Yuchi Chiu, Janelle Villas and Devon Hayakawa in Baked! The Musical, part of the 6th annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Photo by Katy Campbell. Considering that Illinois just legalized recreational marijuana, nothing could...
Verve, one of the new musicals at the 2020 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, brings us five women in a gym working out both their muscles and...
As George Carlin once said, “Some people say the glass is half full. Some say the glass is half empty. I say the glass is too big!”...
Moby Dick, the elusive white whale at the center of the classic Herman Melville novel, is not just the mad passion of Captain Ahab. He is...
Only two shows into my search for new musical theater treasures at the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2020, I’ve struck gold with Wonder Women – the Musical by...
There’s a full moon out tonight, and a terrible creature on the street. Yes, it’s Moonshiner, the noir-horror-comedy musical now playing at the Chicago Musical Theatre...
The new musical, Lucky, now playing at the Chicago Musical Theater Festival, hopes to get lucky with its audience, by appealing to the young women who grew...
August in Chicago means many things. Obligatory Street Festivals, requisite tourist season, oppressive humidity and the return of the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival at Victory Gardens...
