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Critics' Theatre Review Round-Up Of Shows Currently Playing

Theatre In Chicago lists the reviews from 23 different Chicago area publications. We currently have reviews listed for 38 shows now playing, and a total of 284 different reviews!!!

'night Mother
'night Mother

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Redtwist Theatre
12 Ophelias
12 Ophelias

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Strawdog Theatre at Factory Theater
Always...Patsy Cline
Always...Patsy Cline

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

People and Places - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

(8 Reviews)
American Blues Theater
Birthday Candles
Birthday Candles

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

(2 Reviews)
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble at McAninch Arts Center
Both
Both

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(8 Reviews)
Teatro Vista at Steppenwolf Theatre
Covenant
Covenant

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(18 Reviews)
Goodman Theatre
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

EpochTimes - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(7 Reviews)
TUTA Theatre
Do Something Pretty
Do Something Pretty

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Rivendell Theatre
Drunk Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet
Drunk Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

(1 Review)
The Lion Theater
Eelpout!
Eelpout!

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

(9 Reviews)
Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(18 Reviews)
TimeLine Theatre Company
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Somewhat Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Drury Lane- Oakbrook
Fault
Fault

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Not Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(15 Reviews)
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Hell In A Handbag Productions at The Clutch
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(7 Reviews)
Chicago Children's Theatre at The Station
Heartbreak Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Daily Herald - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Entertaining Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(12 Reviews)
Marriott Theatre
Hookman
Hookman

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

(1 Review)
Bump in the Night Theatre at Bramble Arts Loft
The Hula-Hoopin` Queen
The Hula-Hoopin` Queen

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

(5 Reviews)
Young People's Theatre of Chicago at The Greenhouse Theater Center
In The Continuum
In The Continuum

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

(2 Reviews)
Pegasus Theatre Chicago at Chicago Dramatists
Job
Job

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

Evanston Roundtable - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(9 Reviews)
Writers Theatre
Le Bal
Le Bal

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Trap Door Theatre
Les Miserables
Les Miserables

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Cadillac Palace Theatre
Loki - The End of the World Tour
Loki - The End of the World Tour

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(9 Reviews)
Lifeline Theatre
The Magic Parlour
The Magic Parlour

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theater Beat - Highly Recommended

The Hawk Chicago - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Picture This Post - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(12 Reviews)
The Magic Parlour
Maybe Tomorrow
Maybe Tomorrow

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Wild Door Theater at Athenaeum Theatre
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage Review - Recommended

Chicagoland Theater Reviews - Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Medieval Times Schaumburg Castle
Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Paramount Theatre
Monty Python's Spamalot
Monty Python's Spamalot

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

Chicagoland Musical Theatre - Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(11 Reviews)
CIBC Theatre
Octet
Octet

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(11 Reviews)
Raven Theatre
Pandemonium, Please Hold
Pandemonium, Please Hold

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

(5 Reviews)
Second City
Scaramouche: A Musical In Two Acts
Scaramouche: A Musical In Two Acts

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Somewhat Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicagoland Musical Theatre - Somewhat Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(11 Reviews)
City Lit Theater
South Pacific
South Pacific

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(12 Reviews)
Paramount Theatre
Sun Tea
Sun Tea

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

(1 Review)
MPAACT at The Greenhouse Theater Center
The Targeted
The Targeted

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(8 Reviews)
A Red Orchid Theatre at Chopin Theatre
Theater of the Mind
Theater of the Mind

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(12 Reviews)
Reid Murdoch Building
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer

Daily Herald - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Windfall
Windfall

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

Curtain Call Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(19 Reviews)
Steppenwolf Theatre
Work Hard Have Fun Make History
Work Hard Have Fun Make History

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Third Coast Review - Not Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

(3 Reviews)
First Floor Theater at Raven Theatre

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*The designation of "Jeff Recommended" is given to a production when at least ONE ELEMENT of the show was deemed outstanding by the opening night judges of The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee. The entire production is then eligible for nomination for awards at the end of the season. To find out more information visit JeffAwards.org

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