by Rachel Weinberg - April 26, 2026
The blame game’s the thing in this world premiere play from Scooter Pietsch. FAULT is playing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater....
by Angela Lin - April 25, 2026
For many, Burt Bacharach is a household name, the soundtrack that spans from childhood to adulthood. For some, Bacharach’s name might not ring a bell, but his wide discography of songs that spans decades, mediums, collaborators, and genres is sure to have even the most musically naive audience mem...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 23, 2026
While THE GREAT GATSBY has glimpses of effective songs and character development, the musical doesn’t ultimately live up to the glitz, glamor, and legacy of its source material.
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by Emily Werner - April 20, 2026
What did our critic think of TEATRO VISTA PRODUCTIONS' BOTH AT STEPPENWOLF THEATRE at Teatro Vista Productions?...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 20, 2026
Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s world-premiere play WINDFALL is part somber, part whimsy — which is true to his unique playwriting style. It’s a poignantly topical play, yet sometimes too on the nose. I enjoyed how McCraney blends the hyperreal and the surreal in a play that asks the question: Should...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of NOEL COWARD'S PRIVATE LIVES at BrightSide Theatre?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 20, 2026
What did our critic How great to be known by one name…. Dixie Locke (Anna Louise Bramlett) says that to Elvis Presley about Marlon Brando before Elvis becomes one name. The current production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Heartbreak Hotel. This tells the story of Elvis’ rise up to the ...
by Angela Lin - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of 12 OPHELIAS (A PLAY WITH BROKEN SONGS) at The Factory Theater from Strawdog Theatre Company?...
by Emily Werner - April 14, 2026
What did our critic think of REVIEW: GOODNIGHT MOON AT CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE at Chicago Children's Theatre? The 65-minute performance is filled with music, dance, comedy, acrobatics and puppetry....
Past Shows
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix, a rock musical reimagining the classic story with a queer twist....
I'M NOT SAD is a one-person show written and performed by Juan Muñoz, set to debut on January 10, 2025, at the Theo Ubique Cabaret...
Love in the Time of _____ explores the intersection of pop songs, dating apps, and the complexities of love through a series of vignettes. The...
Single-Sided is a one-man musical written and performed by Aaron Jamieson Roberts. It follows AJ, an imaginative young person navigating the challenges of modern dating...
STAY HUMAN YOU ANIMAL is a one-person show by Fred Cavair Robinson, presenting a collection of short plays rooted in the neo-futurist aesthetic. The performance...
THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICIAN (AND CHIP) features an evening filled with magic and laughter, brought to life by Charlie Baker. As a skilled movement artist and...
Never Better is a new musical by Preston Max Allen, exploring the struggles of Davy, a college sophomore grappling with a mysterious illness that disrupts...
Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from...
A benefit cabaret to raise funds to defray Amy Armstrongs medical expenses in her fight against cancer. Performance by Amy Armstrong. Amy Armstrong, the singer...
With its propulsive rhythms and dazzling harmonies, 8-TRACK is a fast-paced musical journey through one of the most impassioned decades of the 20th Century as...
It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice... or take a stand... or turn around and go back....
The hilarious and heartbreaking story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The two were...
Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, WORKING paints a vivid portrait of the working men and women that the world...
An adult musical fantasy suggested by Arthur Schnitzler's LA RONDE. A series of love affairs among ten characters during the ten different decades of the...
Hedwig Schmidt is a genderqueer glam rock 'n' roll goddess from East Germany whose botched sex-change operation left her with an angry inch of flesh...
In this musical adaptation of the novel, Francesca Johnson, a beautiful Italian woman who married an American soldier to flee war-ravaged Italy, looks forward to...
Based on the cult hit film of the same name, THE FULL MONTY follows a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo who while spying on...
Altar Boyz is a foot-stomping, rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the last night of their national 'Raise the Praise' tour. The...
Gordon Schwinn is an aspiring musical theater writer who pays his bills writing songs for a children’s television show called “Mr. Bungee’s Lily Pad.” It’s...
Tony, a middle-aged Napa Valley vintner who makes a mail-order marriage proposal to Rosabella. She accepts the proposal on the mistaken assumption that the photo...
The perfect follow-up to Ted Swindley's Always Patsy Cline, a hit for Theo Ubique in 2014, Swindley’s Honky Tonk Angels combines country hit songs combined...
Fly by Night, produced by New York City’s Playwrights Horizons in 2014, is a darkly comic rock fable that tells the tale of a melancholy...
This cabaret conceived by Todd Olson and David Grapes was originally produced in Los Angeles and has since become a hit all over the country....
Blood Brothers, the megahit British musical by Willy Russell is the story of twin brothers separated at birth – one raised by a rich family,...
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