BLOOD ON THE NOTES Jazz doesn't just soothe"it can bleed. Both acts happen throughout these 150 minutes, never more so than at the end. Paradise Blue brings the lyricism of Tennessee William…
LACERATING LA-LA LAND It's a crash course in one man's life-long damage control: Up close, personal, and, therapeutically playful, Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood is a liberal-minded Califor…
LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPINESS Who can't love She Loves Me? This utterly unpretentious, easily adored chamber musical delivers the first word in entertainment and the last word in love. Completely…
There's no denying that My Fair Lady is a sonic masterpiece. For a gloriously full-throated, lushly orchestrated rendition of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1956 classic, the Lyric Op…
STILL THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL This reviewer has a confession to make: I don’t particularly like musicals. I'll happily laugh at the jokes and delight in the dancing, but the styl…
William Osetek, the director of the highly entertaining new production of "Chicago" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, has been trying to get the rights to this most deliciously …
There's not a child in the land who wouldn't love Disney's Aladdin. The music is terrific, from the adventuresome romance of "Whole New World," to the splendor-on-steroids treasure cave glam…
PUNCTURING PREVARICATIONS We've seen a lot of lying lately"enough to make Pierre Corneille's 1644 comedy The Liar cruelly contemporary. An uncharacteristic farce from a famously tragic drama…
Woodstock Theatre, Chicago is holding a screening of "The Salesman" on May 8, 2017. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film stars Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi…
THINK GLOBALLY, DANCE LOCALLY Leaps of faith meet jumps for joy. Closing its 2016-2017 season with a bold new offering by Alexander Ekman, Global Visionaries is a salute to the future and th…
The summer schedule is out for the 21st Annual Chicago SummerDance, presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). As in past years, dancers of all abili…
A quiz for you, theater-loving reader: When was the last time a professional Chicago theater company produced "Chicago," a musical that burnishes the city's scandalous reputation each and ev…
Chicago theaters will honor Martha Lavey by dimming their marquee lights and observing a moment of silence this Friday. Lavey, the former Steppenwolf Theatre Company artistic director and lo…
