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Chicago Musical Theatre Reviews. Here is where we post reviews on musical theatre in Chicago. Broadway in Chicago. Off Broadway Theatre Reviews. Chicago Musicals. Theater reviews and more.

ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS: Multinational Gothic Rockers Sign With Dissonance Productions; Second Full-Length – Apocrypha

Jul 09, 2020 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS: Multinational Gothic Rockers Sign With Dissonance Productions; Second Full-Length, Apocrypha, To See Release October 9th “These are the sounds that resonate through...

Victory Gardens’ “First Deep Breath” an Instant Classic

Nov 29, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci I often tell people that I was not lucky enough to see Steppenwolf’s original product of “August Osage County,” though I should have been smart enough […]

Steppenwolf Delivers Glorious Musical Celebration in ‘Lindiwe’

Nov 25, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci I’ll begin this review of the sensational “Lindiwe” with an observation that is, I think, hardly a controversial one – Steppenwolf is at its best when […]

Theatre Review: Sterling Cast Drives Raven’s “Hoodoo Love”

Nov 18, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci When Raven Theatre Artistic Director Cody Estle introduced the company’s opening night performance of Katori Hall’s “Hoodoo Love,” he referenced the play’s 2007...

Lookingglass’ “Tin Soldier” Ideal Holiday Entertainment

Nov 16, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci Lookingglass Theatre’s production of the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” has become a holiday tradition in Chicago, and for good reason –...

Porchlight’s Phenomenal Case Burdened by Melodramatic Material in ‘Sunset Boulevard’

Oct 28, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci Porchlight Theatre is among the finest interpreters of musical theater in all of Chicagoland, and those traits are in abundance in the company’s staging of the […]