Catey Sullivan

Five decades in, Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical has an infuriating storyline and an impressive everything else. Cue the chandelier.

Initially murky stakes turn nightmarishly clear through a series of harrowing scenes that ratchet up the tension in a vice grip.

The world premiere commission by Steppenwolf finds the Oscar-winning McCraney probing what comes after police brutality — a question that has haunted cities like Chicago.

Marriott Theatre's production has a powerful lead performance from Tyler Hanes, but the book doesn't deliver much insight into Elvis Presley.

Belting ballads, tender duets and an excellent cast make the musical an entertaining night out. But this adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel glosses over the gravitas that makes it a canonical tale.

The country star's songbook comes to life at American Blues in Harmony France's revival of the sturdy jukebox musical.

Going Bacharach: The Songs of a Icon, through 6/21 at Apollo Theater Chicago

The music overpowers the words in Nick Bowling's serviceable but not quite magical revival of Stephen Sondheim's 1973 musical.

The world premiere of Iceboy! Or, the Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O'Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh arrives at the Goodman Theatre

Deep into the first act of Shaina Taub's remarkable musical Suffs , there's a moment of lighting design that elicited a unison gasp from the audience opening night.