Musicals

Christmas plays, trains, Curious George, and fun anti-litter education are all on tap this week.

These guys are preserving the velvet sounds of an era long gone and are worth hearing.

The Gifts of the Magi is a heart-warming, captivating holiday musical treat! It is drawn from two short stories by O. Henry.

The show runs only until Sunday, and you'll want to make sure that you don't miss it.

Musical group the Plaids are given a chance to come back to life and continue their career after dying in a tragic car accident.

The adventure zips from the North Pole to Acapulco and back again in this clever, fun-loving musical.

The striking reality of how our society discourages mothers to pursue the arts is revealed in a must-see documentary.

"We thought audiences might appreciate a modern and colloquial 'translation' of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol."

Noted Broadway actor Norm Lewis will appear as Sweeney Todd.

The performance will be on December 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the Plano Children's Theatre.

Only a little over a week to go until Halloween, so there are plenty of spooky events going on.

EDTM cheerfully goes way past the top, never missing an opportunity for a gag, a song, a ridiculous dance, or a chance to baptize the audience in sticky icky gore.

For Lyric Stage, The Road to Qatar leads to fun, frivolity, and the freedom to laugh out loud.

How cute is that?

They learned how to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and then dance while singing it. We can't even do that.

Call it "Paul in the Family" -- he’s gay, funny and popping up everywhere.

The festive, sexy, hip rolling, and grinding, and slip-sliding movements made possible by the sparkly but danceable costumes, give a delightful evening of entertainment from the windy city.

This may be a story about retribution and unbridled fury, but it's also about subsisting in the throes of unremitting pain.

Because of the limited run, I urge you to go see the show. It is a treat to see some of our biggest local "stars" all on stage at the same time.