Musicals based on movies are all the rage these days with titles like Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, Bronx Tale and King Kong dominating Broadway marquees and the ads in Times Square. Arena Stage is adding another ’90s favorite to the mix, presenting the world premiere of Dave, a musical based on the 1993 light-hearted political […]
Archives for July 25, 2018
Review: The Pirates of Penzance at Olney Theatre Center
Theater programming usually doesn’t get any more conservative than Gilbert & Sullivan, late 19th century purveyors of light opera and bad puns. But Chicago’s avant-garde company The Hypocrites’ Theatre’s returning smash production of The Pirates of Penzance shows a new spin on an old G & S to be one of the more exciting musicals of […]