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Harry Lennix, Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis, Tamara Tunie, Ayanna Bria Bakari and Jon Michael Hill in "Purpose" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

2024 Equity Jeff Awards: Marriott’s ‘Beautiful’ and Steppenwolf plays are big winners

September 30, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.

The awards for productions from the Chicago area’s union-affiliated theaters were presented Monday night at Drury Lane.

The cast of "McNeal" on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York. (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Review: ‘McNeal’ on Broadway stars Robert Downey Jr. in a story stuck in digitaland

September 30, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Ayad Akhtar’s play just opened in a Lincoln Center production that seems disconnected from the audience. Maybe this whole thing is one big AI experiment.

Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas and company in "Fidelio" by Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: In Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ at Lyric Opera, prisoners sing about the joy of freedom

September 30, 2024 at 10:12 a.m.

Sitting in the dark on Wacker Drive listening to the grand Lyric Opera Chorus sing of such primal feelings is worth sacrificing whatever else you planned to do for an...

Leanne Best, Ophelia Lovibond, Helena Wilson and Laura Donnelly in "The Hills of California" on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. (Joan Marcus)

Review: In riveting ‘The Hills of California’ on Broadway, grown sisters reckon with their dreams

September 30, 2024 at 6:39 a.m.

The ensemble acting in director Sam Mendes' blistering production from London's West End is off the charts when it comes to truth and intensity.

Julia Nightingale, Aidan Close and Emmet Smith in the North American tour of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." (Matthew Murphy)

Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is magnificently acted and created anew for Chicago

September 27, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.

J.K. Rowling has said that this is the end of the "Harry Potter" saga and it is just a wonderful thing that she chose the theater to conclude her story,...

Gregory Fenner as Booth and Stewart Romero as Lincoln in "Topdog/Underdog" by Gift Theatre. (Joe Mazza)

Review: Even a less explosive ‘Topdog/Underdog’ is still a great play

September 26, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.

Suzan-Lori Parks' masterwork is now in a new Chicago production by Gift Theatre.

Christopher Kale Jones, Alexander Gemignani, Harry Lennix and Terry Bell in "Inherit the Wind" at Goodman Theatre. (Liz Lauren)

Review: Goodman revival of ‘Inherit the Wind’ is rich and moving — but the Scopes trial has become an open-and-shut case

September 25, 2024 at 8:23 a.m.

Debuting this play in 1955 was very brave. The Goodman production is great fun to watch but could have used a little more of that courage.

James Vincent Meredith, Rick Holmes, Amanda Fink and Audrey Francis in "Noises Off" by Steppenwolf Theatre Company. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: Steppenwolf Theatre goes off-brand with ‘Noises Off,’ but with only limited success

September 23, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.

This is Michael Frayn's backstage farce and some parts tickled me a great deal. But overall, too much moved too slowly, and this was a strange choice of play for...

Gage Wallace and Oliver Maalouf in "Happy Days Are Here (Again)" by Steep Theatre. (Joseph Chretien-Golden)

Review: Steep Theatre’s ‘Happy Days are Here (Again)’ is a searing new play about abuse at a Catholic school

September 23, 2024 at 12:05 p.m.

There are echoes of John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt: A Parable," but this play is set very much among the students at a Catholic school in Chicago.

Alfred H. Wilson, Kelvin Roston Jr. and Willie B. in "East Texas Hot Links" at Court Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘East Texas Hot Links’ is a Black thriller in experienced hands at Court Theatre

September 19, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

Director Ron OJ Parson returns to Eugene Lee's play, and if you haven't seen it yet, don't miss it in Hyde Park.

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