November 27, 2025November 27, 2025Chicago Reviews Urinetown: the Musical at Theo- Don’t Miss your Chance to Go! Photo credit: Liz Stenholt Photography Until last Sunday, I don’t think I truly understood that Urinetown: The Musical is a cult classic. […]
November 27, 2025November 28, 2025Chicago Reviews White Christmas at Paramount Theatre: Nostalgic Holiday Magic at Its Finest Photo credit: Boris Martin There’s something about White Christmas, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by David Ives and Paul Blake, […]
September 4, 2025September 4, 2025Chicago Reviews Shared Tears, Shared Hopes: Come from Away soars at the Paramount Theatre Photo credit: Brett Beiner Photograph As I dabbed my eyes for at least the third—and not the last—time during Paramount Theatre’s production […]
June 21, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews The Curious Circumstances of Louis Le Prince at Factory Theater: A Delightfully Melodramatic Mystery Photo by Oomphotography: Ethan Smith as “Adolphe Le Prince.” I have to start this review with a well-earned bravo to playwright Chase […]
June 21, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews Pippin at BrightSide Theatre is a charming take on a classic quest CM Stage Photography: Pippin and Catherine (Left to Right) Tommy O’Brien and Meghan Kessel While I’ve never been a young man […]
June 5, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews Diana at Theo Ubique is the perfect show for this moment! Photo credit: Time Stops Photography Theo Ubique’s Diana, staged at their intimate storefront theater on the Evanston-Chicago border, is the perfect show […]
May 12, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews Cats at the Paramount: It’s Weird…but I like it! Photo credit: Brett Beiner Photography Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, the 1982 megamusical based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, […]
March 10, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews You will laugh, cry and gasp at the touching I and You Photo credit: North Shore Camera Club (L-R) Amia Korman and Jay Westbrook To me, one purpose of theater is to help us […]
March 6, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews Catch Waitress at the Paramount while it’s still hot! Photo by Brett Beiner The mark of a great musical is its ability to weave songs into the story so seamlessly that […]
February 25, 2025October 16, 2026Chicago Reviews Betrayal brings a star-studded cast to Chicago in classic Goodman style. Harold Pinter has been described by many as one of the most influential British playwrights of the 20th Century. Known for his […]
