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Review: The Sound of Music (Drury Lane)

In two hours and forty minutes Director Rachel Rockwell’s faithful and often impassioned revival (which borrows two songs from the celebrated film version) charms and convinces wit... Read more

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Ich Lausch Dem Gesang: Siegfried at the Met

Despite some very fine singing, and some very fine orchestral playing, the Met's new Siegfried was less than fully satisfying. Robert Lepage promised hyperrealism, and this he... Read more

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That Fraggin' Dragon

Harry Potter star joins cast of Siegfried. The new star of Siegfried. He sings with a pleasing bass voice.Image from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire © 200... Read more

The 16 October 2011 by Superconductor
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Review: Don Quixote (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)

Don Quixote Choreographed by Yuri Possokhov Music by Ludwig Minkus Music direction by Scott Speck Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress (map) thru Oct 23 | tickets... Read more

The 19 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Opera Review: The Carmen That Almost Wasn't

Bizet opera saved at 11th hour in Philadelphia. Armed and dangerous: Rinat Shaham in the title role of Carmen. Image © 2011 Vancouver Opera/Opera Company of... Read more

The 03 October 2011 by Superconductor
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Review: Mary Poppins (Broadway in Chicago)

Disney’s aggressively buoyant movie musicalization soars into Chicago with Cameron Mackintosh’s all-singing, all-dancing tribute to P.J. Travers’... Read more

The 18 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Follies (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Follies Music, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Goldman Directed by Gary Griffin Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier (map) thru Nov 13 | tickets:... Read more

The 15 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: Pussy on the House (Hell in a Handbag Productions)

Though at times the rooftop shenanigans wear thin (feeling forced), the pell-mell, helter-skelter, take-no-prisoners daffiness of Ryan Landry's catty script... Read more

The 01 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Russian Romanticism at Carnegie Hall: Gergiev and the Mariinsky Do Tchaikovsky

Spring Plowing: Alexsey Venetsianov, 1820s Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, despite or because of the widespread popularity of much of his music, has often been... Read more

The 12 October 2011 by Singingscholar
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Review: The Argument (Interrobang Theatre Project)

Through emotional writing by playwright Gregory Moss, effective performances and excellent scenery, The Argument paints a stark portrait of fear, determination... Read more

The 11 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: The Sound of Music (Drury Lane)

In two hours and forty minutes Director Rachel Rockwell’s faithful and often impassioned revival (which borrows two songs from the celebrated film version)... Read more

The 29 October 2011 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Happy, Happy Anniversary, Don G., You Splendiferous Thing!

How about that Mozart, stepping out with Don G., two days before Halloween! How fitting.Yes, Don Giovanni premiered in Prague 224 years ago today, which means... Read more

The 29 October 2011 by Galegirl
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