37 stories by "James Murray"
Reviewed By: James Murray Recommended The play, which was the basis for Lerner & Lowe's [...]
Highly Recommended Reviewed by: James Murray Donizetti's masterpiece of passion & betrayal gets a magnificent [...]
RECOMMENDED REVIEWED BY: JAMES MURRAY Before the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice smash Broadway musical Evita many had either forgotten or knew nothing about the wife of Argentinian dictato…
Reviewed by: James Murray Not Recommended Over the many years I have been involved in the theatre I have had the misfortune to see world [...]
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED REVIEWED BY: JAMES MURRAY Frank Loesser penned what is considered by many the perfect musical, running 1200 performances and garnering the Tony Award for Best Music…
Reviewed by: James Murray Highly Recommended I have lived in Chicago since 1992. In that time I have seen the Joffrey Ballet's Nutcracker on Christmas Eve matinee as a part of my holiday rit…
Reviewed By: James Murray Highly Recommended It is hard to believe that Disney's The Lion King celebrates its 18th year as the reigning king of Broadway, with tours all over the world. Now i…
Reviewed By: James Murray Somewhat Recommended Noel Coward's comedy of bad manners Fallen Angels is now enjoying a run at one of Chicago's be…
REVIEWED BY: JAMES MURRAY NOT RECOMMENDED What happens when you take a rambling script, mediocre actors, Monty Python and you package them for Broadway? You get the Sherlock Holmes, n…
Reviewed by: James Murray Franz Lehar's masterpiece, composed in 1905, swept the world with its intoxicating music and poignant love story about second chances. It is the first "musical" tha…
Highly Recommended Reviewed by: James Murray We all know that the weather in Chicago has been unpredictable, unseasonal and, at times, deadly. We have had storms that destroy. In Evanston at…
Highly Recommended  Theatre In Chicago Review Round up Reviewed by: James Murray Adam Gwon's musical Ordinary Days, now in an outstanding production at Boho Theatre in Rogers Park, is a r…
Reviewed by: James Murray Highly Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round Up Tennessee William's seldom done Rose Tattoo is getting a top-notch and rare revival by Shattered Globe Theatr…
Reviewed By: James Murray Premiering in 1957 Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet still packs a whollop, especially in the hands of a masterful direc…
Reviewed By: James Murray Highly Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round Up Light Opera Works in Evanston, Chicago's premiere musical theatre staging the operettas of bygone days, has a…
Highly Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round Up Reviewed by: James Murray Donizetti's Anna Bolena originally premiered on December 26th, 1830 at La Scala in Italy with who is consider…
Reviewed by: James Murray Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round-Up The Queen of mystery, Agatha Christie's first play The Mousetrap premiered in London's West End in 1952 and, much to…
Reviewed by: James Murray Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round-Up In 1926 George Gershwin read Porgy by DuBose Heyward, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and immediately wrote …
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THEATRE IN CHICAGO REVIEW ROUND-UP REVIEWED BY: JAMES MURRAY Griffin Theatre Company launches its 2014-15 season with a new, intimate production of Titanic. The original …
REVIEWED BY: JAMES MURRAY Drury Lane's current offering of Camelot is not the one that Lerner & Lowe wrote. Director/Choreographer Alan Souza, making his Drury Lane debut was selected af…
Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round-Up Reviewed by: James Murray Rogers and Hammerstein's classic and well-loved King & I , by Margaret Landon and the fictionalized diaries of A…
Highly Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round Up Reviewed By: James Murray Bailiwick Chicago has launched its 2014-2015 season with the challenging and formidable The Wild Party by Mic…
Highly Recommended: Reviewed by: James Murray George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is best remembered for having been one of the most prolific Irish playwrights the world has known, penning over …
Recommended: Theatre In Chicago Review Round Up Reviewed By: James Murray Drury Lane’ s current offering, Ken Ludwig's 2012 Mystery Writers of Edgar Allen Poe award winning murder myst…
On The Town, the musical by Leonard Bernstein, started out as the ballet on which he collaborated with then unknown choreographer Jerome Robbins, Fancy Free. The story traces the 24 hour…
