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Review: Broadway in Chicago’s Clue Pays Joyful Homage to the Original Classic Film and Board Game

Four women and a man stand on stage crouched in a line with three men standing behind them as they search for something. All actors are looking to their left off in the distance with a frightened look on their faces.

There have been two murders at Boddy Manor, and the stakes have never been higher. Wadsworth, Yvette, and the dinner guests are becoming increasingly terrified, and no one quite knows […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • February 21, 2025
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: First National Tour of Tony-Winning Shucked Brings Delightfully Corn-y Musical Comedy with Remarkable Cast to Chicago

    I had considered a few ways to start this review, but after consulting the details for the first national tour of Shucked, an eight-time Tony-nominated musical comedy (for which Alex […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • January 9, 2025
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Some Like It Hot, We Get It Tepid

    Billy Wilder’s 1959 Some Like It Hot is widely considered a perfect film: witty and surprising, silly and sexy—a culmination of Wilder’s brilliant career and a showcase for its stars […]

  • Doug Mose
  • October 26, 2024
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Is Sheer Magic

    Sorting hats! Quidditch brooms! Wand duels! Dementors! We’re in the midst of the spooky season and over at the Nederlander Theatre they are brewing up the perfect potion: the launch […]

  • Doug Mose
  • October 4, 2024
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    On the Road: We Review Five Broadway Shows—& Juliet, Hell’s Kitchen, Job, Suffs, Once Upon a Mattress

    It has been a hot summer in New York, in more ways than one. On Broadway, 24 shows continue to draw large crowds, with several musicals and plays reaching near-capacity […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • August 30, 2024
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Souped-up Car Is the Star of Back to the Future at the Cadillac Palace

    During the lazy days of summer, who wants to see a depressing show that reminds you of all your troubles? Nobody. Instead, you just want to sit back and be […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • August 18, 2024
    • Broadway , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Kite Runner Reveals Complex Story of Guilt and Redemption

    The Kite Runner is a contemplative play that spans decades, continents and various aspects of the human heart. The national tour production is currently playing at the CIBC Theatre through […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • June 18, 2024
    • Broadway , Preview , Stages , Theater

    On the Road: A Look at Some Tony Award Contenders

    On the eve of Sunday’s Tony Awards broadcast, here’s a look at four productions that will be vying for recognition in various categories. All four of them are musicals, and […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • June 15, 2024
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Broadway in Chicago’s Death Becomes Her Is Full of Camp and Knock-Out Performances

    Megan Hilty (Madeline Ashton) and Jennifer Simard (Helen Sharp) in DEATH BECOMES HER. Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman

    Chicago is no stranger to Broadway trials—especially adaptations of classic films. We have seen countless move through the city over the years, and many seem to fall into the trap […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • May 21, 2024
    • Broadway , Film , Film & TV , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Motive and the Cue Tells the Delicious Story of the 1964 Broadway Hamlet Directed by John Gielgud and Starring Richard Burton

    The Motive and the Cue is a theater-lover’s dream, a deliciously funny and candid theater story. Directed by Sam Mendes (Empire of Light, The Ferryman), it’s a new play about the rehearsal period for […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 21, 2024
    • Broadway , Stages , Theater

    Review: Broadway in Chicago Brings Well-Crafted, Hilarious Fun in Mrs. Doubtfire

    Once in a while, a theater production comes along that does better on tour than it does on Broadway. Mrs. Doubtfire, by the songwriting team of Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • March 4, 2024
    • Broadway , Stages , Theater

    Review: Midnight’s Broken Toll …. Girl from the North Country

    Girl from the North Country, a musical adaptation of Bob Dylan’s songs by the Irish playwright Conor McPherson, has already appeared in London’s West End, Off-Broadway at the Public Theater, […]

  • June Sawyers
  • February 16, 2024
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