March 19, 2022March 19, 2022Chicago Reviews La Cage Aux Folles in Skokie is a must-see At its core, La Cage Aux Folles is a screwball comedy, but it is also a heartfelt love story with a deep […]
March 3, 2022March 3, 2022Chicago Reviews It’s impossible not to love Hadestown Possibly the best new musical since Hamilton, the Tony Award-winning sensation Hadestown has returned to Chicago for what is, sadly, a very […]
February 26, 2022February 26, 2022Chicago Reviews If you are a person in the world right now, you should go see Come From Away Two things stood out as I made my way to Row G: the audience seemed really–I mean, really–happy and there was way […]
December 21, 2021February 3, 2022Chicago Reviews Theo Ubique’s 8-Track sounds like sweet memories OK, let’s make it clear: I am the perfect target audience for Theo Ubique’s latest musical, 8-Track, Rick Seeber and Michael Gribbin’s […]
December 15, 2021September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews Welcome to Hollywood – Pretty Woman the Musical Set Once Upon a Time in the 1980s in Hollywood, “Pretty Woman: The Musical” returns to Chicago December 14-19, 2021, and it […]
November 27, 2021November 27, 2021Chicago Reviews Another Op’nin, Another Show: a brilliant Kiss Me, Kate might help you overcome the misogyny I’ll just say this bluntly: Kiss Me, Kate, like the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew on which it is based, […]
November 24, 2021November 24, 2021Chicago Reviews To me, this is perfect: “Love, Actually?” hilariously lampoons the popular (and problematic) movie Full disclosure: I am a huge fan of “Love, Actually” (the movie), but you don’t have to be in order to enjoy […]
November 5, 2021November 5, 2021Chicago Reviews Pump Boys and Dinettes is back with a more modern-feeling show that retains all of its bouncy, toe-tapping, life-affirming fun I love the way that so many theatre companies have leaped out of the lockdown with exuberant, uplifting productions that remind us […]
August 24, 2021August 27, 2021Chicago Reviews Great performances can’t overcome a flawed structure in PrideArts’ Things I Could Never Tell Stephen By Karen Topham; photo by Marisa KM You’d think a show about a young just-married man who is seeing his secret gay […]
August 21, 2021August 22, 2021Chicago Reviews Exuberant, impressive Mamma Mia! opens the year for Music Theater Works By Karen Topham The first thing you notice upon entering the theatre is Kristen Martino’s elegant, lovely set, designed to evoke a […]
