Top 5 Plays of 2014 “Smokefall,” Goodman Theatre “Newsies,” Broadway In Chicago “The Midnight City,” Firecat Projects at Steppenwolf Garage “Hedda Gabler,” Writers Theatre “King Lear,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater —Brian Hieggelke
Top 5 Plays of 2014 “Hair,” American Theater Company “Lookingglass Alice,” Lookingglass Theatre Company “Happy Days,” Theatre Y “Othello,” Gift Theatre “The Language Archive,” Piven Theatre Workshop —Hugh Iglarsh
Top 5 Dance Performances of 2014 “Swan Lake,” Joffrey Ballet Compagnie Kafig: “Correria Agwa,” The Dance Center of Columbia College “The Art of Falling,” Hubbard Street Dance + The Second City Contemporary Choreographers, Joffrey Ballet Dance Theatre of Harlem, Auditorium Theatre —Brian Hieggelke
Top 5 Dance Venues of 2014 Dance Center of Columbia College Links Hall Harris Theater MCA Stage Auditorium Theatre —Sharon Hoyer
Top 5 Operas of 2014 “Porgy and Bess,” Lyric Opera of Chicago “The Medium,” Third Eye Theatre Ensemble “Rusalka,” Lyric Opera of Chicago “The Emperor of Atlantis/The Clever One,” Chicago Opera Theater “The Rape of Lucretia,” Chicago Fringe Opera —Aaron Hunt
Top 5 Operas of 2014 “William Tell,” Teatro Regio Torino (Harris Theater) “Capriccio,” Lyric Opera “Le Jugement de Pan” and “Actéon,” Haymarket Opera Company “Don Giovanni,” Lyric Opera “Macbeth,” Chicago Opera Theater —Dennis Polkow
Top 5 Musicals of 2014 “The Last Ship,” Broadway In Chicago “Gypsy,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater “The Marvelous Marvelettes,” Black Ensemble Theater “Brigadoon,” Goodman Theatre “Hair,” American Theater Company —Dennis Polkow
Top 5 Musicals/Musical Revues of 2014 “Songs from an Unmade Bed,” Pride Films & Plays “Parade,” BoHo Theatre “The King and I,” Marriott Theatre “Avenue Q,” Mercury Theater “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Porchlight Music Theatre —Aaron Hunt
Top 5 Holiday Shows of 2014 “Burning Bluebeard,” The Ruffians “A Christmas Carol,” Goodman Theatre “It’s Christmas Goddamnit!,” The Annoyance Theatre “The Nutcracker,” The House Theatre of Chicago “A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater —Zach Freeman
