Hundreds of highly skilled performances ennobled Chicago theater in 2022. Some flowed from celebrities, others from largely unknowns. Theater critic Chris Jones shares 10 great made-in-Chicagoland performances from 2022 that will live on in the memory.
Alicia Kaori plays Maria in Paramount Theatre’s holiday season production of"The Sound of Music."How do you solve an acting problem like Maria? Find your own way. Kaori was an utter delight as pop culture’s most famous Austrian novice, wrangling the Von Trapp children with a joyous kind of ease and appearing totally believable as a woman who had never before paid attention to anyone even remotely like Capt. Von Trapp.
Cordelia Dewdney, Elizabeth Ledo, Susie McMonagle, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Lillian Castillo and Amy J. Carle in"Steel Magnolias" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace.Most of us expected the creaky tear-jerker “Steel Magnolias” to be a run-of-the-mill summer production at Drury Lane, matching the season wherein the suburban theater takes a break from its big musicals.
Kiley Fitzgerald, Julia Morales, Evan Mills and E.J. Cameron in the Second City revue"Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not."Great physical comedians are a crucial part of Second City’s storied past but they’ve been fewer in number in recent years. But Mills, who I described as a cross between “a gummy bear, a jack-in-the-box, Peter Sellers and a 149 CTA bus turning a corner with its bendy bit in the middle,” is very much of that ilk.
Betsy Morgan and the children's ensemble in Rogers and Hammerstein's"The King and I" at Drury Lane Theatre.No role in Chicago in 2022 was sung with more elegance and grace than Anna in Drury Lane’s “The King and I.” A Broadway performer who came back to her Chicago roots, Morgan’s vocals were simply exquisite; just as well when you have so many iconic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical theater numbers to sing.
A rich vocalist, Emily Rohm spent many years playing Disney princesses, quirky teens and other leading musical theater roles. But in “Fun Home,” she was far from the lead: this is Alison Bechdel’s story and the central character is played by three different women at different ages. Rohm’s assignment was Helen, Alison’s mother, a woman trapped in a treacherous marriage and forced far more to react to others than to self-actualize.
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