Reviews by Carol Moore

**** Highly Recommended **** Chicago Shakespeare’s production of The Comedy of Errors is Barbara Gaines last gift to Chicago audiences – and it’s a great one!  I can’t think of anything I’d change. Gaines collaborated with Second City’s Ron West to update and reprise their 2008 version – putting Shakespeare’s shortest play literally inside another play.  The result is hilarious – with a ton of sight gags, slapstick and pratfalls.  Shakespeare lover or not, I think everyone will enjoy The Comedy of Errors!  A must-see!  4 BIG Spotlights

*** Recommended *** If you’re planning on seeing TINA – THE TINA TURNER STORY you should know that it is not a juke box musical.  There’s plenty of music, but it’s Broadway musical music, not Top 40 hits music.  In other words, this is Tina Turner’s life story, and it’s very, very dark.  That said, the audience was cheering at the opening night performance, the 200th performance.  I thought the was too long, coming in at 2 hours, 45 minutes; the encore performance after the bows redeemed the show for me.  3 Spotlights

**** Recommended **** The Goodman Theatre’s latest production, Toni Stone, is a great baseball story.  If you have a baseball lover in the family, take them to see this unique play.  This is a darn good story based on a real person, Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball.  Kudos to Director Ron OJ Parsons on a delightful story.  Aside from the history, Toni Stone would be worth seeing for the baseball anecdotes alone!  4 Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended **** Drury Lane’s production of "A Chorus Line" is absolutely fabulous.  "A Chorus Line," one of my favorite musicals, is unique in that it has no stars.  Rather it pays homage to all the dancers competing for a spot in the chorus.  This show   Who’s who in the chorus?  We never have a clue, they’re just names in a program – except in "A Chorus Line!"  4 Big Spotlights