Danny Horn as Ray Davies of the Kinks during a rehearsal of “Sunny Afternoon,” a new musical which opens soon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier on March 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans ...

"Sunny Afternoon" is a dynamic show about the band now on-stage at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It's getting rave reviews ...

The story and music of The Kinks belong on Broadway. An anti-establishment foursome whose elegiac music spoke of longing for lost British innocence, as really existing only in Davies’ own, now justly ...

Sunny Afternoon” — 3 stars The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of ...

‘Sunny Afternoon’ opens soon at Chicago Shakes, telling the chaotic story of Ray Davies and The Kinks There is ample justification for the former in The Kinks’ story. Davies sure did fight ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The greatest hits of The Kinks are performed in “Sunny Afternoon,” the story of the iconic rock and roll band, running through April 27 at The Yard at ...

CHICAGO — “There was the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for ...