One of the world’s most popular musicals has found a temporary home at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. And you should see it! Celebrating five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the 1964 hit takes on a most interesting chapter in the life of Don Quixote while spending time in prison as…
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Friday, 24 June 2016 12:53
That's Weird, Grandma's Summer Series A Fine Credit To Barrel of Monkeys Great Work With CPS
Written by Ken Payne
For those of you who are not aware, there is a great youth program taking place where a group of educators have created an alternative education source for CPS students. Enter Barrel of Monkeys. Barrel of Monkeys (BOM) is a combined group of actors, teachers and musicians that have developed…
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Saturday, 25 June 2016 18:42
"This" Attempts To Identify With Thirty-Something Doubt
Written by Sara Hassan
I thoroughly enjoy the Windy City Playhouse and it appears they did a renovation since I was there last. The seats are comfortable and a full bar is a fantastic feature to any theater, if you ask me. In addition, the staff are incredibly friendly and very caring. I will…
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Sunday, 19 June 2016 18:31
40 Years of Spanish Art Form Mastery Comes to Life in "Flamenco Passion"
Written by Kimberly Katz
I love flamenco for its sensual power and the amazing way both female and male dancers, whether solo or couples, locked in passionate embrace are able to make the human body dance with such precision and emotional fury. Is there any other dance form where the men are so manly…
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Imagine a 70s-era Woody Allen movie set to music. That's basically "Company" by Stephen Sondheim. It premiered in a time when many Broadway musicals were just collections of songs loosely connected by a simple plot. In 1970, Sondheim's "Company" challenged that formula by presenting a musical that was more book…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:47
Vegas Report: V - The Ultimate Variety Show Lives Up To Its Name
Cindy Payne
My guests and I were seated directly in front of the center stage - I could touch it. I had not taken a ‘sneak peak’ of the acts as to what we might expect. So, with only the anticipation of the unknown, V - The Ultimate Variety Show was completely…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:07
Review: The Grapes of Wrath at The Gift Theatre
Written by John Accrocco
"It's a wicked book," Steinbeck once said of his Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Grapes of Wrath". The seminole book about the Great Depression appeared in early 1939, just as the U.S. was clawing its way out of the trenches of poverty and into the boon of WWII. It tells…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 17:26
Vegas Report - Vegas! The Show Brings Back the Golden Olden Days of Vegas with New Energy
Written by Ken Payne
As I sat down in my second row center seats in Planet Hollywood Casino Hotel and Casino’s Saxe Theater, the couple next to me told me excitedly that they had seen Vegas! The Show as VIP's to meet the cast afterwards ten times! This lovely couple in their early sixties…
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016 17:15
Vegas Report - Jabbawockeez Is An Exciting Dance and Comedy Adventure for Everyone
Written by Ken Payne
Las Vegas - Dazzling light displays, glitzy hotels with themes ranging from some of the planet’s most desired locations such as Paris, Venice and Egypt, exciting casinos filled with the sounds of cheering and the cha-chings of slot machines, energetic clubs with sexy dancers and, maybe best of all, some…
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When it comes to an engaging mystery thriller, the need for finely-written, well-executed twists, turns and the unexpected are imperative. Afterall, a good suspense story on stage that has the ability to genuinely captivate its audience members can be one of the most enjoyable theatrical experiences we can have. In…
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When I say the name Ben Hecht most of you will look at me with confusion not knowing who I am talking about. That is understandable, given that most people don’t seem to care about anything before 1990. I myself did not have the strongest handle of who the man…
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016 10:21
Bat Boy: The Musical – A Unique Tabloid Musical
Written by Michelle Reidy
In the early 90’s, the now defunct supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, published a story about a creature - half boy half bat - found in a West Virginia cave. That story became the inspiration for Bat Boy: The Musical written by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming with music and…
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Charles Busch, creator of the camp classics, Die, Mommie, Die!, Psycho Beach Party and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom seems to have written The Divine Sister just for David Cerda and his fabulous cast of rotating members in Hell in a Handbag Productions. Affectionately making fun of films like The Song…
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