Category: Music Theater Works

Theater Review: ‘Camelot’: One Brief Shining Moment Forgot

WILMETTE, IL—This new production isn’t your grandmother’s, or even your mother’s, “Camelot.” For those who have seen previous revivals of the 1960 musical (starring Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, and Robert Goulet), or have watched the 1967 movie (with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, and Franco Nero), this modern reincarnation of “Camelot” at the Music Theater Works…


Theater Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’: Plenty of Songs on an Aquatic Stage

CHICAGO—When there’s no violent storm, no real shipwreck, and no live seagulls, it’s a bit of a stretch to convey the kind of sea-world setting of the 1989 Walt Disney movie “The Little Mermaid.” But Music Theater Works comes through with a terrific job of conveying a seashore and the kind of underwater world that…