Dancing Queen at Riverfront Theater

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Delivered by an exuberant and attractive cast of young singers and dancers, Dancing Queen is an all-singing-all-dancing, high-energy nostalgia show that tries to churn its audience with happy memories of the songs of ABBA and other disco flag-wavers of the 1970’s. Even with no story and no dialogue, the hits, as they say, just keep coming, so this revue should erode the resistance of even the most resolute anti-disco snob. The extravaganza is playing at the Riverfront Theater, a massive tent complex that is attempting to establish itself as a major venue for variety entertainment in the city."

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

"... The show began with the music of ABBA ( after all, the title is “Dancing Queen” for the first 30 minutes or so and then went to the 70′s starting with “How Deep Is Your Love” by our four vocalists and then a medley from The BeeGees,Sister Sledge ( “We Are Family”),Irene Cara, The Village People (“YMCA”, of course) and then a rousing rendition of “In The Navy” with a big tap dance numbers as well as some kick lines. A Great finish to the first act. The second act began with a “Soul Medley” including the works of Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. They then did a “Tribute to Donna Summer”, which I found to short and enough. The back of the set was just a glitzy curtain- why not have a screen drop down with some video of the Great work that Ms Summer did? In fact, they could have done some of the others, like the Motown Medley in the same manner."