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Adrien Brody, Joel Marsh Garland and cast in "The Fear of 13" on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre in New York. (Emilio Madrid)

Review: Adrien Brody shines in the death penalty play ‘Fear of 13’ on Broadway

April 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

Lindsey Ferrentino’s docudrama, directed by David Cromer, focuses on an American named Nick Yarris, who was exonerated by DNA evidence from charges of rape and murder before he was scheduled to be...

Aurora Penepacker, Joe Dempsey and Rachel Sullivan in "Father of the Bride" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. (Justin Barbin)

Review: Grim ‘Father of the Bride’ at Drury Lane is like ‘Groundhog Day,’ the wedding edition

April 13, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

As staged here by director Michael Heitzman, Caroline Francke’s play makes you feel like someone took a time capsule and transported the entire Drury Lane back to the mid-1950s.

Jason Simon (as Falstaff) and Ora Jones (Mistress

Page) in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on the Courtyard mainstage. (Kyle Flubacker)

Review: Falstaff and his shenanigans are played just right in ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ at Chicago Shakespeare

April 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This play was Shakespeare's way of bringing back Falstaff and sticking him in the middle of an exceptionally lively Elizabethan sitcom, all about Sir John's flailing attempts at seducing two...

Marla Mindelle (center) and the cast of "Titaníque" on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in New York. (Evan Zimmerman)

Review: ‘Titaníque’ on Broadway has a cast ready for anything, even Celine Dion

April 12, 2026 at 9:00 p.m.

This jukebox show, which had a run last year in Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse with a local cast, has long been associated with its off-Broadway, dead-ringer-for-Celine star Marla Mindelle.

Kalyani Nagarajan plays the title role in "Mrs. Krishnan’s Party" from New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre, now in Chicago Shakespeare's Upstairs Studio. (Nimmy Santhosh)

Review: You’re an invited guest at the warm ‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’ at Chicago Shakespeare

April 10, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

The Indian Ink Theatre of New Zealand is visiting Chicago with a simple, two-actor show that invites you into a party celebrating the food and people of Southwest India.

Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane in "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. (Emilio Madrid)

Review: In devastating new Broadway ‘Death of a Salesman,’ decades of work show in Nathan Lane’s face

April 9, 2026 at 9:00 p.m.

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in Arthur Miller's timeless masterpiece, directed by Joe Mantello with a Steppenwolf-like touch.

"Guys & Dolls" in a recent production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington. Casting for the Lyric summer musical has yet to be announced. (Teresa Castracane)

Lyric Opera 2026-27 season has 7 operas, longer runs and the return of the summer musical

April 9, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

The coming season will be an expansion for the Lyric, opening next October with Mozart’s "Don Giovanni." "Guys & Dolls" will be the summer musical.

DeVaughn Asante Loman (left) as Baron and Jordan Lane Shappell as Asaf in "The Ally" by Theater Wit. (Charles Osgood)

Review: ‘The Ally’ at Theater Wit puts some of the most thorny liberal debates on stage

April 9, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

This recent play by Itamar Moses gets its first Chicago production, directed by Jeremy Weschler.

Junior LaBeija (as Gus The Theatre Cat) and Bryson Battle (as Jellylorum) in "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Review: ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ on Broadway has so much love, it gives you hope

April 7, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” loves Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Cats,” even to the point of reverence. More importantly, it respects the “Cats” audience, a thing since 1981.

Matt DeCaro, standing at right, with Jabari Khaliq (from left), Al’Jaleel McGhee, Cedric Young and Kelvin Roston Jr. in "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" at the Goodman Theatre. (Justin Barbin)

Review: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ at the Goodman finds humor in the struggle to rise

April 7, 2026 at 12:13 p.m.

This Goodman production of August Wilson's Chicago-set play about blues music has one truly exceptional performance among many fine ones.

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