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Established romantic comedy meets entirely new Bryan Adams tunes in “Pretty Woman: The Musical”

When Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Bryan Adams spoke to TV reporters on the red carpet for “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” he revealed working on the entirely new [More…]

Overhauled “On Your Feet!” explodes with Gloria & Emilio Estefan’s rhythms, romance and resilience

When Emilio & Gloria Estefan’s “On Your Feet!” earned a pre-Broadway debut in Chicago three years ago with the superstar couple in the house, it was a pretty [More…]

Musically-focused “Hail Hail Chuck” by Black Ensemble Theater outlines the architect of rock n’ roll

The larger than life Elvis Presley may have been crowned “The King,” but don’t get it twisted, Chuck Berry was really the electrifying architect who laid rock n’ [More…]

Mega-movie “Steel Magnolias” turns up the laughs, tears in moving return to its stage roots

A couple years before the Golden Globe and People’s Choice Award-winning movie starring Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah and Olympia [More…]

Beautiful voices, striking sets elevate dark, shocking “Phantom” sequel “Love Never Dies”

One of the most immensely anticipated sequels in Broadway history also earned incredibly mixed reactions when it opened on West End, but that didn’t stop Andrew Lloyd [More…]

Black Ensemble Theater salutes Sammy Davis Jr. with jazzy standards, loads of fancy foot work

Whether he was performing in vaudeville or Las Vegas, making the rounds with the Rat Pack or Hollywood’s leading ladies from the silver screen, Sammy Davis Jr. was a true [More…]

Another “Beautiful” take on Carole King’s immortal songbook, courageous story

Everyone knows the songs of Carole King, either those she recorded personally or ones cut by the lofty likes of Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, The Drifters, The Monkees, The [More…]

Loyalty, love, tunes and tap dancing amongst the many blessings in Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”

A holiday season never goes by without endless movie screenings of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” which first hit the silver screen in 1954 starring Bing Crosby, [More…]

No better way to beat the winter blues than with Jimmy Buffett’s “Escape To Margaritaville”

When Jimmy Buffett stopped by opening night of the pre-Broadway musical “Escape To Margaritaville” in the heart of a Chicago November, he traded his flip-flops for tennis [More…]

“Beverly Hills 90210: The Musical” lovingly skewers the teen soap opera from TV’s most famous zip code

From the creators of “Full House: The Musical,” “Bayside! The Musical,” “Katdashians” and “Show Girls: The Musical” comes “Beverly Hills 90210: The [More…]