"The training is what helps me to sustain and maintain the instrument," says Betts, referring to her foundation as an operatic soprano. "…I will be maintaining what I've learned training-w…
This is only the third time that "Jenufa" has been performed at Lyric Opera, but a number of things made Sunday afternoon's opening an historic occasion.
Take away all the heart and soul of the property and fill the evening with overblown songs that stop the action rather than advance it and you have "Beetlejuice" the musical.
For this rare revival, Lyric chose a Laurent Pelly production that uses maps for scenery and sets the work in World War I.
Sondheim's first truly Sondheim-esque musical, Bobbie is turning thirty-five and single in a world of couples. The pressure is on from her married friends to make the plunge.
This dance-driven melodic fable of a mysterious village in the Scottish highlands that appears once a century is pure enchantment, as the current Music Theater Works production reminds us.
Resurrection Mary, the Iroquois Theatre fire ghosts, local lore galore. And like Halloween itself, some real chills are part of the fun.
"We're trying to find that balance of how much of the personal, how much of the cultural and how much of the overall impact that the man had. We can't ignore his impact on music. We also can…
This production takes you into the world of Mary Shelley in the most visually stunning way.
Wagner and Lyric Opera have had a long and convoluted relationship over the decades. The company built its reputation by centering on Italian repertoire and Wagner was a relative rarity give…
After a three-year absence following a three-year run, "Hamilton" is back in Chicago for a three-month run.
The goal of the evening is to serve as an "appetite whetter" for the Lyric's new season.
What is wonderful about "MJ: The Musical" is that it raises as many meaningful questions about creativity when it has a cavernous cultural response and impact as it answers.
"Pippin" is not your everyday musical. A fictional work that makes loose use of medieval historical figures, the title character is Charlemagne's oldest son returning home from university an…
This is the original "West Side Story" as it was originally conceived in 1957, which is to say the original song order is preserved and its radical elements are left to pack a wallop.
Nick Sandys is directing the world premiere of "Shaw vs. Tunney" produced by Grippo Stage Company
The early twentieth-century fictional Harlem musician Coalhouse Walker in E.L. Doctorow's novel"also the centerpiece of this musical"is a powerful symbol of racial injustice. And yet it is a…
It's the story of a man so desperate for the Washington Senators to trounce the Yankees that he is willing to sell his soul to do it.
The lampoon of missionaries that feel the need to create a cookie-cutter world in their own image still resonates.
British mathematician Alan Turing, who is the father of computer science, was primarily publicly remembered for being convicted of "gross indecency" for homosexual acts and was subject to ch…
A jukebox musical that tells the story of Tina Turner, one of the most powerful and unique performers to take a stage.
Sharon is likely the hottest American director in opera right now. The world premiere of "Proximity: A trio of new American operas" is being dubbed Sharon's "Lyric Opera main-stage debut" an…
J'Nai Bridges is making a homecoming of sorts with an iconic role that is becoming signature for her, Carmen.
For this show, the emphasis is on Annie seeking to be loved and accepted and that template is well in place in the new touring production currently playing.
"1776" took our Founding Fathers off their pedestals and revealed them as clay-footed human beings who passionately squabbled over something as fundamental as American independence. Director…