Reviews by Carol Moore

**** Highly Recommended  Although "Million Dollar Quartet" is one of my favorite shows, I’ve never seen a production quite like total MDQ experience at the brand new 98-seat Stolpe Island Theatre in Aurora.  From the moment you walk in the door you’ll be immersed in Sun Records.  In fact, you’ll be sitting IN the studio with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis!  "Million Dollar Quartet" was 90 minutes of pure fun. 4 BIG Spotlights

**** Recommended  I don’t know what I thought Northlight Theatre’s production of "2 Pianos 4 Hands" would be – a concert, maybe – but it turned out to be something quite different.  It does feature concert-level performances but it’s more about the process of learning to play the piano than it is about the final product.  It’s funny, heart-wrenching and a very good story.  4 Spotlights

**** Recommended  "The Mystery of Amelia Earhart" starring Leslie Goddard was an absolutely fascinating show.  I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about Earhart. Goddard, a historian, author, actress and lecturer, did extensive research into Earhart’s childhood and private life as well as her more public persona.  In fact, she was totally immersed in Earhart, so much so that she never broke character, even in the Q & A after the show.  4 Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended  I was a teen in the 60’s – graduated from high school in 1963, from Indiana University in 1967 – so Every Single Song in Marriott’s production of "Beehive: The 60’s Musical" brought memories.  Director/Choreographer Deidre Goodwin called the show “a love letter to the music of the 60’s,” but it’s really a love letter to the female singers of the sixties – the early girl groups, Leslie Gore, Marianne Faithful, the Supremes, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin and more – who often didn’t get the headlines, but were just as good as the guys!  4 BIG Spotlights