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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 40 shows now playing, and a total of 317 different reviews!!!

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Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

Spotlight On Lake - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

(7 Reviews)
Citadel Theatre Company
Bernadette, The Musical
Bernadette, The Musical

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Reader - Not Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Athenaeum Theatre
Birds Of North America
Birds Of North America

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(11 Reviews)
A Red Orchid Theatre
Black and Highly Flavored
Black and Highly Flavored

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

(5 Reviews)
UP Comedy Club
Black Cypress Bayou
Black Cypress Bayou

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Definition Theatre
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Somewhat Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Somewhat Recommended

Entertaining Chicago - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Somewhat Recommended

(10 Reviews)
Goodman Theatre
Charges (The Supplicants)
Charges (The Supplicants)

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Theatre Y
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

(6 Reviews)
Marriott Theatre
Come Back, Little Sheba
Come Back, Little Sheba

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(10 Reviews)
American Blues Theater
Confederates
Confederates

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - 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 - Highly Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

(10 Reviews)
Redtwist Theatre
The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Somewhat Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Somewhat Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Somewhat Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(17 Reviews)
Steppenwolf Theatre
Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(10 Reviews)
Paramount Theatre
Drunk Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet
Drunk Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

(1 Review)
The Lion Theater
Hamilton
Hamilton

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

WTTW - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

Chicagoland Musical Theatre - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(17 Reviews)
CIBC Theatre
Hamnet
Hamnet

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Somewhat Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Highly Recommended

Chicago Culture Authority - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(20 Reviews)
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Harvey
Harvey

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Somewhat Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Saint Sebastian Players at St. Bonaventure Church
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Recommended

(10 Reviews)
Remy Bumppo Theatre at Theater Wit
The Hobbit
The Hobbit

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Young People's Theatre of Chicago at The Greenhouse Theater Center
Holiday
Holiday

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Somewhat Recommended

Entertaining Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(18 Reviews)
Goodman Theatre
The Irish... and How They Got That Way
The Irish... and How They Got That Way

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

Chicago Theater and Arts - Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

(10 Reviews)
Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center For Arts
The Jackie Wilson Story
The Jackie Wilson Story

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Chicagoland Theater Reviews - Recommended

(9 Reviews)
Black Ensemble Theater
Kitty And The Beanstalk
Kitty And The Beanstalk

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

(1 Review)
Lifeline Theatre
Kubrickian
Kubrickian

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Not Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Somewhat Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

(7 Reviews)
Factory Theater
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Entertaining Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

(12 Reviews)
Marriott Theatre
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Gwydion Theatre Company at Chopin 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
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
Miersten Wolf
Miersten Wolf

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Somewhat Recommended

(2 Reviews)
The Drinking & Writing Theater at Neo-Futurists
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
Miss Julie
Miss Julie

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Somewhat Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Somewhat Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

PicksInSix - Recommended

Splash Magazine - Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

(14 Reviews)
Court Theatre
Morning Noon, and Night
Morning Noon, and Night

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Recommended

(8 Reviews)
Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit
On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan
On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Daily Herald - Recommended

Let's Play Theatrical Reviews - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(9 Reviews)
Drury Lane- Oakbrook
Pivot
Pivot

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Recommended

MaraTapp.org - Recommended

(7 Reviews)
Rivendell Theatre
The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(3 Reviews)
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Pot Girls
Pot Girls

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Somewhat Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Recommended

(8 Reviews)
The Story Theatre at Raven Theatre
Red Light Winter
Red Light Winter

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

(2 Reviews)
Ego Death Theatre Collective at The Greenhouse Theater Center
The Seagull
The Seagull

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Recommended

(8 Reviews)
Red Theater at The Edge Off-Broadway
The Shape of The Bones
The Shape of The Bones

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

(2 Reviews)
The New Theatre Project at Theater Wit
Top Girls
Top Girls

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

Around The Town Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Recommended

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

Werner's Theatre Reviews - Highly Recommended

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

(11 Reviews)
Raven Theatre
Trial In The Delta: The Murder Of Emmett Till
Trial In The Delta: The Murder Of Emmett Till

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

Chicago Reader - Recommended

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

Allie and the After Party - Highly Recommended

(4 Reviews)
Collaboraction at Kimball Arts Center

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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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