Surging Theatricals mounting of The Rocky Horror Show—the original stage show, a rare treat, all things considered—is the same wet ‘n’ wild Walpurgis Night that Richard O’Brien laced up in thigh-high boots and unleashed all those years ago.

‘Young Frankenstein’ at Mercury Theater Chicago; ‘A Wonderful World’ thru Broadway in Chicago; and ‘The Ninth Hour’ at Den Theatre.

Kokandy continues to make the spooky season the most wonderful time of the year, but, in American Psycho, those monsters are real and still very much with us.

The Flying Dutchman at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Run Bambi Run at Milwaukee Rep; and Ring of Fire at Drury Lane Oakbrook.

Hamilton is back for another months-long sit-down in Chicago, and how lucky we are to be alive right now to see these people in this room making it happen.

If Baked! needs more time to come into its own, it definitely has a whiff of the welcomingly off-beat.

Local favorite Landree Fleming lays down roots on the big Paramount stage with a big production of this perennial musical.

Marriott’s production of this musical theatre classic gives ‘em socko performances and disquieting parting thoughts.

An early effort from a new musical theatre team that can’t help but feel out of place in the here-and-now.

It’s high hair and low comedy in Surging’s mounting of the light-as-aerosol Eighties-set musical.

Whodunnit, and where, and with what? Certainly not with a wire hanger, at least…

Two productions grapple with pop culture icons; another is a friendly visit from shysters.