Traveling drive-thru show featuring 50-plus animatronic dinosaurs product of Crystal Lake company

Darling Grenadine, a new musical making its Midwest premier at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, daringly explores the tension between fantasy and reality.

As any fan of playwright Ken Ludwig will attest, you’ll recognize his gifts in PM and L’s latest production, the comedy thriller “The Games Afoot.” There’s witty dialogue, misdirection, twists and turns, multiple laughs, and of course, a snowstorm.

“Calendar Girls” holds the record for being the fastest-selling play in British history, but may be most familiar to American audiences because of the 2003 Helen Mirren and Julie Walters Miramax film of the same name.

Directed by Fran Jansta, “Company,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, opens March 9 to 25.

‘Ragtime,” an engaging musical based on a 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, enthralled the opening-night audience at Marriott Theatre. where it received a well-deserved standing ovation.

Cirque du Soleil fans have given a hearty welcome to the touring company’s imaginative production of “Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico.”