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 […]
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 […]
September 13, 2022September 13, 2022Chicago Reviews And I am telling you: you’ll want to see Paramount’s exciting, emotional Dreamgirls Near the end of Act One of Dreamgirls, the character Effie (I saw Naima Alakham but Breyannah Tillman also plays the part) […]
September 4, 2022September 5, 2022Chicago Reviews Paramount’s Fun Home is brilliant, funny, and poignant, finding nuances many other productions have missed Covid forced me to postpone my trip to Aurora to see Paramount Theatre’s production of Fun Home, the latest production in their […]
June 15, 2022June 26, 2022Chicago Reviews Great acting, impressive design, and satanic muppets make for a spectacular “Hand to God” Think puppets. On stage. Perhaps the first show that comes to mind is Avenue Q, for a very good reason. It’s certainly […]
May 1, 2018May 3, 2018Chicago Reviews “Once” Celebrates the Joy of Music and the Joy of Giving Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren You walk into the theatre and an Irish band […]
February 14, 2018February 14, 2018Chicago Reviews Paramount’s Cabaret: A Difficult Show Done Beau-ti-fully Review by Karen Topham; Photos by Liz Lauren Cabaret is always a difficult show both to produce and to watch. The 1966 […]
November 27, 2017November 29, 2017Chicago Reviews Paramount’s “Elf” Is Simply Sparklejollytwinklejingley The magic onstage at the Paramount Theatre’s Broadway-quality production of Elf the Musical doesn’t even wait for the show to begin. Parents with […]
