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Sarah Snook in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in New York. (Marc Brenner)

Review: ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ on Broadway stars Sarah Snook in a production unlike anything you’ve seen

March 27, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.

The actress known for her work on "Succession” is the powerful solo performer in this very digital adaptation of the Oscar Wilde horror story.

Molly Osborne as Desdemona and Denzel Washington as Othello in "Othello" on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York. (Julieta Cervantes)

Review: ‘Othello’ on Broadway stars a muted Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal on fire

March 29, 2025 at 6:20 p.m.

Denzel Washington is the star of the show but he plays his Othello with a remoteness that can throw off the play.

The cast of "Operation Mincemeat" on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in New York in 2025. (Julieta Cervantes)

Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ on Broadway is a very British parody of a secret WWII mission

March 20, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.

A hit in London, it's an unusual pick for Broadway, making a musical comedy out of the true story of a plot to fool the Nazis.

Rehearsal of “Sunny Afternoon,” a new musical about The Kinks which opens soon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier on March 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

‘Sunny Afternoon’ opens soon at Chicago Shakes, telling the chaotic story of Ray Davies and The Kinks

March 20, 2025 at 9:37 a.m.

It's getting its North American premiere on Navy Pier with a British and Chicago cast — expect the story of the British Invasion band and songs like “You Really Got...

Justin Cunningham, Marco Paguia (at piano), Renecito Avich, Natalie Venetia Belcon and Román Diaz in "Buena Vista Social Club" on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: Broadway’s ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ is the story and music of a memorable Cuban era

March 19, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.

The real music club was in the Buenavista quarter of Havana. It was once the go-to place for dance styles like son Cubano and bolero — that are as fun...

Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 2016. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Writers Theatre’s 2025-26 season includes the local premiere of ‘Leopoldstadt’

March 18, 2025 at 5:10 a.m.

Also coming to the theater in Glencoe, a Hershey Felder performance, the Chicago premiere of "Job" and a return for the magic show "The Unfair Advantage."

Alana Arenas (as Morgan), Kara Young (Aziza) and cast in "Purpose" on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in New York. (Marc J. Franklin)

Review: Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ has moved to Broadway, all Chicago guns blazing

March 17, 2025 at 10:00 p.m.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a play set around the table of a fictionalized version of Rev. Jesse Jackson. As directed by Phylicia Rashad with a Steppenwolf ensemble cast, it puts...

Pene Pati and Ailyn Pérez in "La Bohème" at Lyric Opera of Chicago (Michael Brosilow)

Review: A Chicago ‘La Bohème’ at Lyric Opera turns winter into spring into winter

March 16, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

Director Melanie Bacaling's staging certainly has its heart more in April than March, especially given the presence of a swath of Uniting Voices of Chicago singers joining the Lyric Opera...

Steppenwolf Theatre on Halsted Street, shown here in 2021, will celebrate its 50th birthday with its 2025-26 season. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Steppenwolf Theatre hits 50: Its anniversary season will include ‘Amadeus’ and a new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney

March 12, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

Also announced for 2025-26, a return of Suzan-Lori Parks’ "Topdog/Underdog" and the Chicago premiere of the dark drama "Mr. Wolf."

Esho Rasho in "Dummy in Diaspora" by Jackalope Theatre at the Broadway Armory Park. (Joel Maisonet)

Review: ‘Dummy in Diaspora’ is an immigrant story told with a young and authentic voice

March 11, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

Now in Chicago by Jackalope Theatre, writer and performer Esho Rasho's solo play was currently part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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