Betty Mohr
As an arts writer and movie/theater/opera critic, Betty Mohr has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Australian, The Dramatist, the SouthtownStar, the Post Tribune, The Herald News, The Globe and Mail in Toronto, and other publications.
LATEST
‘Monsieur Chopin: A Play With Music’
This one-man play celebrates the life and music of one great composer.
‘Oh, What a Night’ at Chicago’s Production of the ‘Jersey Boys’
The Mercury Theater hosts the quartet from the ‘60s in this musical narrative of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’s rise to fame and success.
‘James and the Giant Peach’ Makes a Splash
Roald Dahl’s children’s favorite is a colorful, animated spectacle on stage at Chicago area’s Marriott Theatre.
‘Aida’ Returns to the Lyric Opera
Verdi’s grandest of opera falls a little flat in this new-to-Chicago production of ‘Aida.’
‘The Matchbox Magic Flute’
Director Mary Zimmerman does her magic on Mozart’s beloved opera.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’
This realistic take on the beloved musical is a timely reminder that history should not be forgotten.
Rossini’s ‘Cinderella’ Has Never Been More Whimsical
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of the beloved opera differs some from the well-known story, but goodness still triumphs!
Has the ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet Been Improved Upon? Yes!
The Joffrey Ballet’s setting of the classic ballet before Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition was a stroke of genius.
