Wherein I attempt to rank every show I’ve seen this year, a running list as the year unfolds, regardless of genre (theater, music, dance, art). Note, the company I keep is not a factor, though it often redeems the lesser of such evenings. If I’ve written about them, links are provided. If I published a review, it is linked.
Previous Years: 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
The Light/The New Colony/January 8
Midsummer Night’s Dream/Joffrey Ballet/April 25
Radio Golf/Court Theatre/ September 8
Traitor/A Red Orchid/January 18
The Wolves/Goodman Theatre/February 20
The Doppelgänger/Steppenwolf/April 15
Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women/One After 909/September 7
La bohème/Lyric Opera/October 6
Carmina Burana/Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus/August 18
Jesus Christ Superstar/Lyric Opera/April 28
Pamplona/Goodman Theatre/July 15
Mozart Violin Concerto/Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus/June 15
To Catch A Fish/TimeLine/May 2
An Enemy of the People/Goodman Theatre/March 19
Heartbreak Hotel/Broadway In Chicago/July 15
Hard Times/Lookingglass/January 10
Downstate/Steppenwolf/September 29
The Cher Show/Broadway In Chicago/June 28
Plantation!/Lookingglass/March 3
Pretty Woman The Musical/Broadway In Chicago/March 28