Just a fun night at the Skid Row Flower Shop… with Seymour, Audrey & that darn Audrey 2. Someone (me) didn’t check out our tickets beforehand… so a little surprised & excited to be front row center! Practically ON the stage at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theater in the round! Made it a little tougher for me to sing-along when the real actors were just inches away… singing on key!!!

Just a fun night at the Skid Row Flower Shop… with Seymour, Audrey & that darn Audrey 2. Someone (me) didn’t check out our tickets beforehand… so a little surprised & excited to be front row center! Practically ON the stage at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theater in the round! Made it a little tougher for me to sing-along when the real actors were just inches away… singing on key!!!

Last night was another fun night of live theater. Celebrating with my niece Taylor home from college for Spring Break… and for what we found out was my Cousin Kim’s first Broadway musical?! Wait, what?! We had no idea… and she LOVED it. Thanks to a fun production of JOSEPH by the Marriott Lincolnshire Theater. Now we need to get Kim to even more live theater! She had no idea of what she’s been missing!!!

After playing outside most of the day… I showered off & went in for a night of musical theater. I’ve never been to a production by the Highland Park Players… but I love the “Hunchback Of Notre Dame” show. So I thought I would give it a go. And I LOVED it… great lead voices, full orchestra & large choir on stage, lighting & minimal costumes… just basically no real scenery to speak of. I would definitely recommend it… especially for the three main leads!! Quasimodo, Esmeralda & a perfectly creepy & conniving Frollo!!!

Tonight was another night in the theater… but this time, for my first live magic show. I’m not sure what I was expecting… let me just say I’m glad we won the cheap “theater lottery” tickets again. At least the kids seemed to really enjoy it!!!

A beautiful landmark theater for a beautifully “dead” show!!! The Cadillac Palace Theater never ceases to impress me! Such great design & craftsmanship in a classic old Chicago theater. Creepy death & madcap mayhem expanding beyond the proscenium.

“It must be said three times… spoken unbroken.” Another night of musical theater fun… even more fun when you win cheap tickets with the “Broadway In Chicago” online lottery!!!

It was a “horror-ific” night of musical theater… with one of my favorite shows!!! I mean, ‘tis the season for creepy Skid Row, a dismembered dentist & a starving carnivorous plant!!!

A fun evening of musical theater tonight… going “INTO THE WOODS” at The Chopin Theater. It’s a fun show with a lot of words & and lot of rhyming by Stephen Sondheim!!!

The theater is very small… with just two pianos in the middle of the room, surrounded by sofas & upholstered chairs… and padded “ledges” to perch on? yeah, ouch! … while you’re watching this musical in the basement with large posts all around???? No real stage per se… just space around the pianos for the actors to move. Very small. Very close-up. It’s just starting its run at this theater… so grab a seat… or a “ledge” … and you’ll enjoy this small & intimate version of “INTO THE WOODS.”

Last night was another night of theater… and somehow the Cadillac Palace Theater never fails to amaze me. Such beautiful architecture with craftsmanship like they just don’t make anymore!