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  • Review “Hamilton” (Broadway in Chicago): Miranda’s Masterpiece

    Saturday, September 16, 2023 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents HAMILTON. This was my third opportunity to experience Lin-Manual Miranda’s masterpiece live.  And I LOVED every note of it. I am forever in awe of Miranda’s genius in dusting off a founding father’s biography and telling the story in a contemporary and innovative way. The show is sung and rapped by a ...

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  • Review “Jagged Little Pill” (Broadway in Chicago): You Oughta Know… I Fricking Loved This Pill!

    Thursday, April 13, 2023 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents the Chicago Premiere of JAGGED LITTLE PILL inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette. #MeToo, opioid addiction, nonbinary identification, gun violence, homelessness… JAGGED LITTLE PILL is a topical powerhouse of relevance. Although Morissette exploded onto the scene in the 90s with her ...

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  • Review “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical” (Broadway in Chicago): Simply The Best!

    Thursday, March 16, 2023 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents TINA - The Tina Turner Musical produced by Stage Entertainment, James L. Nederlander and Tali Pelman, in association with Tina Turner and Erwin Bach. Tina Turner is an iconic superstar. This musical pays tribute to not only her talent but her resilience. It tells the story of a high-spirited young girl (played ...

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  • Review “Annie” (Broadway in Chicago): Exuberant Escape from Hard Knock Living

    Thursday, March 9, 2023 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents ANNIE THE MUSICAL. Do you remember when you last saw a live production of ANNIE? I do! It was 2016 and a Wednesday. Hillary just lost to Trump. I was devastated. I dragged myself to the press opening of ANNIE THE MUSICAL. The feel-good, family-friendly tale of an orphan bringing cheerful optimism ...

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  • Review “1776” (Broadway in Chicago): This Revival Crushes The Past!

    Thursday, March 2, 2023 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    The American Repertory Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, National Artists Management Company and NETworks Presentations present the Chicago Premiere of the Broadway Revival of "1776 THE MUSICAL." I’ve seen various productions of "1776" and even the 1972 movie version. I’m a fan of this musical USA origin story. And I was a little more than giddy to ...

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  • DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Broadway in Chicago): Six-Time Tony Winner Still Brings the High-Tech Emo

    Saturday, December 10, 2022 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Reviewed by Tom Lawler Set the scene:  DEAR EVAN HANSEN, a musical about a depressed high school student battling social anxiety, was a sensation with audiences and critics alike when it made its Broadway debut in 2016. It nabbed six Tonys — including for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score and most notably, a Best Actor ...

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  • Review “Disney’s The Lion King” (Broadway in Chicago): Transfixing Puppet Pageantry!

    Saturday, November 19, 2022 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents Disney’s THE LION KING.  Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Gugwana Dlamini (Rafiki) chants the infamous words that kick off the show and cast a spell on the audience. Her birth announcement summons the animals to a celebration of life. The resulting wildlife promenade is nothing less than transfixing puppet pageantry. Giraffes appear as performers ...

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  • Review “The Twenty-Sided Tavern” (Broadway in Chicago): Let’s Play!

    Saturday, November 5, 2022 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago and Session Zero presents THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN. Ale and well met, fellow adventurers! In the spirit of Dungeons and Dragons, THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN is an interactive role-playing adventure. Created by David Andrew Greener Laws aka DAGL and Sarah Davis Reynolds with David Carpenter, the game is larger than life with oversized dice, a backdrop ...

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  • Review “Wicked” (Broadway in Chicago): The Witches are Back… Thank Goodness!

    Friday, September 30, 2022 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago, in conjunction with Marc Platt * Universal Stage Productions * The Araca Group * Jon B. Platt * David Stone, present the Tony Award-winning WICKED.   ‘Good news! Good news! Look there is Glinda’… and Elphaba! The witches of Oz are back in Chicago! And ‘Thank Goodness’!  These witches were first introduced by L. ...

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  • Review “The Devil Wears Prada the Musical” (Broadway in Chicago): Fun, Fashion Statement!

    Monday, August 8, 2022 Broadway in Chicago, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Broadway in Chicago presents the Pre-Broadway debut of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA the Musical.  Lauren Weisberger’s first job out of college lives on in a best selling novel (2003), blockbuster movie (2006) and now a staged musical (2022). Weisberger wrote about the escapades of an Ivy League struggling journalist taking an assistant position to a world ...

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