‘Faceless’ explores world of teenage American terrorists
When an affluent teenager from a Denver suburb fled her home to join ISIS in 2014, her arrest at the Denver airport made national news. Today, Shannon Conley is serving...
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Drury Lane brings revamped ‘Saturday Night Fever’ to stage
Packed with iconic dancing and the Bee Gees' unstoppable score, "Saturday Night Fever" seems like a musical that should be able to basically print money. So why didn't the stage...
Chicago’s biggest blizzard premise for 16th Street show
Before it was over, more than two dozen people were dead. Fifty thousand cars were abandoned. The L had shut down. Both airports closed. Thousands of people people were stranded,...
54 Things to Do in Chicago in January
Men on Boats Photo: Elke Young Jan. 1 Recreation New Year’s Day 5K Lincoln Park Get a jump on your fitness resolution with a brisk 5K on the first day...
The Best (and Weirdest) of Chicago Theater in 2016
From best demonic possession to best use of root vegetables, Chicago's theater scene set plenty of new creative precedence this year.
Melissa Etheridge wants concert to lift people’s spirits
For more than 25 years, rocker Melissa Etheridge has been cranking out hits defined by her pile-driving, whiskey-over-gravel vocals. She does heartbreak ("No Souvenirs"), yearning ("Come to My Window") and...
Oak Park Festival celebrates the season with story, songs
Talk about your literary horn o' plenty: The roster of Oak Park Festival Theatre's upcoming holiday shows are a feast of words and music. Works by Helen Keller, Anne Lamott,...
Remembering First Folio Theatre founder Alison Vesely
In the spring of 2013, acclaimed playwright and actor Kristine Thatcher was hoping to get fired. She was working for Alison Vesely, founding artistic director of Oak Brook's First Folio...
How the Hypocrites Made a Feminist Cinderella Even More Feminist
In Andra Velis Simon's Cinderella at the Theater of Potatoes, there's no prince, no ball, and no glass slipper.
65 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Illumination Photo: Michael Hudson Through Dec. 11 Theater The Complete Deaths Navy Pier Not counting the nameless extras downed during war scenes, there are 74 deaths in the plays of...