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Sunday, July 19, 2026

Octet Hits All The Right Notes by Jeffery Lyle Segal

Let’s face it. Chicago theater audiences are spoiled, and we have been ever since Steppenwolf burst onto the scene fifty years ago. New Yorkers often settle for surface polish and shallow …

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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Iceboy! Needs Warming Up by Jeffery Lyle Segal

Iceboy!  – The Musical now receiving its world premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, is based on one truly wacky premise. The show is narrated by the spirit of famed playwright Eugene …

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Night Music is Glorious at Marriott Lincolnshire by Jeffery Lyle Segal

The genius of Stephen Sondheim never grows old for me.  It’s always a pleasure to revisit my favorite shows of his.  The production of A Little Night Music which just opened at Marriott …

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Saturday, July 5, 2025

The Color Purple Glows at The Goodman Theatre by Jeffery Lyle Segal

Chicago's Goodman Theatre  is exploding with life, love, and laughter in its all new production of The Color Purple.  The 1982 novel by Alice Walker has already spawned two film adapta…

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Maddie: A New Musical Is Still Materializing by Jeffery Lyle Segal

The 1985 movie, Moxie, starring Glenn Close and Mandy Patinkin, was based on the novel "Marion's Wall" by Jack Finney. It wasn't a very good screenplay. But even then I thought it was a very…

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Monday, April 7, 2025

Titanique Makes A Big Splash At Chicago's Broadway Playhouse by Jeffery Lyle Segal

There's no sinking feeling in the uproarious Porchlight Music Theatre production of the parody musical Titanique,"now playing at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse.  I missed seeing this show d…

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