Friday, November 18, 2016
With Northlight Theatre's Miss Bennet-Christmas at Pemberley, playwrights Margot Melcon and Lauren Gunderson craft a sparkling, witty, feel-good world premiere rom-com that is also a sharp, …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:12PMAs clever and gorgeous as King Charles III is to behold, Mike Bartlett's tale about what would happen if Prince Charles took the throne falters in the storytelling. The Royal family never se…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:42PMTuesday, November 15, 2016
As musicals go, Marriott Theatre's Singin’ in the Rain is entertaining. The songs are marvelous, the dancing is terrific, the cast is likable. But pull back the covers on this nearly 65-y…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:24PMSunday, November 13, 2016
Directed by Andrew Volkoff for About Face Theatre, I Am My Own Wife is a rich, enthralling docudrama that shines a klieg light on the very worst and the very best aspects of humankind. Highl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:18AMSaturday, November 12, 2016
Directed and choreographed by Matt Crowle, the charms of Drury Lane's Crazy for You aren’t limited to a single Gershwin song. The entire show is a hoot, with a huge heart, killer dancing, …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:42PMThursday, November 10, 2016
The Magic Play, Andrew Hinderaker's world premiere at Goodman Theatre, is embedded with stunning magic and aerial stunts. It's also full of distracting side stories and underdeveloped chara…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:02PMTuesday, November 8, 2016
"Fun Home" is a moving musical that’s delivered through sheer, enthralling storytelling. Based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel, it has more emotion-per-measure than most…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:48PMMonday, October 17, 2016
With Gift Theatre's world premiere of Melissa Ross' *A Life Less Extraordinary* we get an amazingly strong director in John Gawlik and his mighty seven-person cast that cohesively elevate th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:24PMTuesday, July 21, 2015
Ferris Bueller and Proteus of Verona. They have more in common than you might think. For her production of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," opening in previews July 23 at Oak Park Festival The…
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