A delightful blend of contemporary Christmas songs and classic holiday melodies, Kokandy Productions is dipping their toe, err, stocking into the holiday entertainment market with their...
In a crowded holiday theater season, I finally made time for the gritty dark comedy Hellcab. I highly recommend you do the same. Free of the clichéd...
In Hansol Jung’s world premiere romantic comedy No More Sad Things, the theme of facing adversity resonates throughout. Sideshow Theatre Company and Director Elly Green presents this clever,...
Carole King is many things. An American composer who is a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree. A singer-songwriter, responsible for the groundbreaking and generation defining album, Tapestry. A...
There is a bright new gem of a cabaret show now playing at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. A delightful tribute to The Chairman of the Board himself, My...
Chicago, you have no idea how good you have it. Brought back for a limited run, Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773 remounts Ain’t Misbehavin’ the Tony Award-winning...
I have seen 4 different productions of A Christmas Story The Musical. I adore the music by the brilliant team of Pasek and Paul and I...
Add at the top of your holiday wish list to Kris Kringle, tickets to the delightfully snarky, The Santaland Diaries, now in its 12th annual staging at the Theater...
I often tease my sister, Mary Beth, about her affinity for those saccharine sweet, exceedingly predictable, cliché riddled, Hallmark Channel movies that air incessantly around the...
In A Christmas Story the Musical Ralphie wants only one thing for Christmas: An Official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle. This delightful Pasek and Paul...
At first glance it appeared that the NYC police department had gotten a heads up about the Barrington Stage Company Benefit last night as I noticed...
Saturday night saw Tony and Emmy winning, pint-sized, powerhouse singer Kristin Chenoweth sharing her unique brand of sass and vocal prowess with the Windy City. Backed...
There is no doubt Idina Menzel has a fervent guardian angel keeping a watchful eye out on her and her career. Initially cast in the original...
It might have been a drizzling Friday evening in the Northern Chicago suburbs, however the talent center stage was nothing short of white hot. Grammy Award winning...
Thursday night brought three time Grammy Winner, four time Golden Globe Winner and three time Emmy winner Bette Midler and her brash and bawdy new show The...
By Rick Ruiz and Cindy Marinangel From May 16th to June 28, 2015, an energetic gentleman caller entertained audiences in West Los Angeles’ Fairfax District in...
Zachary Fine, with a goofy puppy dog look and a shiny black ball over his nose, says more with a look in the Fiasco’s newest production Two Gentlemen...
Want a great night out near Zurich, Switzerland? “Ohlala- The Circus of Love, the Third Act”, (“Der Liebescircus, Der Dritte Akt”), will take you on a...
To be in Berlin and see Cabaret the Musical performed in German (Cabaret das Musical) with only a smattering of English words and lyrics was… hot....
As I sit and wait for the Raven haired beauty Natalie Merchant to take the stage at the historic Chicago Theater, I am reminded I have...
This date was a long time overdue. During her prior “Born this Way” tour, Lady Gaga tore one of her hip muscles and had to scrap...
Rarely does a performance by a theater company in LA make me feel like I am in New York but with these young, talented “fraggles” (self-proclaimed...
A rock musical written, executive produced and starring powerhouse Anzu Lawson has just floored the Fringe Festival. Playing to sold-out houses at the Lillian Theatre in...
Michael Cline’s one-man musical “OPEN MIKE” directed by Randy Brenner, is not only moving and hilarious, but also heartbreaking and hopeful. This true tale of survival...
Tom Stoppard’s play The Real Thing is a profound look at relationships. The play is centered on the lives of two married couples, all of which work in theater. Circumstances shift when Annie and Henry fall...
