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133 stories by "Dennis Polkow"

Review: Catch Me If You Can/Broadway In Chicago by Dennis Polkow

They come without warning, those occasional Non-Equity shows that Broadway In Chicago manages to slip into its lineup. They are usually classics or revivals popular enough to be relati…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 7:28pm on April 8, 2013[SHARE]

How It Begins: Composer of "Big Fish" Hopes to Reel in an Emotional Whopper by Dennis Polkow

By Dennis Polkow Andrew Lippa, the composer of "Big Fish," has been very busy readying the show for its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago. "'Big Fish' is a joyful celebration of life an…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 5:00am on April 2, 2013[SHARE]

Review: A Streetcar Named Desire/Lyric Opera by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED One of the great difficulties in bringing an iconic contemporary play to the opera house is securing permission from the playwright, without which, an opera is not possible. In t…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 7:40pm on March 29, 2013[SHARE]

Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert/Broadway In Chicago by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED The touring version of the Broadway production of the Australian jukebox musical based on the 1994 Australian film has landed at the Auditorium Theatre. The film “The Adven…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 9:37am on March 25, 2013[SHARE]

Review: Aspects of Love/Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED The early works of Andrew Lloyd Webber incorporated rock and pop idioms into the Broadway musical that, taken with the punchy lyrics of his early partner Tim Rice and a through-c…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 3:00pm on March 14, 2013[SHARE]

Review: Rigoletto/Lyric Opera by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED Verdi's "Rigoletto" is so popular and done so often that it has become a festering ground for avant-garde directorial concepts that more often than not are bizarrely superimposed…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:30am on March 4, 2013[SHARE]

Review: The Fall of the House of Usher/Chicago Opera Theater by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED The Andreas Mitisek era has begun at Chicago Opera Theater. Walking across the stage on crutches with a leg cast at Saturday night's season opening, Mitisek noted that his fall o…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:46pm on February 25, 2013[SHARE]

Review: Don Pasquale/Lyric Opera by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED Whereas the recent Lyric production of "Werther" was constantly fighting against the music for attention, the production of Donizetti’s "Don Pasquale" that opened Sunday af…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 3:00pm on November 26, 2012[SHARE]
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