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…
Every season on Broadway, new American musicals premiere in the hopes of entering the country’s long and storied canon of…
Musical theater nerds in Chicago are lucky to have Porchlight Theatre—if the venerable company (now in its 27th year) didn’t…
Attending opening night of Porchlight Music Theatre’s season opener, Rent, was a peculiar proposition for me from the moment I…
Just over 130 years ago, when the German Empire was young and the 19th century was old, the German expressionist…
Felicia P. Fields alone is worth a ticket to Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of Blues in the Night at the Ruth…
Chicago theater companies took a while to figure out how to respond to the COVID-19 lockdown and continuing restrictions. (And…
In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and…
This isn’t a “best theater of the year” list. As we’ve noted about past lists, we don’t see everything. Most…
As part of its 25th anniversary season, Porchlight Music Theatre is presenting the Ruffians’ indispensable Christmas show Burning Bluebeard. Inspired by…
Though I pride myself on a rather robust knowledge of American musical theater, one show I’ve never managed to get…
There are a few moments of Porchlight Music Theater’s production of A Chorus Line that haven’t aged particularly well. In particular,…
The longer I write theater reviews, the more familiar I find myself becoming—at least via playbills—with the talent overflowing from…
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