June 26, 2022June 26, 2022Chicago Reviews Prepare Ye: there’s a fun and inventive new Godspell in town I think that the last time I saw a production of Godspell it had only been a few years since its premiere. […]
June 20, 2022June 21, 2022Chicago Reviews No Cruel Intentions in this bawdy, vibrant musical from Kokandy Cruel Intentions, the 90s Musical is a Kokandy production, which is generally about all I need to know to expect something wonderful. […]
June 6, 2022June 6, 2022Chicago Reviews The Little Mermaid isn’t Disney’s best musical, but the cast and crew make MTW’s production a ton of fun I have always been a huge Disney fan. As a child, I loved the animated classics, and Mary Poppins is still one […]
May 20, 2022May 20, 2022Chicago Reviews The Yellow Brick Road to the USA: Teatro Vista’s brilliant new musical shows the sacrifices many immigrants must make to fulfill their dreams Somewhere Over the Border, a new musical by Brian Quijada, now being presented by Teatro Vista at Windy City Playhouse, is not […]
April 30, 2022April 30, 2022Chicago Reviews Spring Awakening is powerful, emotional, and entertaining…and it will make you angry as you cry Sometimes you know a show is working because it pisses you off as much as it entertains you. That is the case […]
April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Chicago Reviews “Six” tells the tales of Henry VIII’s wives in a pop-inspired, jubilant and joyful romp I spent four decades as an English teacher. Each year, before the Shakespeare unit, I spent a day telling the story of […]
April 22, 2022September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews “The Prom” is for everyone For one week only, April 19-24, 2022, you have the opportunity to attend The Prom at the Cadillac Palace Theater. Don’t worry […]
April 10, 2022April 11, 2022Chicago Reviews, USAOnStage Milwaukee Rep does itself proud with a majestic and powerful production of Titanic the Musical Since sinking on its maiden voyage 110 years ago this week, the RMS Titanic has been the subject of numerous books, films, […]
March 30, 2022April 2, 2022Chicago Reviews Blank Theatre’s “She Loves Me” is simply perfect To be honest, I was not completely sure about seeing a musical in the tiny Reginald Vaughn Theatre (formerly the Frontier, which […]
March 22, 2022March 22, 2022Chicago Reviews Theo Ubique unlocks new layers in a gender fluid Once Upon a Mattress How do you modernize and enliven a 1959 musical based on a fairy tale? Landree Fleming, director of Theo Ubique’s wildly fun […]
