The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre closes out its 2025 season with a gorgeously sung tribute in director Amy Fritsche's Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver. What this revue by Harold Thau (who's credited for its “original concept”) is lacking in heart is more than made up by the live music played by the onstage actors, all of whom make Denver’s music ring.

With The Daily Beast hailing the show as "a two-hour explosion of physical comedy, malapropisms, and knockabout satire," the Tony-winning slapstick farce The Play That Goes Wrong enjoys an August 8 through 17 run at Moline's Spotlight Theatre, this crowd favorite sure to demonstrate why the New York Times deemed the stage smash "one of those breakneck exercises in idiocy that make you laugh 'til you cry."

A lauded musical in which, according to The Sound on Stage, "the songs hit every band of the emotional spectrum," composer Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days enjoys its Quad Cities debut at Moline's Black Box Theatre from August 8 through 17, StageLeft.nyc adding that the show is a "sweet, quietly extraordinary musical that cleanses the soul, lifts the spirit, and reminds you what you love about New York."

Kitty: Full disclosure: We once dressed as Mary Poppins and Bert for Halloween. We’re very serious about our Poppins lore.

Mischa: But we promise to be absolutely objective in our reactions to this show.