Broadway in Chicago presents ONE-MAN STAR WARS TRILOGY . Charles Ross has condensed our beloved original Star Wars Trilogy (“Star Wars”, “The Empire Strikes Back”, “Return of the Jedi”) into a tight seventy-five minute live performance. He starts each movie by mimicking the iconic soundtrack and talking about the words scrolling vertically on screen. He then ...
The Fourth Walsh
Theatre with a side of life
Category Broadway in Chicago
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Review “Riverdance” (Broadway in Chicago): Kicking It HIGH for Their 20th Anniversary World Tour
Broadway in Chicago presents RIVERDANCE. I had the opportunity to see the farewell tour of Riverdance in 2012. And last night, I watched the resurrected Irish crew back in our city for their 20th Anniversary World Tour. If you haven’t see RIVERDANCE before, Chicago has been given another chance to experience first-rate Irish dancing. The show starts ...
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Review “Matilda the Musical” (Broadway in Chicago): Extraordinary!
Broadway in Chicago presents Roald Dahl’s MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Disney princesses and Marvel superheroes step aside. MATILDA has landed in Chicago! And she is one smart cookie… genius, actually! Even lacking a loving, supportive family, Matilda becomes a confident intellectual at age five. She reads. Her power source is her brain. She uses her knowledge to ...
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My Top Ten Unforgettable 2015 Plays
It is my great fortune to live in a town that is bursting with so much theatrical talent. About seven years ago, I stumbled into reviewing the Chicago theatre scene. Every show enhances my understanding of theatre and life. I enjoy most every production for some aspect. The stinkers have been a single digit percentage ...
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Review “Kinky Boots” (Broadway in Chicago): Playful and Meaningful
Broadway in Chicago presents the Tony Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS. Although this show has a bounty of sassy, bright-colored, long-zipping, pointy-toed, thigh-high, spiky-heeled boots, this play is really about two men searching for self-identity and reinvention. Harvey Fierstein polishes the quirky film by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth into a shiny musical. Fierstein keeps the boy-meets-drag-queen story ...
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Review “First Wives Club the Musical” (Broadway in Chicago): Ultimate Ladies’ Night!
Broadway in Chicago presents a new Broadway-bound musical, FIRST WIVES CLUB the Musical. I love “First Wives Club” the movie. I’ve watched it more than a dozen times. I like FIRST WIVES CLUB The MUSICAL. I saw it last night. It was cute! It was predictable. Many of my favorite jokes from the movie made it ...