Emerald City Theatre: "Cinderella"

Here’s the entertainment appetizer to a holiday tea at American Girl Place—Emerald City’s “Cinderella.” Now playing at the Broadway Playhouse, this production is perfect for a gaggle of preschool-through-fourth-grade girls on a shopping field trip with their moms or their Brownie troop. The hour-long show captures all the highlights, from Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters, Grace and […]

Broadway Playhouse: “Potted Potter”

My face still hurts from laughing so much. “Potted Potter” is the perfect choice for an afternoon or evening of family fun at the theater this season—and in the perfect location.  On stage at the Broadway Playhouse, you can shop ‘til you drop along the Mag Mile and Water Tower Place, then hit the theater […]

"Traces": Acrobats Prove Any Dream is Possible

Providing riffs on everything from “Survivor” to Ginger Rogers’ films,  the seven member touring circus of 7 Fingers provide punk rock intensity along with classical grace in the nonlinear, ‘Blue Man Group’ style “Traces.” In between feats of flipping, human cannon balling and high wire theatrics, this troupe, with inevitable comparisons to Cirque du Soleil, […]