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I Love Lucy (Chicago)

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Rating: 4.2 out of 5 based on 619 reviews

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An “out-of-body experience for ‘Lucy’ fans” according to Showbiz Chicago, I LOVE LUCY® LIVE ON STAGE takes audiences back to 1952 as members of the Desilu Playhouse studio audience where they await the filming of two hilarious and oh-so-familiar I LOVE LUCY® episodes, “The Benefit” and “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined.”

A charming host entertains and enlightens the crowd to the behind-the-scenes filming process of a brand new thing called “television,” the Crystaltone Singers perform advertising jingles in perfect 50s style harmony and the sidesplitting antics of America’s favorite foursome – Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel – are presented live on stage and in color for the very first time! It’s a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience TV Guide’s William Keck calls “the most entertaining stage production I’ve seen in years – including Broadway!”

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Rating: 4.2 out of 5 based on 619 reviews
  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Well done

    by musicman41 on 4/6/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I brought my 11-yr-old daughter to the show "I Love Lucy". She enjoyed it and was engaged, but I didn't see her jump off her seat in excitement. She had never seen the sitcom "I Love Lucy" on TV. The show is cute and the actors do a superb job of mimicking Lucy and all the rest of the cast. The humor is pretty benign, like the TV show. They not only looked and acted the part, the actors delivered their lines with perfect timing. In the end, however, the plot and content is very much like the TV show: vacuous. I never liked the TV show very much.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    I Do Love Lucy!

    by foreverdisney on 4/5/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I Love Lucy: Live on Stage was a very fun performance to go to with the family. It was interactive, funny and silly. However, I will say that it was not as funny as I thought it was going to be because the fact is Lucille Ball made I Love Lucy and, obviously, Lucille Ball is not in this production. I will give the actors their props, though, for playing these classic characters and getting their voices and mannerisms just right! The ensemble in this cast was fantastic! They did a great job at making the audience laugh. All-in-all, I had a fun time and I would recommend seeing it if you want to do something different and want to laugh.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Fun theater experience!

    by Anonymous on 4/3/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    Delightful play!! This was one of the most enjoyable theater experiences we have had in a long time! Fun show; great actors. Ricky Ricardo was amazing!! Highly recommend this show.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    i love lucy

    by wilma552 on 4/2/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    loved'loved'loved this show. my daughter and i sat in the first row ,wehad the best seats.if you love lucy you will enjoy this show. if you don't love lucy it is still a wonderful show.i have been telling all my frinds to see this show.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Past comes to LIFE

    by Dalton00 on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    WOW! What an incredible experience!! This show was one of the best shows I have ever seen! Highly entertaining and a lot of fun for everyone! The actors made it feel like you were witnessing the real Desi & Lucy and being able to be part of history of such an amazing iconic show! KUDOS to the whole cast! I would recommend this show to whomever is lucky enough to have it tour your city!! A MUST SEE FOR ALL AGES!!! WOW simply, WOW!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Lucy was great!

    by Abi1989 on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    We thoroughly enjoyed the play, and are sorry that the run is over. The cast does a superb job of bringing Lucy to life.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    I Love Lucy was UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

    by MonkeyGirl33 on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    The actress who played Lucy was so good I had to remember that Lucille Ball was not there. The entire cast did a wonderful job. I actually loved the actor who played Ricky more that the real Ricky. I cannot wait until it comes back to Chicago. I was crying because I was laughing so much and so delighted that so many other people Love Lucy the way that I do. Thank you Broadway in Chicago!

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    I liked Lucy

    by DaveInChicago on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    As a die hard "I Love Lucy" fan, I surprised myself by waiting until the end of the Chicago run to see this production. While I wanted to really love it, I can only say that I liked it. It had some great moments that really recreated what was captured for the original TV shows. The apartment set was terrific -- it looked very much like I remembered the actual set. The cast was good. Because Ricky and Lucy as such iconic characters, any actor would be challenged to try to portray them. These recreations missed the mark on occasion but at times were pitch perfect (or not perfect as the case when Lucy was supposed to be singing off-key). It was a pleasant evening. The commercial breaks were excellent and the audience really enjoyed the whole 90 minutes. The production had only two more performances in Chicago but the cast seemed very enthusiastic and engaged.

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    We liked I Love Lucy

    by LucyFans on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    My wife and I had a blast at the musical play, I Love Lucy. The concept is that the audience was at Desilu Studios watching the taping of 2 episodes of the I Love Lucy tv show. It was quite entertaining...very well done. If there was anything lacking, it was that I was hoping the writer would have created 2 new episodes that Lucy fans have not seen before. As it was, we sat through reruns, but done live and with music. (In contrast, last year's Three Stooges movie was a new story that Stooges' fans had not seen, not a re-enactment of an oldie but goodie.) There is no such thing as 'bad' episodes of I Love Lucy, but reruns are reruns.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Desi stole the show!

    by BettyBoop24 on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    "Desi Arnaz" stole the show from Lucy, I was expecting a more powerful performance from "Lucy", but it turned out to be Desi's time...finally! All in all it was a great time and my family and I had a wonderful time laughing and going back in time.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    So Enjoyable

    by Riffster on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I took my mother to this show and we both enjoyed it immensely. It was funny and simply great. We had so much fun watching it.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    I Love Lucy

    by Sobrmn on 4/1/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    Can't beleieve it closed. Think the price of the tickets and parking was the only thing from keeping it from playing for years. Those people REALLY captured the characters, and was SOOOO entertaining !

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Well worth it !

    by Joseraymus on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    Being a kid growing up in the 70's, I saw every I Love Lucy rerun after school. Very spot on and enjoyable. You are part of the studio audience as the " show" is being taped. In between commercial breaks were enjoyable as well ! Good time !

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    I Love Lucy ( Chicago)

    by JHOOK on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I took my best friend and husband. We had a really nice time the show was great we enjoy are self very much, The Theater was very nice the seats were good. We can see and hear with no problems. I would recommend it to all my friends and family but it is not leaving the Chicago area but if it comes back I will tell them to go. It a good show.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    We Love Lucy!!!

    by DCTY2011 on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    It was like being in Hollywood in 1951. They made it a genuine experience by making it look like and actual taping at Desilu Studios. I hope all fans of Lucy and the gang get a chance to see them.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Perfect Rendition of a classic

    by dptp on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I Love Lucy was just the Friday night outing me and my wife needed. Love the correlations to the original classic and the wonderful studio set up. It was funny, professional and musically great. The cast was wonderful and i would see it again.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    I Love Lucy is the funniest...!

    by Hildeb15 on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    Great time laughed for 90 mins. Very creative play and wittyness of cast. If you liked I Love Lucy then this is a must see play.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Must See!!!

    by BeaPana on 3/31/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I took my college daughters to Chicago for Spring Break. I have to say this was the highlight of our trip. The play was spectacular. Well done!!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    I Love Lucy Rocked!!

    by Anonymous on 3/30/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    The magic started in the Lobby. Costumed audience members stumped us! We couldn't figure out if they were cast. The show delivered with great singing, dancing and acting. Hoping to see it again!!!

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    Hoping for more

    by caod on 3/30/13Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place - Chicago

    I was looking forward to seeing this and it was just not up to what I expected. I liked the whole idea and the set-up of the show, but it seemed that they could have picked 2 funnier episodes to perform. The acting was good, and the "commercial" singers were great and enjoyable, but the humor just fell flat.