The new 80s musical Always Something There… is hilariously funny, full of references to the decade, and brimming with excellent music that you know. This is the world premiere – don’t miss it! Having been born in the 1970s, 80s pop culture was always my jam. It is the music of my childhood and, whether…
Teatro ZinZanni – Swingin’ Into Chicago Summer is a fun dinner-theater experience with amazing circus performers and a 4-course meal. A revamped show with a brand new limited-time headliner! Teatro ZinZanni has launched a brand new 8-week engagement for our Chicago summer! ‘Swingin’ Into Chicago Summer’ includes some of the spectacular circus performers that have…
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) is a funny and cautionary tale about what could happen if robots began thinking for themselves. With the world premiere playing at City Lit Theater, all may not be well that ends well. In this day and age, we are used to automation. We have assembly lines that are primarily made…
Blank Theatre Company’s Sweet Charity is full of fantastic costumes, top-tier talent, and fascinating dance sequences. With a very funny story and script, this is an excellent night out. Everyone enjoys a good love story. Whether you are into that kind of thing or not, if it’s funny enough, quirky enough, entertaining enough, most people…
BUST is an extraordinary new play at Goodman Theatre that is an absolute must-watch. Hysterically funny and poignantly deep, you have never seen anything like this show. We live in a world full of stories – personal stories that we can all relate to in some way and cultural stories that open our eyes to…
Spring Awakenings is a provocative show about a group of teenagers who are coming of age and have no answers about what is happening to them. Left to solve the mysteries on their own, they find themselves walking down roads they never would have expected. Check it out! In 1891, Frank Wedekind, a German playwright,…
Titanic The Musical is a rich experience for both your eyes and your ears! This new production at Marriott Theatre is one that you need to make time to see. I remember when the film Titanic came out in the movie theaters. It was late 1997 and all anyone could talk about was James Cameron’s…
The Lifespan of a Fact is a great debate about the lines between fact, fiction, and storytelling. I just wish that I was slightly more enraptured. I am an exaggerator. When I’m telling a story, we all know that there weren’t 100 cars in line in front of me and that it didn’t take me…
Plays that center around horror are few and far between. In the world premiere of it’s been ten years since everyone died at Open Space Arts, though, you’ll get a real good example of what that looks like on a stage. I don’t watch a lot of horror films. I have an overactive auditory and…
