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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.

Emma Rosenthal and Jack Cahill-Lemme in "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk" at Northlight Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ at Northlight Theatre is the love story of the artist Chagall and his Bella

September 17, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.

This small-scale musical captures the passion of their relationship, though it doesn't travel much further.

The cast of "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Liz Lauren)

Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ is simply superb at Writers Theatre

September 16, 2024 at 10:23 p.m.

Based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the material is not for all tastes. But that doesn't detract from my enthusiasm for this production.

Elijah Jones (center) with Jaylon Muchison, Gregory Linington, Adam Poss, Sean Fortunato, Ronald L. Conner, Scott Aiello, and Demetrios Troy in "Henry V" in Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier. (Liz Lauren)

Review: ‘Henry V’ at Chicago Shakespeare opens the Edward Hall era on Navy Pier

September 16, 2024 at 11:34 a.m.

Rulers long have known that prosecuting a war against a foreign enemy is a helpful way of shifting focus from domestic strife. That's one way of looking at this play.

Javier Camarena and the company in "Rigoletto" by Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Lyric’s ‘Rigoletto’ updates Verdi’s opera without lessening its vitality

September 20, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a "Rigoletto" that's partly revisionist yet has all the traditional pleasures of Italian opera-going.

Director John Tiffany outside the Nederlander Theatre, Aug. 27, 2024, in Chicago. Tiffany directs the upcoming stage production of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ opens soon in Chicago, a third and final version of the epic sequel

September 16, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

An all-new and radically shorter version of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens at the Nederlander Theatre on Sept. 26.

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow in "The Roommate" on Broadway at the Booth Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway has stars much bigger than this story

September 12, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone are roommates in a story set in Iowa City. Farrow especially delivers a performance you can't look away from.

Jared David Michael Grant as Dave, Jackson Evans as Harold, Bernard Dotson as Horse, Adam Fane as Malcolm and Diego Vazquez Gomez as Ethan in "The Full Monty" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora. (Liz Lauren)

Review: ‘The Full Monty’ at Paramount Theatre will have you seeing this musical anew

September 10, 2024 at 2:56 p.m.

On a Sunday afternoon in Aurora, I changed my mind about this show, starting with the beautiful David Yazbek score.

Mitchell Bisschop as Mike Royko in "Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago" at Chopin Theatre. (Sarah Larson)

Review: ‘Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago’ at Chopin Theatre lets the man and his words take center stage

September 9, 2024 at 9:25 a.m.

Mitchell Bisschop has created a show that is a celebration of the man's journalistic brilliance, not a dissection of his ideological shifts over the years.

Kary M. Walker, the longtime executive producer of the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, died in Spain on Sept. 4, 2024. (Provided by Jimmy Morvay)

Kary M. Walker, longtime executive producer at Marriott Theatre, dies at 79

September 6, 2024 at 12:58 p.m.

"Theater was Kary's passion. Marriott was his passion. And Chicago's actors were his passion."

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