May 8, 2026May 18, 2026Chicago Reviews A Totally Tubular Night: The Wedding Singer at the Metropolis turns nostalgia into a full blown party Photo credit: Jennifer Heimbb The Wedding Singer is—and always will be—a musical of nostalgia. Set in 1985 and based on the movie […]
May 4, 2026May 4, 2026Chicago Reviews The Bard on Bud: 420 Shakespeare is a Highly Good Time [Photo Caption: Claudius (Carlos Rivera) speaks with Puffalonius and Ophelia (Leah Huskey).] A little over a decade ago, scientific analysis conducted on […]
May 4, 2026May 4, 2026Chicago Reviews A Dark Comedy at Citadel that embraces the absurd Photo credit: North Shore Camera Club While I am familiar with many musicals, I was not familiar with Citadel Theatre’s current production […]
May 4, 2026May 8, 2026Chicago Reviews Loki: The End of the World Tour is the year’s best show so far Fresh from the news that Red Theatre’s premiere of Zach Barr’s The Pilon is this year’s winner of the ATCA/Steinberg Best New […]
April 27, 2026April 27, 2026Chicago Reviews No-Fault comedy at CST Photo by Justin Barbin Fault, now playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, is a fast-paced comedy following one evening in the lives of […]
April 22, 2026May 4, 2026Chicago Reviews Court Theatre’s Out Here is a very different kind of LGBTQ+ musical Photo by Michael Brosilow In an era in which the LGBTQ+ community is once again being persecuted by Those In Power, it […]
April 20, 2026May 14, 2026Chicago Reviews Northlight’s 29-year run in Skokie ends with the joyfully silly The Angel Next Door Photo by Justin Barbin For its final show in its longtime home at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in […]
April 15, 2026April 15, 2026Chicago Reviews What’s a synonym for funny? The Merry Wives of Windsor. Photo by Kyle Flubacker If you’ve ever seen William Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor performed, you might remember it as the silly, […]
April 15, 2026September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews Goodnight Moon will leave your kids wide awake with joy Diego Vazquez Gomez as Bunny and Sharriesse Hamilton as the Old Lady. Photo by Joe Mazza. Goodnight Moon has become a childhood […]
March 28, 2026March 28, 2026Chicago Reviews Modern Gentleman takes us into a trans love story untouched by politics Photo by Jenn Udoni As a transgender woman, the world is not exactly looking all that warm and snuggly to me lately; […]
