I wept and sniffled my way through much of the 1985 novel “Beaches” by Iris Rainer Dart, and again through the 1988 film of the same name, which starred Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in a tale of opposites attract and a great friendship is born. When I heard that a pre-Broadway run of “Beaches” […]
A musical-theater masterpiece celebrating the 30th anniversary of Chicagoland’s most elegant venue, led by a top-five area director with a multi-talented cast.
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Stephen King never wrote a musical. Probably because he can’t one-up Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’s ability to simultaneously sicken, entertain and enthrall, as the Drury Lane Theatre’s current offering of the Stephen Sondheim classic does. An all-star ensemble cast near-flawlessly performs the stunning Sondheim score, led by Chicago native Gregg Edelman as […]
