Chicago Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 28

BWW Reviews: Connecting With The Second City's DEPRAVED NEW WORLD
by M. William Panek - April 02, 2014

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....

BWW Reviews: Intimate, Lush Production of Sondheim's PASSION Ignites the Stage
by Misha Davenport - March 30, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: JOSEPH, You're Doing Fine
by Elee Schrock - March 23, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: Paramount's RENT Remembers the Love
by Elee Schrock - March 18, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES at Bank of America Theatre ... Well, Rocks
by Cara Winter - March 12, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: BUZZER at The Goodman a Revelation
by Cara Winter - February 19, 2014

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....

BWW Reviews: Not Your Usual Mama: GYPSY Ignites
by Misha Davenport - February 19, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: The Hypocrites' INTO THE WOODS Turns a Masterpiece Into Child's Play
by Elee Schrock - February 13, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: Marriott's CABARET Allows Modern Classic to Shine
by Elee Schrock - February 10, 2014

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

BWW Reviews: Goodman's LUNA GALE Makes Art of Everyday Lives
by Elee Schrock - January 28, 2014

BroadwayWorld review's Rebecca Gilman's new play, 'Luna Gale' at Goodman Theatre....

BWW Reviews: A Red Orchid's SOLSTICE Hits a Little Too Close to Home
by Elee Schrock - January 14, 2014

'Solstice,' especially when interpreted with as much depth and heart as A Red Orchid's current production, is excellent fodder for play-analysts' theses and leaves its audience with just as much material for post-play discussion....

BWW Reviews: Steppenwolf's TRIBES Breaks Down Language Barriers
by Elee Schrock - December 17, 2013

Review of Steppenwolf Theatre's 'Tribes.'...

BWW Reviews: WE THREE LIZAS Scores with Glitz, Glitter and Heart
by Misha Davenport - December 11, 2013

About Face Theatre's 'We Three Lizas' has the right mix of holiday heart and camp...

Theo Ubique's Original (But Very Brief) A VERY MERRY MADRIGAL
by Paul W. Thompson - November 27, 2013

Most theater companies try to mount something during the holiday season. And so it is that the powers that be at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, that most storefront of all of the Chicago area non-Equity musical theater companies, has mounted a clever idea and unique holiday entertainment called "A Ver...

BWW Reviews: The Ruffians' BURNING BLUEBEARD Salvages Hope From the Ashes
by Elee Schrock - November 30, 2013

BroadwayWorld reviews The Ruffians' 'Burning Bluebeard,' playing at Theater Wit through January 5th, 2014....

BWW Reviews: WICKED on Tour - 10 Years of Emerald Shine
by Misha Davenport - November 05, 2013

'Wicked' flies back into the Oriental Theatre --the site of its historic three-and-a-half year, box office-breaking sit down....

BWW Reviews: WE WILL ROCK YOU Carries on as if Nothing Really Matters
by Elee Schrock - October 24, 2013

BroadwayWorld reviews the National Tour of 'We Will Rock You' in Chicago....

BWW Reviews: ONCE on Tour - A Guy, a Girl and a Few Heartfelt Life Lessons
by Misha Davenport - October 10, 2013

The first national tour of Tony-award winning 'Once' is extraordinary theater....

BWW Reviews: TO MASTER THE ART
by Misha Davenport - September 24, 2013

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
by Elee Schrock - September 23, 2013

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
by Elee Schrock - September 12, 2013

BroadwayWorld Chicago reviews Teatro Vista's WHITE TIE BALL....

BWW Reviews: DOUBLE TROUBLE - Two Actors and Seven Characters in Search of a Better Show
by Misha Davenport - September 11, 2013

'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
by Elee Schrock - September 03, 2013

A look at a few cast recordings of recent Chicago-originated musicals....

BWW Reviews: THE COLOR PURPLE a Blue-Ribbon Production
by Misha Davenport - September 03, 2013

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
by Misha Davenport - August 23, 2013

Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane Theatre takes a gamble that pays off with the poignant and moving 'next to normal'...