Articles filed under Short and Sweet Theater Reviews
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Gunnar gives The SpongeBob Musical 100 points!Jun 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Looking for a fun, light family show? Hurry on down to the Oriental Theatre for "The SpongeBob Musical," which made its pre-Broadway world premiere this month and contin...
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Touring 'Sound of Music' lovingly celebrates power of songJun 10, 2016 11:00 am - “The Sound of Music” typically doesn't command the same serious respect of other classic musicals created by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. But any great pro...
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The Sound of Music climbs every mountain and finds relevanceJun 09, 2016 11:00 pm - If you think you've seen enough of "The Sound of Music" to bypass the Broadway In Chicago version of it, think again. It plays only through Sunday, June 19, at Cadillac ...
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Broadway-bound 'The SpongeBob Musical' makes its world premiere in ChicagoJun 06, 2016 12:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Tina Landau got a huge laugh at a February news conference when she shared her initial reaction to the idea of directing the world pr...
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Local theater vet plays Mother Abbess in touring 'Sound of Music'Jun 05, 2016 7:00 am - When the national tour of “The Sound of Music” plays Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, suburban theater fans should recognize a familiar face in the cast. Fo...
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'Disenchanted!' deliciously disses princesses in sketches, songsMay 20, 2016 12:00 pm - Ads for the musical comedy revue “Disenchanted!” feature the names of fairy-tale princesses scrawled on a big red apple, but don't assume for a second that this 2014 off...
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'Chicago' maintains razzle dazzle in Windy City returnMay 11, 2016 12:00 pm - Could it be that the hard-edge elbows of the hit musical “Chicago” have gotten even sharper? Let's just say that recent political events have made the musical's enduring...
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'Chicago' puts Oak Park musician center stageMay 09, 2016 6:00 am - Professional musician Linda Van Dyke of Oak Park spends a lot of her performing career in the pits - theater orchestra pits, that is - for Broadway musicals in and aroun...
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Short & Sweet critic enjoys humor in 'Bullets over Broadway'Apr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Hilarity ensues when a playwright has to cast the girlfriend of the mobster who finances the production of his new play. "I think Dave was probably my favorite character...
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Misfires mar comic 'Bullets Over Broadway'Apr 20, 2016 11:00 pm - The 2014 musical "Bullets Over Broadway" is a rare example of a show that is both exhilarating and exasperating - sometimes at the same time. Local audiences can get a s...