Theater Reviews

By Bill Beard Contributor South Pacific is one of the absolute best of the wonderful old musicals, yet it seems

By Thomas Simpson  Contributor  It’s been 85 years since audiences first witnessed King Kong climb the Empire State Building. In

By Bill Beard  Contributor  There’s a new show in town. It’s hilarious, colorful, exotic; it’s intimate, sad and personal; it’s

By Bill Beard  Contributor  Once again, there is a splendid new show at Aurora’s impressive Paramount Theatre. Let me sincerely

By Bill Beard Contributor This little gal has been swimming/walking around screens and stages for years! Since 1989 in fact,

By Bill Beard Contributor Goodman has done it again! It has delivered another “oldie but goodie”! Two years ago I

By Bill Beard Contributor There is indeed much to be said about the new production of Mamma Mia, the musical,

By Bill Beard Contributor Singin’ in the Rain, the movie, came out in 1952, starring the fabulous Gene Kelly, a

By Bill Beard Contributor When the lights came up on The Goodman Theatre’s premiere of the new musical, War Paint,

By Bill Beard Contributor A few weeks ago, we alerted you Stateline theatre-lovers about a new (to me) professional theatre

By Bill Beard Contributor A few months ago, I wrote about The Rocky Horror Show, as produced by a relatively

By Bill Beard Contributor Stagecoach Players has long been considered one of the better community theatres in the Illinois-Wisconsin stateline

By Bill Beard Contributor “Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like If you had just made