Whether you’re waiting anxiously to see Timothée Chalamet in Wonka (the musical prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), or are rolling your eyes in anticipatory disgust (look, after the 2005 Johnny Depp cinematic debacle, I don’t blame you for being anxious!), Paramount Theatre’s current staging of the 2013 musical Charlie and the […]
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Miracle is the theatrical equivalent of a no-stakes late-season game
We waited 108 years for this?
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Akeelah and the Bee, Die Walküre, and 14 more new stage shows to see
An inspirational kids’ show and a not-be-missed Lyric Opera production are among this week’s best bets.
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Beauty and the Beast, The Complete Deaths, and four more new theater reviews
Short runs at the MCA and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are among this week’s notable shows.
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A drag diva descends upon Beaverlick in Music Hall
Jeffrey Binder plays the female Artiste in this drama from TUTA.
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In Mercury Theater’s Barnum, a narrow view of the big top
Barnum, now at the Mercury Theater, provides a narrow view of the big top.