Mercury Theater Archives - Chicago On Stage

July 23, 2023July 24, 2023Chicago Reviews

Rock of Ages camps up the 80s and highlights some excellent music

Photo by Liz Lauren Take a bunch of 80s rock anthems by groups like Whitesnake, Journey, Poison, REO Speedwagon, Quarterflash, and even […]

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023Chicago Reviews

Big River: through the eyes of a young boy, we see the “damned human race” at its ugliest

Photo by Liz Lauren Big River, William Hauptman’s musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (with songs by Roger […]

October 23, 2022October 26, 2022Chicago Reviews

A talented company in the Mercury Theatre with a lot of laughs: Clue is a VERY silly, fun time

Clue is a show seemingly predestined to get a production at Mercury Theatre. The venerable house on Southport, which of late has […]

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022Chicago Reviews

Drag Disco Divas on tour: a thoroughly winning “Priscilla”

I only have vague memories of the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, though I know I enjoyed it and have long […]

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021Chicago Reviews

Mercury Theatre’s Sister Act will take you to heaven

It had been a long time since I last saw Sister Act onstage and, to be honest, I had absolutely forgotten just […]

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020Chicago Reviews

“Shear Madness” is every bit as much fun today as it was thirty years ago

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. I have fond memories of seeing Shear Madness […]

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019Chicago Reviews

Spamalot is hilariously silly fun

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Brett Beiner. The zany sketches that comprised the 70s hit […]

March 26, 2019March 27, 2019Chicago Reviews

Don’t feed the plant, but do go see Mercury Theater’s Little Shop.

Review by Kelly MacBlane With about 15 minutes left in a recent performance of Little Shop of Horrors at the Mercury Theater, […]

Mercury's Avenue Q '18 (Brett A. Beiner) Matthew Miles, Dan Smeriglio, Christian Siebert, Jonah D. Winston, David S. Robbins

August 3, 2018Chicago Reviews

The hilarious “Avenue Q” is a street worth visiting

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Brett E. Beiner. One might think that a show that traded […]