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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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The Beautiful Game In Concert Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (8/31-8/31) |
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Raue Center For The Arts (12/11-12/11) |
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Poison de Maat Studio Theatre (10/03-10/24) |