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Porchlight Continues Winning Streak with ‘Chorus Line’
By Peter Thomas Ricci Over the years, Porchlight Theatre has established itself as one of Chicago’s finest interpreters of American musical theater, and the company’s new production of “A...
By Peter Thomas Ricci Writers Theatre’s production of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is directed by the inimitable Ron OJ Parsons, and like all of Parsons’ treatments...
On Thursday, January 24, hundreds of subscribers braved the chilly weather to attend Lyric’s 2019/20 Season Preview event. General Director Anthony Freud, Music Director Sir Andrew Davis, and WFMT...
by Peter Thomas Ricci Nina Simone was one of the most brave, incisive, and daring musicians of the 20th century, and her genius has received a fine tribute in Northlight […]
By Peter Thomas Ricci “A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder,” the latest offering from renowned theater company Porchlight Music Theatre, features one of the most wickedly delightful premises I have...
By Peter Thomas Ricci The 1967 film “Bonnie & Clyde” is among the greatest of all films, a work of art that cemented Warren Beatty’s auteur status and redefined the […]