Spotlight on Reviews

**** Highly Recommended "Come from Away" is on my list of top 10 musicals ever!  I can’t remember when a production moved me like this one does. This show is an emotional rollercoaster; it made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me cheer. In fact, the entire Paramount Theater audience stood and cheered at the end. Out of the tragedy on 9/11 comes a marvelous story of hope and friendship. Paramount Theatre’s production of "Come from Away" is a must-see. Kudos to Director Trent Stark. 4 BIG Spotlights

**** Recommended  Hersey Felder has returned to Writers Theater in another tour de force performance as Sergei Rachmaninoff in "Rachmaninoff and the Tsar." As we’ve come to expect from the longtime Chicago favorite, Felder combines acting with a concert-level piano performance. I loved the performance although I thought the premise – a dying composer resurrecting a long-dead tsar to get an apology – was a bit of a stretch. 4 Spotlights

Music Theater Works has a hit with its latest production || ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ continues to draw audiences at North Shore Center

**** Highly Recommended  Kokandy Productions always seem to choose edgy, unique, sometimes odd, but always interesting musicals.  "Amélie" definitely fits that criteria. It’s dreamy, romantic, charming and very, very French. I’m not sure exactly how Director Derek Van Barham achieved a blocking miracle! The available space is miniscule, but everyone fits somehow as they keep moving into different configurations – all without bumping into each other or the audience. 4 BIG Spotlights