April 30, 2023May 1, 2023Chicago Reviews School (of Rock) is enthusiastically in session at Paramount Photo by Liz Lauren Sometimes there is an absolutely perfect match between a show and a director, and that is what has […]
April 29, 2023April 29, 2023Chicago Reviews A Damn good time at Marriott Photo by Liz Lauren In the 1950s, when pretty much everyone expected the New York Yankees to win the pennant every year, […]
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 […]
March 16, 2023March 17, 2023Chicago Reviews Very personal Tina Turner musical totally rocks Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade When Ike and Tina Turner were popular recording artists, I was—I will admit—not a huge fan…which […]
March 9, 2023March 9, 2023Chicago Reviews “Annie” is impossible not to love Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmermann for MurphyMade OK, you already know this one, don’t you? Since its 1977 debut, Annie […]
February 27, 2023February 27, 2023Chicago Reviews “Once” is at its very best at Writers Theatre Photo by Michael Brosilow Once was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I had not ever done the whole “go […]
February 20, 2023February 20, 2023Chicago Reviews Time to return, very enthusiastically, “Into the Woods” The second you walk into the Paramount Theatre to see its production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, you are transported by […]
February 4, 2023February 4, 2023Chicago Reviews Big Fish is jumping at Marriott Big Fish has never been the flashiest of musicals. It had its origin in a slim volume of stories by Daniel Wallace, […]
October 23, 2022November 7, 2022Chicago Reviews A strong but imperfect Camelot comes to Skokie Camelot was, if my problematic memory serves, the first stage musical I ever saw. I know it was the first soundtrack I […]
October 7, 2022October 8, 2022Chicago Reviews Chicago Shakespeare’s stellar world premiere of the musical adaptation of The Notebook won’t be here for long Was it just a few years ago that Chicago Shakespeare Theatre hosted the American premiere of the Broadway-bound Six? That joyful and […]
