BWW Review: The Marriott Lincolnshire Takes EVITA To An Intimate Stage
Capturing the renowned musical retelling of Eva Peron-Argentinian fashion icon, pop culture staple and political powerhouse-is no small task for any theater.
Chicago Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Chicago.
BWW Review: ONE-MAN STAR WARS TRILOGY: Enjoy It, Superfans Will
Remember when your little brother re-enacted every 'Star Wars' scene in your basement when you were kids - complete with voice impersonations, sound effects and light saber battles? Fast-forward about 35 years and you'll see him all grown up, onstage, wielding an imaginary light saber and occasional
BWW Review: World Premiere of Ike Holter's SENDER at A Red Orchid Theatre Paints A Smart, Entertaining Portrait of Emerging Adulthood
Ike Holter's new play SENDER, now in its world premiere production at A Red Orchid Theatre, thrives on the contrast between order and chaos.
BWW Review: Porchlight's DREAMGIRLS Will Make You Happy
Porchlight's production of DREAMGIRLS is a theater lover's dream come true.
BWW Review: Victory Gardens Theater's World Premiere of HILLARY AND CLINTON Offers An Intriguing, Timely Portrait of Life in the Public Eye
Victory Gardens Theater's world premiere production of Lucas Hnath's HILLARY AND CLINTON invites audiences to imagine an alternate universe, though similar to our own, in which a woman named Hillary Clinton is running for United States president.
BWW Review: Despite Solid Performances, HAZEL was Maid-for-TV, Not Theater
Folks of a certain age might remember Hazel, the spunky, middle-aged maid upon which a 1960s television sitcom was based.
BWW Review: KILL FLOOR at American Theater Company Makes for Bloody Good Theater
KILL FLOOR at American Theater Company is truly a killer production.
BWW Review: A Sweet and Dark MATLIDA THE MUSICAL
Sound problems mar an otherwise spectacular tour.
BWW Review: Northlight's BUTLER a peculiar slice of American history
If Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler hadn't been a lawyer, he might have tried his hand at psychotherapy, particularly talk therapy.
BWW Review: Court Theatre's LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Searingly Comes to Life
Eugene O'Neill's blazing masterwork LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT introduces audiences to the enormously dysfunctional Tyrone family, who over the course of the play's three-and-a-half-hour run time, completely and utterly destroy one another.
BWW Review: RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS at Interrobang Theatre Project
With the tragedy of 9/11, thousands of lives were turned upside down in an instant.
BWW Review: Theo Ubique's Must-See RENT
Theo Ubique scores with director Scott Winstein's timeless and topical production of Jonathan Larson's RENT.
BWW Review: Fleet-Footed Ensemble Fuels Fabulous 42nd STREET
It's all about the chorus kids in 42nd STREET, the latest national touring company to come through town.
BWW Review: Gift Theatre's High-Tech RICHARD III Reaches New Heights
The title character's opening soliloquy sets the tone for the despicable acts to come in William Shakespeare's 'RICHARD III,' but it is a later scene in The Gift Theatre's version that packs the biggest punch.
BWW Review: NightBlue's Practically Perfect MARY POPPINS
If family-friendly musicals were Easter eggs, NightBlue Performing Arts Company's production of Disney's MARY POPPINS is Faberge.
BWW Review: Lyric Opera's ROMEO AND JULIET Presents a Grand-scale, Classic Interpretation of Shakespeare's Eternal Love Story
Under the direction of Bartlett Sher (whose work is currently represented on Broadway with Lincoln Center Theater's revival of The King and I, Charles Gounod's 1867 French opera ROMEO AND JULIET comes to opulent, dramatic life--with the quality and grandiosity that characterize Lyric Opera's product
BWW Reviews: UAC's Wild, THE WILD PARTY
Coming off of an impressive five 2015 Broadway World awards, suburban-based Up And Coming Theatre stages one of its most ambitious theatrical events yet --Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY--in an Elk Grove Village nightclub.
BWW Review: IF/THEN Finds Its Path
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BWW Review: COCKED at Victory Gardens Triggers Both Shock and Amusement in Spot-On World Premiere Production
One of the most pervasive images in Sarah Gubbins's play COCKED, now in its world premiere production at Victory Gardens under the direction of Joanie Schultz, is an incredibly shiny silver pistol.
BWW Review: High praise for Marriott Theatre's SISTER ACT
When it comes to boosting attendance at Sunday mass, the Chicago Archdiocese could learn a thing or two from the nuns in The Marriott Theatre's latest production, SISTER ACT.
BWW Review: The Hypocrites' THE GLASS MENAGERIE Displays A Powerful Shine
Upon entering the Den Theatre's Heath Main Stage to take in The Hypocrites' production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE, I was immediately struck by the bottles upon bottles of breathtaking glass that cover Grant Sabin's decrepit-yet-beautiful set.
BWW Review: Steppenwolf's THE FLICK Deserves Your Viewing
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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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Come From Away Marriott Theatre (8/26-10/18) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast Spooktacular Tour with Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, and Patricia Quinn Chicago Theatre (10/31-10/31) |