Betty Mohr
Author
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
The Royal Shakespeare Company Tours With ‘Hamnet’
Based on a sensational novel that was also adapted into a 2025 movie, this play examines the story behind ‘Hamlet’ and Shakespeare’s forgotten only son.
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‘Holiday’ Is Back to the Theater in a Smashing Production
Viewers are likely more familiar with the film version of ‘Holiday,’ but the modernized theater version is superb.
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‘Hamlet’ as a Fast, Edge-of-Your-Seat Thriller
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s ‘Short Shakespeare! Hamlet!’ turns the four-hour tragedy into a fast-moving murder mystery.
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‘Million Dollar Quartet Christmas’: A High-Energy Christmas Jam
Four rock ‘n’ roll legends return to Sun Records with spirited Christmas favorites.
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Chicagoland’s ‘Annie’ Has Talent and Heart
A new production of this Broadway classic may be its best rendition yet.
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‘Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns’
Though this whodunit was originally meant to star Father Brown, the Sherlockian reimagining has a charm all its own.
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Charles Dickens’s Storytelling Is Brought to Life in Chicago
Theater Wit presents Blake Montgomery in a one-man show about the famed author’s public readings of his classic Christmas tale.
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‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ Takes the Stage
Ebenezer Scrooge’s former business partner weighs in on redemption and earns his saving grace.
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’: Engaging and Hilarious
The classic Shakespeare play is just as entertaining, impactful, and hilarious today as it was four centuries ago when it was first performed.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Tours With ‘Hamnet’
Based on a sensational novel that was also adapted into a 2025 movie, this play examines the story behind ‘Hamlet’ and Shakespeare’s forgotten only son.
|
‘Holiday’ Is Back to the Theater in a Smashing Production
Viewers are likely more familiar with the film version of ‘Holiday,’ but the modernized theater version is superb.
|
‘Hamlet’ as a Fast, Edge-of-Your-Seat Thriller
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s ‘Short Shakespeare! Hamlet!’ turns the four-hour tragedy into a fast-moving murder mystery.
|
‘Million Dollar Quartet Christmas’: A High-Energy Christmas Jam
Four rock ‘n’ roll legends return to Sun Records with spirited Christmas favorites.
|
Chicagoland’s ‘Annie’ Has Talent and Heart
A new production of this Broadway classic may be its best rendition yet.
|
‘Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns’
Though this whodunit was originally meant to star Father Brown, the Sherlockian reimagining has a charm all its own.
|
Charles Dickens’s Storytelling Is Brought to Life in Chicago
Theater Wit presents Blake Montgomery in a one-man show about the famed author’s public readings of his classic Christmas tale.
|
‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ Takes the Stage
Ebenezer Scrooge’s former business partner weighs in on redemption and earns his saving grace.
|
‘Much Ado About Nothing’: Engaging and Hilarious
The classic Shakespeare play is just as entertaining, impactful, and hilarious today as it was four centuries ago when it was first performed.
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