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The company of the North American tour of "Operation Mincemeat," in Chicago at the CIBC Theatre. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at CIBC Theatre spins a true wartime story into a nutty musical

October 1, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

The British comedy troupe SpitLip took a real World War II caper and made it into a funny, self-aware Broadway musical. It's now playing in Chicago for the first time.

Peter Moore, a founding member and artistic director of Steep Theatre, is inside the theatre’s new performance space, where construction is nearing completion, Sept. 21, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Steep Theatre readies its new Edgewater home

September 30, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

The new theater of Chicago's Far North Side is being built inside a former Christian Science Reading Room. It will seat about 75 people when it opens for its first...

The cast of "Come From Away" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. (Justin Barbin)

Chicago Theater Report: Carrie Coon sings Christmas, ‘Come From Away’ adds shows and Milwaukee Rep makes bank

September 29, 2026 at 1:04 p.m.

Also in theater news this week, Albany Park Theater Project will host a final season of its remarkable "Port of Entry," and the Stratford Festival of Canada announces its slate...

David Schwimmer on the set of the Lookkingglass Theatre production of the Thornton Wilder play "Our Town" on Feb. 8, 2009 in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Lookingglass Theatre has new leaders, including David Schwimmer as producing director

September 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The theater announced Tuesday that David Catlin and Ericka Ratcliff will be its new co-artistic directors. Schwimmer has also said he'd like to act or direct at Lookingglass again.

Patina Miller, Denée Benton, Lucia Aremu, Erin Morton, Nia Otchere-Sarfo, Jasmine Amy Rogers, and Jordan Rice in "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play’ on Broadway finds its life in the girls

September 28, 2026 at 8:30 p.m.

"School Girls" is a cumbersomely titled moral comedy from Jocelyn Bioh that the director Whitney White has transformed into a profoundly optimistic Broadway celebration of girlhood.

Glenn Davis and Namir Smallwood in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s new production of "Topdog/Underdog." (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Topdog/Underdog’ at Steppenwolf Theatre reveals itself as an American tragedy

September 28, 2026 at 2:20 p.m.

Director Kenny Leon has essentially brought his Broadway staging of Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" to Chicago, cast with the extraordinary Glenn Davis and Namir Smallwood.

Eldon Warner-Soriano as Ricky, with Peyton Owen as Noel, Rylee Michelle as Constance, Amelia Tam as Jane Doe, Alex Merkel as Ocean and Eric Amundson as Mischa in "Ride the Cyclone" at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. (Jennifer Heim)

Review: With ‘Ride the Cyclone,’ the Metropolis in Arlington Heights is back on track

September 25, 2026 at 5:10 a.m.

This deliciously macabre musical is especially popular with teenage audiences, and this new production is a promising sign for the suburban Metropolis Arts Center.

Johnny Galecki, Ellie Ricker and Jacob Moskovitz in "Kowalski" at Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works. (Michael Brosilow)

Johnny Galecki has been down on the farm for years. Why has he come to Chicago to play Tennessee Williams?

September 24, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Since the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" ended seven years ago, the actor Johnny Galecki has been living with his family on a farm in Tennessee. Now he's come...

Fashion designer Sarah Staudinger and husband agent Ari Emanuel leave the Gritti Palace hotel on the wedding day of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 27, 2025. (Stefano Rellandini/Getty-AFP)

Ari Emanuel talks about the rise of AI, the lessons of dyslexia and how to handle the talented

September 23, 2026 at 8:18 a.m.

AI is an opportunity to talk to the Chinese, says super-agent Ari Emanuel.

“Downstate” at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2018, with Tim Hopper and K. Todd Freeman in the cast. (Michael Brosilow)

Top 10 for Broadway this fall, including Billy Crystal and Steppenwolf actors in ‘Downstate’

September 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Celebrity names on New York stages this season also include Bradley Whitford in “A Few Good Men” and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her Broadway debut.

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