Articles filed under Short and Sweet Theater Reviews
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Final curtain comes down on 'Phantom of the Opera' after 35-year Broadway runApr 19, 2023 6:21 am - NEW YORK - The final curtain came down Sunday on New York's production of "The Phantom of the Opera," ending Broadway's longest-running show with thunderous standing ova...
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Slight alterations needed for 'The Devil Wears Prada' musical in ChicagoAug 14, 2022 9:03 am - “The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ How good can a new musical be if its composer is largely AWOL while the show finds its footing before live preview audience...
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Pop goes the 'Moulin Rouge!': Broadway adaptation dazzles on so many levelsApr 27, 2022 6:15 am - “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ ½ What's that sound that ripples throughout “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the 10-time Tony Award-winning show now nearing the end of i...
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Four-legged footwork: Former Chicago dancers rotate as reindeer Sven in 'Frozen'Jan 20, 2022 10:27 am - Most actors don't anticipate adding the role of a reindeer to their resume. But that's what happened to two performers in the national tour of Disney's "Frozen," now at...
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Disney's 'Frozen' sparkles in Chicago debutNov 28, 2021 8:16 am - Disney's “Frozen” - ★ ★ ★ There's a lot of wowing stage magic packed into Disney's “Frozen,” now making a slick national touring debut at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Thea...
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Plan ahead: Tituss Burgess performs at the Genesee Theatre March 13Feb 26, 2020 5:14 am - 'Unbreakable' Tituss Fans of Tina Fey's series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" won't want to miss seeing Broadway veteran Tituss Burgess in concert on Friday, March 13, at t...
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Overstuffed Donna Summer bio-musical squanders its disco-filled promiseFeb 18, 2020 4:55 am - “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” - ★ ★ ½ Does every Top-40 pop artist of the past merit a jukebox musical these days? It seems so, and the latest to hit Chicago is “Su...
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Actress channels 'Queen of Disco' for 'The Donna Summer Musical' tourFeb 14, 2020 5:13 am - Why have just one actress playing a musical's leading lady when you can cast three? That's the line of thinking behind a few Broadway shows of the past decade, including...
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'Once On This Island' is a Caribbean cornucopia of theatricalityJan 30, 2020 6:35 am - “Once On This Island” - ★ ★ ★ ½ You can get a sense of the intimate theatrical magic that must have sprung from director Michael Arden's 2017 Broadway revival of the 199...
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Chicago native lands in revival tour of 'Once On This Island'Jan 23, 2020 5:07 am - Chicago native Jahmaul Bakare is making his national touring debut with "Once On This Island," the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical revival beginning a two-week run a...
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