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Review: Beetlejuice Exhausts More Than It Entertains, and Audiences Don’t Seem to Mind

Like movie theater blockbusters and best-selling fiction franchises, Broadway has its own version of the audience vs. critic debate, where the biggest commercial successes are often the ones least likely […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 12, 2023
    • Review , Stages , Theater , Theater Festival

    Dispatch: Midwest Premiere of Morisseau Play Highlights Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival

    At a time when many regional theater companies are pulling back on their operations due to funding and other issues, Milwaukee’s Black Theatre Festival has expanded from one week to […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • August 22, 2023
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Timeline Theatre Stages What the Constitution Means to Me With Stories of Legal Drama and Personal Pain

    Heidi is 15 years old and loves the Constitution. She also is obsessed with witches and the Salem witch trials—and Patrick Swayze. Just a normal kid. The year is 1989 […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 4, 2023
    • Review , Stages

    Review: At Porchlight, an Entertaining Cabaret Features Plenty of Talent but Not the Seriousness the Show Requires

    Every season on Broadway, new American musicals premiere in the hopes of entering the country’s long and storied canon of productions that can be revisited and revived for decades to […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • January 31, 2023
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: A New Generation Tries to Capture the Bittersweet Pain and Transcendent Triumph of Rent in Porchlight’s Season Opener

    Attending opening night of Porchlight Music Theatre’s season opener, Rent, was a peculiar proposition for me from the moment I RSVPed, but one I was willing to entertain for the […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 5, 2022
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Anastasia Aims for a Fairy Tale, Misses with a Clunky Script and Phoned-In Staging

    First released in 1997, the animated feature film Anastasia quickly earned a recognition among the widely popular Disney princesses of the era. Except for one thing: it’s not a Disney […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 21, 2022
    • Classical , Music , Review

    Review: An Evening of Amazonian Beauty with Third Coast Percussion

    Philip Glass is considered one of the greatest living composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. His spare and layered compositions can be interpreted in many ways other than as […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 15, 2022
    • Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Lyric Opera Opens a New Season with Lush, Classic Verdi and Strong Quartet of Voices in Ernani

    For the uninitiated (and perhaps even for those clued in) thinking of going to the opera, the Lyric’s Ernani is likely what they have in mind. This lush 2022-2023 season […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • September 13, 2022
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Booms Day Is Beautiful Chaos from Chicago Dance Crash

    Controlled chaos is an oxymoron. The word chaos could be a synonym for anarchy meaning away from all of the “archs” that have defined how humankind lives. Monarchy, oligarchy, plutarchy, […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • August 28, 2022
    • Comedy , Review , Stages

    Review: Straight Outta Harvey: Kellye Howard’s Crazy or Nah?! Is a Perfect Storm of in Your Face Grief and Comedy

    There have been some really great one-woman performances and standup comics over the years. My favorite ones have told stories that are personal and off-kilter funny. Kellye Howard is yet […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • August 19, 2022
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: New Musical The Devil Wears Prada Needs More Tailoring Before It’s Runway Ready

    Making its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago this month, the new musical version of Lauren Weisberger’s (and the 2006 film adaptation) The Devil Wears Prada has the feel of a […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 8, 2022
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: A Half-Century Later, Jesus Christ Superstar on Tour Remains Impressive, Effective

    In October 1971, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice debuted their new rock opera, a reimagining of the greatest story ever told…well, a portion of it, at least. In 90 […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • July 22, 2022
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