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The cast of "Pericles" by the visiting Royal Shakespeare Company in Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier. (Johan Persson)

With ‘Pericles,’ the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chicago Shakes begin a new transatlantic collaboration

October 23, 2024 at 3:18 p.m.

RSC co-artistic director Tamara Harvey spoke to the Tribune about the two companies' plans and why it's fun to put on a Shakespeare play that few people know well.

Nicole Scherzinger in "Sunset Blvd." on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in New York. (Marc Brenner)

Review: Nicole Scherzinger is devastating in a sultry new ‘Sunset Blvd.’ on Broadway

October 20, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.

There's no more gilded cage for Norma in director Jamie Lloyd's red-hot, straight-from-London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's noir 1993 musical.

A performance of Edgar Arcenaux's "Until, Until, Until ..." with Frank Lawson in New York City in 2015. (Paula Court)

Review: Edgar Arceneaux’s “Until, Until, Until …” on the MCA Stage imagines a bleak night for Ben Vereen

October 18, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

In 1981, at Ronald Reagan's inaugural ball, the actor performed a tribute to early 20th century Black vaudevillian Bert Williams.

Charles Andrew Gardner and Namir Smallwood in "Primary Trust" at the Goodman Theatre. (Liz Lauren)

Review: ‘Primary Trust’ is a quiet, moving play set mostly inside our storyteller’s head

October 15, 2024 at 2:45 p.m.

Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize-winner is now at the Goodman Theatre with Namir Smallwood as Kenneth, a man at a crossroads.

Originally from Ecuador, Siegfried Tieber is a Los Angeles-based magician performing as a guest at "The Magic Parlour." (Liz Lauren)

Review: Magician Siegfried Tieber’s best trick is his deft touch with audiences

October 14, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

The Ecuadorian American magician and mentalist is a guest for the next couple of weeks at Dennis Watkins' intimate "Magic Parlour." Don't miss his show.

Linda Reiter, Adam Schulmerich and cast in "Becky Nurse of Salem" by Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit. (Liz Lauren)

Review: Which witch? ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ is a complicated new Sarah Ruhl play

October 11, 2024 at 10:42 a.m.

The first Chicago production by Shattered Globe Theatre stars Linda Reiter as the descendent of a woman executed during the Salem witch trials.

Jim Parsons and the cast of "Our Town" at the Barrymore Theatre in New York. (Daniel Rader)

Review: This ‘Our Town’ Broadway revival opens Thornton Wilder’s story up to everyone

October 10, 2024 at 10:00 p.m.

One of director Kenny Leon’s distinctive gifts is his ability to take a canonical American play and make it feel like it was written about all Americans.

Steve Key and Wandachristine in "Misery" by American Blues Theater. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Misery’ by American Blues Theater is Stephen King’s story of a novelist and his fan

October 7, 2024 at 8:38 a.m.

The production for American Blues Theater is an aptly creepy affair featuring two highly experienced and game actors who know how to play malevolent subtexts in what masquerades as ordinary...

Adrian Pang and Tom McCamus, along with surtitles, in "Salesman in China" in the Avon Theatre at the Stratford Festival in Canada. (David Hou)

Column: In Stratford, ‘Salesman in China’ looks at Arthur Miller fighting off his ghosts in 1983 Beijing

October 4, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

In 1983, the playwright accepted an invitation to direct his iconic play at the Beijing People's Art Theatre. That story is now being told in a new play at the...

Francis Jue and Daniel Dae Kim in "Yellow Face" on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre in New York. (Joan Marcus)

Review: In ‘Yellow Face’ on Broadway, David Henry Hwang has some fun with a thorny question

October 1, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

Back in 1990, the playwright David Henry Hwang protested a decision to bring “Miss Saigon” to Broadway with Jonathan Pryce cast as an Asian character.

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