Rain: The Beatles Experience at Auditorium Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...This is not a show that does anything creative with the Beatles catalog (despite the promising title and unlike the Cirque du Soleil’s infinitely more interesting “Love” in Las Vegas), nor does “Rain” have anything to do or say beyond the manufacture of nostalgia and the celebration of iconic musical material."

Chicago Sun Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...the truth is, while it is possible to perform the Beatles' greatest hits in "a note-for-note perfect fashion -- completely live, with no pre-recorded tapes or sequences," any attempt to re-create the uncanny chemistry of the group or to conjure the cultural pandemonium it generated upon its arrival in the United States in 1964 is all but impossible."

Centerstage - Recommended

"...The performers get as close to the real thing as can be, and particular kudos go to Steve Landes’s dead on John Lennon voice. Unfortunately the Terry Gilliamish animations projected on two huge video screens in an attempt to evoke '60s psychedelia mostly fall flat. "Rain" is at its best when focused on the music."

ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended

"...This over produced concert gets close but never quite raises up to the level that marked The Beatles even after Rain spent 20 years trying. Casual Beatle fans may enjoy this show more than I did."

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

"...This talented foursome, Joey Curatolo (Paul), Steve Landes (John), Ralph Castelli (Ringo) and Joe Bithorn (George) do one heck of a job re-creating the history of this group that changed the music scene. The show takes them from the days that they arrived in the U.S. to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, through their tours and concerts, into their Sergent Pepper days as well as the Abbey Road period. This is 2 hours and twenty five minutes of pure pleasure where young and old find themselves singing and dancing in the aisles to this glorious music."