CHICAGO THEATER REVIEWS

The doors outside About Face & Justin Brill's production of METHTACULAR! should warn audiences of the show's nudity....

When the Marriott Theatre in far north suburban Lincolnshire announced it was mounting a production of the 1944 landmark musical comedy 'On The Town,' most cognoscenti were excited. I mean, this is a show that everyone who takes musical theater seriously has studied, but that few have actually seen....

Fans of the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name will find a much more true adaptation of the book than in the 2009 film....

BWW Chicago reviews new theatre company, The Enthusiast's, inaugural show, Sarah Ruhl's 'Dead Man's Cell Phone.'...

Goodman Theatre's production of Lerner and Loewe's 1947 musical Brigadoon lovingly pays homage to the tradition of classic American musical theatre while also retaining a sense of exuberance and delight. Helmed by director and choreographer Rachel Rockwell, this production does not shy away from spe...

Sting's heartfelt and emotional musical 'The Last Ship' is mostly sea-worthy in its pre-Broadway tryout....

Chicago's improv and sketch comedy scene is justifiably world-famous, and attracts young talents from across the country as surely as sugar attracts bees. Such institutions as The Second City, iO and the Annoyance Theatre train, entertain and inspire performers, writers and audiences with a variety ...

Chicago native, pianist, composer, singer, teacher and thinker Peter Saltzman, now a playwright, producer and actor as well, is putting himself quite on display in the new theater piece, "Piano Diaries," which opened in Studio One at the venerable Athenauem Theatre last weekend for a run through Jul...

Bailiwick's electrifying production of the cult classic, infamous Broadway flop 'Carrie: The Musical' deserves a look....

Hillarious mallwalking with Babs in BUYER & CELLAR...

AstonRep Theatre Company's high-quality production of "Wit" packs an emotional punch yet also revels in cleverness. Margaret Edson's Pultizer Prize winning play profoundly deals with the experience of cancer, and the capable actors in the show's ensemble - particularly Alexandra Bennett in the lead ...

'Motown the Musical' plays out like a veritable hit parade. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, this first national touring production showcases Motown Records producer Berry Gordy's greatest songs as performed by some capable onstage talent. The show makes for a lively and fun evening at the theat...

Off to see the Wizard? Stop by Oz Park, instead....

Directory L. Walter Stearns scores again with Mercury's home-grown production of 'Avenue Q.'...

I hardly know where to begin in describing the beautiful, world-class, but dramatically uneven production of the beloved and immortal 'The Sound of Music' that opened at the Civic Opera House over the weekend. All the resources of Lyric Opera of Chicago have been brought to bear on a brand-new produ...

BroadwayWorld.com reviews the National Tour of 'Peter and the Starcatcher' in Chicago....

The six performers who wrote and star in the Second City's new revue know how the hit an audience where it counts: 50% heart and 50% brain....

Stephen Sondheim's Tony award-winning chamber musical has never felt more intimate than in Fred Anzevino's production....

BroadwayWorld.com reviews the Chicago stop on the National Tour of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.'...

BroadwayWorld.com review Paramount Theatre's production of 'Rent.'...

ROCK OF AGES at the Bank of America Theatre opened last night to an enthusiastic, packed house....

Tracey Scott Wilson's 'Buzzer' at The Goodman Theatre is a thought-provoking look at racial tensions and pervasive sexism in a not-yet-gentrified urban neighborhood, as seen through the eyes of an affluent interracial couple and their recovering-addict friend who moves in with them....

Louise Pitre delivers an iconic performance unlike nothing you've ever seen in Chicago Shakespeare's 'Gypsy'...

BroadwayWorld reviews The Hypocrites' production of 'Into the Woods'....

BroadwayWorld reviews Marriott Theatre's 'Cabaret.'...