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various musicalsThe musical theatre reviews featured here are written by reviewers, not critics. These impressions and opinions are from individuals passionate about musical theatre and represent, in most cases, one observation of one performance. The primary purpose in publishing reviews is to help patrons decide whether a production is a good use of their time and entertainment budget. Our reviewers are also encouraged to creatively shine a light on particularly good work done onstage and backstage, understanding that successful productions happen because of the work of many. Finally, ChicagolandMusicalTheatre's reviewers are asked to walk into a show expecting enjoyable entertainment—because that's the mindset of patrons who buy tickets to professional theatre.

Onstage documentary of 1964 concert brings ‘Judy & Liza’ to Chicagoland in 2020

March 10, 2020

Through dialogue, both actors detail their fixations with their alter egos, but it’s when their singing becomes morphing that patrons feel true insight into Judy, Liza and their relationship with one another.

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TUTA Theatre’s fiery punk ‘Hedda Gabler’ really does end with a bang

March 2, 2020

By Ian Rigg After a century of staid productions and the lens of modern social mores, it can be difficult to believe Henrik Ibsen’s work could ever be shocking. But sure enough, his premieres made audience members walk out. Call TUTA Theatre’s cool new adaptation Hedda and the Angry Ibs: in the spirit of Ibsen

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Success! Paramount is the perfect place to premiere new musical based on beloved Michael J. Fox film

February 25, 2020

Multiple listenings (cast recording, Paramount?) will be required to capture all of the Mahler/Schmuckler genius. Songs like the opening “32 Hour Bus Ride,” “Pull It Off,” “Hidden Value” and the tender “Tie Your Shoes” are but one person’s favorites; each patron will certainly find his/her/their own.

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Lyric’s ‘Queen of Spades’ is a well-sung, but unevenly staged night at the opera

February 20, 2020

By Bryson David Hoff Staging the supernatural is a tricky affair. While theatre-going members audience are willing to suspend their disbelief for a certain level of artifice, there is still a razor-thin line between being inventive and taking the viewer out of the immediacy of a scene. This is a line that Lyric’s production of

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Theatre at the Center’s ‘Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America’ is a lovely tribute to the singer-songwriter’s legacy of friendships strengthened through his work

February 19, 2020

Perhaps that’s what TATC’s “Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America” does best—memorializes the delicious canon of music with ties that bind relationships. I

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