Review: Elf the Musical/Broadway In Chicago
RECOMMENDED This family-friendly 2010 Broadway adaptation of the 2003 film "Elf" is basically a high-octane song-and-dance version of the story of Buddy the Elf that has plenty to keep all a…
RECOMMENDED This family-friendly 2010 Broadway adaptation of the 2003 film "Elf" is basically a high-octane song-and-dance version of the story of Buddy the Elf that has plenty to keep all a…
Between the imaginative visual designs and the talented, hard-working cast of 20, is by no means a cheap-looking show, fully embodying the feel of a Broadway-scale production. But the materi…
American Blues Theater continues its anachronistic ode to one of the great American tales. With their rich cast of voice actors and a live Foley sound set, we're treated to a brisk retelling…
A weird, funny, terrific little show that puts a lot of big touring productions to shame, for sheer wit and audacity—and the simple fact that it assumes the audience has a brain in its hea…
It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. Chicago …
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Despite the script's imperfections, Red Theatre's production of Sidney Michaels' theatrical biopic brings the wit and passion of the Welsh poet to vibrant life. Dylan is a fascinating if fla…
The company of the first North American tour of WICKED is thrilled to welcome Gina Beck as Glinda and Alison Fraser as Madame Morrible on Monday, December 16 in Chicago, IL. WICKED, Broadway…
You can make an excellent case that improvisation, at least in the modern entertainment sense of the word, was invented on the campus of the University of Chicago on July 5, 1955, when a gro…
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Members of the first North American touring company of Wicked will host The Wicked Night Before Christmas, a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory — with net proceeds benefit…
La Traviata is beautifully sung and well-executed, jam-packed with some of the most beloved arias ever written. Although this classic is a sure thing, it suffers from living in the mammoth s…
The musical theatre treasure CABARET kicks off the Marriott Theatre's 2014 season with previews January 15, opening January 22 and running through March 16 at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that DEE SNIDER'S ROCK & ROLL CHRISTMAS TALE, starring and written by iconic rocker Dee Snider, directed by Adam John Hunter and produce…
A new holiday show written by, and starring, Dee Snider, lead singer of the band Twisted Sister, is to bow at the Broadway Playhouse, 175 E. Chestnut St., in Chicago in November of 2014.&nbs…
RECOMMENDED Despite the fact that it's been a Chicago holiday tradition for more than a decade (first produced in 2002) and its source material is a 1946 film, every moment of American Blues…
Yesterday's shots included the first SIP from the Broadway-bound ALADDIN, Broadway's CINDERELLA, the national tours of CHICAGO, ELF, and EVITA, plus a slew of regional photos from production…
ASHES TO THEATER Now moving from Andersonville to Lakeview, the best production of 2011 is back to rival any currently playing: No longer sprawling the width of the Neo Futurarium's stretche…
RECOMMENDED Cross-fertilize Julie Taymor with Rankin and Bass and the result is very much what you get in this live-action version of the famous red-nosed reindeer that actually began life i…
LEGENDS OF THE HOMELESS As the title suggests, Naomi Iizuka’s uncompromising drama exposes snapshots of the urban underbelly. It focuses, so to speak, on homeless kids, prostitutes and…
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The Theater Loop reports that Broadway's Megan Sikora will be starring as Sally Bowles in the Marriott Theatre's upcoming production of CABARET, staged by David H. Bell in Lincolnshire, Ill.
Stage 773 is proud to present the second annual Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival, back by highly popular demand, running from March 19 through March 22, 2014. Nerd Fest stems from the popu…
Whenever a theater stops producing, its fans and supporters start to worry. So it was this fall with Chicago Dramatists, the 35-year-old nonprofit theater company known for its support of em…
On November 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy, the National Pastime Theater will present The Interview: JFK. In this new work, Chicago play…