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Justin Banks and Dennis Cockrum in "Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues" by American Blues Theater. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues’ at American Blues is a familiar kind of odd-couple story

June 7, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

This latest collaboration between Charles and Chuck Smith concerns an aging white vaudevillian and an African American teenager.

Elizabeth McGovern in a previous production of "Ava: The Secret Conversations," coming to the Studebaker Theater in Chicago's Fine Arts Building. (Jeff Lorch)

‘Downton Abbey’ star will bring her play about Ava Gardner to Chicago

June 6, 2025 at 2:56 p.m.

Elizabeth McGovern, best known for playing Lady Cora in “Downton Abbey," stars in the show based on a series of real-life interviews given by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner.

Jean Claudio in "Memorabilia" by Teatro Vista at Filament Theatre. (Joel Maisonet)

Review: Powerful play ‘Memorabilia’ explores the hope and limits of memory through the eyes of a clown

June 5, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

Jean Claudio has created a very potent, funny and moving solo show about an inventor trying to hold on to his past. It's staged by Teatro Vista and sponsored in...

John Judd and Esteban Andres Cruz in "Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin" at A Red Orchid Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

Review: ‘Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin’ at A Red Orchid Theatre is based on an intriguing true story

June 3, 2025 at 1:59 p.m.

Playwright Dianne Nora imagines a training session for these security doubles, played here by John Judd and Esteban Andres Cruz.

Helen J. Shen and Darren Criss in "Maybe Happy Ending" on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

2025 Tony Awards: Who will win — and who should win — in a year with few sure things

June 4, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.

Tony Award voters are casting their ballots. Let's look at who should be ascending to the dais in the traditional ebullient panic.

Jack Saunders and Kate McQuillan, with Connor Ripperger, Colette Todd and Jackson Mikkelsen, in "Diana" by Theo Theatre. (Time Stops)

Review: ‘Diana’ at Theo Theatre was no ordinary opening night

June 2, 2025 at 3:37 p.m.

The sense of tribute to the late director Fred Anzevino outweighs everything else in this local premiere of the musical about Diana, Princess of Wales. This is a special production...

The musical "42 Balloons" will have its North American premiere in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, following a U.K. production by The Lowry. (Pamela Raith)

Theater for summer 2025: Our top 10 from ’42 Balloons’ on Navy Pier to Amy Morton back at Steppenwolf

May 28, 2025 at 12:49 p.m.

What's on Chicago stages this summer? Our list also includes "Billie Jean" at Chicago Shakespeare and a new play by Kristofer Diaz.

A design rendering of TimeLine Theatre’s new theater building, to be located at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. (HGA)

TimeLine Theatre Company announces the first show in its new Uptown space

May 22, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

The theater announced its 2025-26 season of three shows, including "An Enemy of the People" next May in its new theater now under construction.

The crowd for Chicago's "Hamilton" is reflected in the window of the CIBC Theatre in Jan. 2020.

‘Hamilton’ will return to Chicago in 2026 following Kennedy Center cancellation

May 20, 2025 at 6:37 a.m.

The musical will play Chicago's CIBC Theatre from March 4 to April 26, 2026, roughly the same dates it was scheduled for Washington, D.C.

The cast of "Sweet Charity" by Blank Theatre Co. and Greenhouse Theater Center. (Steve Townshend)

Review: An intimate, optimistic ‘Sweet Charity’ from Blank Theatre Co.

May 22, 2025 at 11:49 a.m.

When it comes to optimism, Charity Hope Valentine bests every other character in a Broadway musical.

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