BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Goodman Theatre
With its mixture of darkness and light, Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a long-standing holiday tradition that takes audiences on a journey of misery, revelation, and redemption.
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BWW Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS - THE MUSICAL at The Cadillac Palace Theatre
Every year, a group of my friends and I go to The Music Box Theatre here in Chicago for our annual viewing of White Christmas.
BWW Review: THE MINUTES at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Tracy Letts's world premiere THE MINUTES, now making its debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, unfolds in an unsuspecting manner.
BWW Review: About Face Theatre and Theater Wit's Chicago Premiere of SIGNIFICANT OTHER
On the page, Harmon so beautifully expresses the nuances of shifting friendships and the fear of being left behind by those one holds dear, and he also nails so completely the complex neuroses that come with dating, loneliness, and being lost in one's own head.
BWW Review: BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL at Porchlight Music Theatre
Under the direction of frequent company collaborator Brenda Didier, BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL electrifies the mainstage at the Ruth Page Performing Arts Center, Porchlight's new home.
BWW Review: THE INVISIBLE HAND at Steep Theatre Company
Under the deft direction of Audrey Francis, Steep Theatre Company treats audiences to an intimate, intense Chicago premiere of Ayad Akhtar's THE INVISIBLE HAND.
BWW Review: THE CALLBACK at Muse Art
THE CALLBACK is an engaging evening of entertainment that's suitable for all ages.
BWW Review: HAIR at Mercury Theater Chicago
Mercury Theater's revival of the iconic rock musical HAIR infuses some peace, love, and sunshine into this Chicago summer.
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS National Tour at the Oriental Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon's visually stunning production of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS has come dancing into Broadway In Chicago's Oriental Theatre.
BWW Review: HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC Rocks Steppenwolf
"This music is magical.
BWW Review: HIR at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Taylor Mac's HIR, now in its Chicago premiere at Steppenwolf under the direction of Hallie Gordon, proves itself to be a complete whirlwind from the beginning.
BWW Review: MCC'S Moon Over Buffalo Brings Out the Laughs and Comedy to McHenry
In the McHenry County area, there's always such great theatre going on, and that's what I got when I went to see McHenry County College's hilarious production of Ken Ludwig's Moon Over Buffalo directed by the wonderful Regina Belt-Daniels.
BWW Review: MOBY DICK at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Following a successful 2015 run, that great white whale MOBY DICK has returned to Lookingglass in a highly physical, inventive, and visually compelling production that's fully in keeping with the company's aesthetic.
BWW Review: THE KING AND I at Broadway In Chicago
Bartlett Sher's 2015 Tony Award winning revival of THE KING AND I has sailed into Broadway In Chicago's Oriental Theatre in a triumphant touring production.
BWW Review: RUMORS at Woodstock Opera House
Picture it, an anniversary party with your dear friends, all dressed up with your spouse, and everything is not quite right.
BWW Review: PASS OVER at Steppenwolf
Both beautiful and necessarily brutal, Antoinette Nwandu's PASS OVER is a play that's entirely essential to this moment.
BWW Review: NATIVE GARDENS at Victory Gardens Theater
The world premiere of Karen Zacarias's NATIVE GARDENS at Victory Gardens Theater provides ample humor and wit-even if the playwright's neighborly metaphor sometimes feels too on the nose.
BWW Review: RAGTIME at Griffin Theatre Company
Just as Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens's 1999 musical RAGTIME traverses numerous locales on the East Coast and spans the years from 1906-1914, so too does director Scott Weinstein's dynamic staging make full use of The Den Theatre's Heath Mainstage.
BWW Review: PARADE at Writers Theatre
PARADE is now in a blistering and beautifully minimalist production from director Gary Griffin.
BWW Review: The Queen of Broadway, Audra McDonald Returns to Chicago at Steppenwolf Theatre
Audra McDonald, the reigning Queen of Broadway, is a woman who needs no introduction in the theatre community.
BWW Review: Young Stars Brighten LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BWW Review: Young Stars Brighten LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BWW Review: By Any Name, ANNIE KING is a Sweet New Musical Thriller
An appealing cast.
BWW Review: Porchlight's MARRY ME A LITTLE is a Rhapsodic Love Letter to Sondheim's Song Catalog
True blue fans of Stephen Sondheim (this reviewer included) will be drooling over Porchlight's latest offering MARRY ME A LITTLE.
BWW Review: A VAUDEVILLE FIASCO at The Other Side
It was a night filled with wonder, talent and hilarity as Inhabit Theater performed A VAUDEVILLE FIASCO at The Other Side in Crystal Lake
BWW Review: Will Davis Casts An Imaginative, Modern Lens on William Inge's PICNIC
In putting together American Theater Company's current production of William Inge's classic play PICNIC, Artistic Director Will Davis said he wanted his cast "to reflect the playwright and the powerful forces in his own psyche that kept him from happiness and fulfillment.
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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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Bullets, Nickels, Dimes and Life Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley (10/09-10/11) |
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Shreya Ghoshal NOW Arena (9/11-9/11) |