BWW Reviews: WE WILL ROCK YOU Carries on as if Nothing Really Matters
BroadwayWorld reviews the National Tour of 'We Will Rock You' in Chicago.
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BWW Reviews: ONCE on Tour - A Guy, a Girl and a Few Heartfelt Life Lessons
The first national tour of Tony-award winning 'Once' is extraordinary theater.
BWW Reviews: TO MASTER THE ART
Karen Janes Woditsch reprises her celebrated 2010 off-Loop role of chef, author and TV personality Julia Child in a not-to-be-missed show.
BWW Reviews: EVITA Lacks Star Quality
Review of the Chicago stop of the National Tour of 'Evita.
BWW Reviews: Teatro Vista's WHITE TIE BALL Uncovers the Pains of Political Sacrifice
BroadwayWorld Chicago reviews Teatro Vista's WHITE TIE BALL.
BWW Reviews: DOUBLE TROUBLE - Two Actors and Seven Characters in Search of a Better Show
'Double Trouble,' Porchlight's first offering of the season is a major misfire filled with wasted talent.
BWW Reviews: Chicago Cast Recordings Not To Be Missed
A look at a few cast recordings of recent Chicago-originated musicals.
BWW Reviews: THE COLOR PURPLE a Blue-Ribbon Production
You know you are in for some truly great singing when a featured soloist knocks it out of the park.
BWW Reviews: Drury Lane's NEXT TO NORMAL is Anything But
Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane Theatre takes a gamble that pays off with the poignant and moving 'next to normal'
BWW Reviews: Summer Sizzles with Theo Ubique's A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK
The summer sun doesn't have anything on Rogers Park theatre troupe Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Touring FLASHDANCE Nearly Makes a Splash
The stage version of the movie musical about a steel town girl has a few sparks, but is in need better original tunes before it takes flight
BWW Reviews: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Burrows Under the Skin in BoHo's New Staging
I hardly know where to begin with this review of the Bohemian Theatre Ensemble's gutsy, stripped-down and yet somehow epic production of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” the musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally that is running at Theatre Wit through June 30, 2013.
BWW Reviews: What a Glorious Feeling - Getting a Glimpse Into the Silver Screen's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Now through June 2, 2013, at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana (and not as far away as you might think) is a new play that gives us an interesting look into the making of one of the most enduring work of art produced by Hollywood in its Golden Age of Movie Musicals, the 1952 classic MGM
BWW Reviews: BIG FISH an Epic Whale of a Tale
'Big Fish' offers visual sights and sounds to capture the audience hook, line and sinker.
BWW REVIEWS: World Premiere Musical UNDER A RAINBOW FLAG Sheds Light On A Forgotten Chapter Of WWII
Running almost every Wednesday through Sunday between now and April 21, 2013, is a world premiere musical that is certainly worth seeing.
BWW Reviews: ASPECTS OF LOVE Moving, Problematic and Worthy in Theo Ubique's Gutsy Production
Playing now through April 21, 2013 at the No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, and officially opening yesterday, the rarely seen Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'Aspects of Love' has been very competently mounted by the consistently high-quality storefront non-Equity company, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Cathy Rigby Still Soars as the Boy Who Won't Grow Up in PETER PAN
At 60, Rigby shows no signs of slowing down in a role she has been playing off and on for the last four decades
BWW Reviews: Music Marches To The Fore In The Paramount's Postcard-Pretty THE MUSIC MAN
In the Paramount's production, directed and choregraphed by Rachel Rockwell, the show lives and breathes in the very music that a con man and flim-flam artist, "Professor Harold Hill," uses to sell band instruments, uniforms and instruction booklets to the parents of young boys he knows he cannot re
BWW Reviews: The BOOK OF MORMON: Chicago Cast Rings all the Right Bells
Chicago production of Tony-award winning show 'The Book of Mormon comes into its own, rightfully deserving all the buzz and praise.
BWW Reviews: MY ONE AND ONLY Tappa Taps Through the Schmaltz at the Marriott
There's something so utterly intoxicating about a skilled tap dancer decked out in a spiffy tuxedo - top hat, tails, and all - commanding the audience's attention for a brilliantly exhausting routine.
BWW Reviews: THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER: A Holiday Tradition That Is About--Well, Tradition!
"The Christmas Schooner" has been performed in the Chicago area every year, except for one, since 1995.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Goodman Theatre: Classy Holiday Magic, Courtesy of Three Stars
One of the nation's most prominent of the many productions of "A Christmas Carol" that crop up like greenery this time of year is the one at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
PIPPIN: A Bollywood Spectacular? Why, yes. Yes, it is.
For consistency and boldness of artistic vision, or (more accurately) for auteur singularity of mind in application of a specific lens to the artistic work of another, one need look no further than to Oak Park, Illinois, and the Circle Theatre production of "Pippin," playing now through December 23,
“PLAID TIDINGS” in Munster: Holiday Nostalgia for All Things Plaid
The musical "Forever Plaid," created in 1990 by writer/director Stuart Ross and the late musical director/arranger James Raitt (cousin to John and Bonnie), was and is a perennially popular staple of regional theaters looking for a small-cast, upbeat and moving musical to satisfy audiences of a certa
BWW Reviews: Art Institute of Chicago Showcases Video Art, Film with Steyerl, McQueen Exhibitions
Following its highly publicized summer Lichtenstein retrospective, the Art Institute of Chicago appears to be putting emphasis on video art and film installations during the fall season with two innovative new exhibitions - FOCUS: HITO STEYERL and STEVE MCQUEEN.
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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 Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Cadillac Palace Theatre (10/23-11/01) |
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The Little Mermaid: a staged concert Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (1/29-2/14) |
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Vivaldi and Beyond Harris Theater for Music and Dance (10/19-10/19) |