Monday, 13 November 2017 01:45
The House Theatre’s "The Nutcracker" is a wonderful holiday treat
Written by Vika Lvova
It’s that magical time of the year when The House Theatre of Chicago brings the inhabitants of Clara’s toy box back to life in their annual all-original The Nutcracker. For the eight’s straight year this exciting Christmas tale brings the spirit of Christmas to the Chopin theatre in Ukrainian village.…
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Wednesday, 08 November 2017 05:05
"42nd Street!" wows audiences with thrilling, energetic dance and song!
Written by Kimberly Katz
The current production of 42nd Street at Drury Lane Theater left me breathless! With book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, the newly updated and improved 42nd Street blends different periods of dance from the sixties to the present including some…
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Saturday, 11 November 2017 06:28
"This Wonderful Life" is just that - wonderful
Written by Ken Payne
Most of us have seen Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” at some point in their lives. Whether a Holiday tradition or by happenstance as television stations run their yearly marathons, there’s a very good chance you have experienced the heartfelt 1946 film classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.…
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Sunday, 05 November 2017 19:59
School of Rock at Cadillac Palace will rock your socks off
Written by Vika Lvova
Here comes the feel-good show that both adults and kids will enjoy. Based on the 2003 movie by the same name starring Jack Black, School of Rock-The Musical is featuring music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Glenn Slater. If…
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Friday, 03 November 2017 18:25
Newsies at The Marriott Theatre: Pomp and Papes
Written by CJ Burroughs
Newsies, the Disney film from 1992 by Alan Menken (whose run around the same time of Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin I’d put up against the work of any songwriter, on tape, on film, or on stage), was one I saw back when it hit VHS. But…
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Friday, 03 November 2017 18:16
Review: Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at Lyric Opera
Written by John Accrocco
“I’ve always favored unbridled passions,” sings Wotan in the Lyric Opera’s new production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” This is the second installment in Wagner’s epic 4-opera cycle “Das Rheingold” Lyric produced the first opera last season and will sequentially include the next two operas in their forthcoming seasons. In…
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Playwright Rohina Malik and director Ann Filmer have reunited and have collaborated on something special. Goodman Theatre’s current run of Yasmina's Necklace is one of my favorite plays of 2017. Here's why. In Yasmina’s Necklace, we are treated to a uniquely told love story that is as moving as it…
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 17:07
Review: Welcome to Jesus at American Theatre Company
Written by John Accrocco
Celebrating nearly 35 years in their factory space around the North Center neighborhood, American Theater Company has a knack for taking risks on new works. “Welcome to Jesus” is prefaced with a recorded curtain speech by artistic director Will Davis, “It’s our responsibility to take risks.” And that is absolutely…
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Friday, 27 October 2017 18:58
Review: In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play at Timeline Theatre
Written by John Accrocco
Sarah Ruhl’s ‘In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play’ returns to Chicago at Timeline Theatre. Directed by Mechelle Moe, this drawing room comedy about the advent of electricity is sure to tickle audiences. Ruhl’s works have often been produced around the city as she’s an Evanston native. She may…
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Sunday, 22 October 2017 02:24
Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical) A Funny Halloween Treat That Urges People "Not to Suck So Much"
Written by Kimberly Katz
Most people are aware of the movie Carrie, starring the haunting Sissy Spacek as the picked on teenaged outsider who uses her telekinetic powers to burn down her high school with most of her attackers in it, but few know there was a sequel made in the 90's where her…
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Lookingglass Theatre Company opens its 30th Anniversary Season with the return of the award-winning “Hard Times”, adapted from Charles Dickens and directed by Artistic Director and Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman , in association with The Actors Gymnasuim. It was first produced at Lookingglass in 2001, and some of the artists…
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With two decades in its home at Lakeview’s Briar Street Theater under its belt, Blue Man Group is still going strong. The show can best be described as a bizarre, performance-arty take on STOMP, with both running about 90 minutes without an intermission, both featuring silent performers, both utilizing homemade…
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Tuesday, 10 October 2017 18:04
Hilarious "Bewildered" will make you realize that YOU are the leading lady in your life!
Written by Kimberly Katz
Hell in a Handbag rings in its fifteenth-anniversary season with real magic in this hilarious spoof of the 60's and 70's TV shows we all grew up loving with its hocus-pocus focus on the show Bewitched. In this tale, Bewildered, by Aaron Benham (music and lyrics) and Ron Weaver (book…
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