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Brody Grant and the cast of "The Outsiders" perform onstage during the 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024, in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Tony Awards 2024: ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Stereophonic’ are big winners, plus a long-awaited nod for Daniel Radcliffe

June 17, 2024 at 12:19 p.m.

In one of several surprises at theater's big night, Shaina Taub won best book and best score for "Suffs," but the show failed to win best musical.

Adisa Williams and Andy Bolduc in "The Devil is in the Detours" on the Second City Mainstage. (Timothy M. Schmidt)

Review: ‘The Devil is in the Detours’ at Second City is a signpost for where sketch comedy is going

June 14, 2024 at 2:12 p.m.

This 112th Mainstage revue at Second City features a don't-mess-with-us crew that pokes fun at zombies, Trader Joe's and its own corporate owners.

The national tour of "The Kite Runner," now at Chicago's CIBC Theatre. (Bekah Lynn Photography)

Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ at CIBC Theatre has a compelling story that struggles to fly on stage

June 13, 2024 at 1:46 p.m.

I liked the touring cast very much indeed, but this adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel remains too stuck in narration.

Lindsay Mendez (Mary Flynn), Jonathan Groff (Franklin Shepard) & Daniel Radcliffe (Charley Kringas) in "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway.

2024 Tony Awards: Best musical is a guessing game, but not all the deserving were nominated

June 14, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

When it comes to what is arguably the biggest prize of all, the Tony Award for best new musical, it's a guessing game.

Madison Hill, Christina Gorman and Ashley Neal in "The Singularity Play" by Jackalope Theatre at Berger Park Cultural Center. (Matthew Gregory Hollis)

Review: ‘The Singularity Play’ by Jackalope at Berger Park unleashes AI terror on theater people

June 10, 2024 at 2:24 p.m.

"The Singularity Play" explores the terror that the rise of artificial intelligence should and does strike in the heart of all sentient creative professionals.

John Cleese speaks at an event at the iO Theater in Chicago on Nov. 12, 2014. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

John Cleese is in town for ‘Last Chance To See Me Before I Die’

June 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Cleese, now 84 and long famed for his seminal comedic work on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," "Fawlty Towers" and many other titles, is appearing soon at Chicago's Vic Theatre.

Larry Yando, Penelope Walker and Susaan Jamshidi in "A Christmas Carol," directed by Henry Wishcamper at Goodman Theatre in 2019. (Liz Lauren)

Larry Yando will trade Scrooge for Severus Snape in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

June 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

The veteran Chicago actor, long the star of the Goodman Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol," will star in the "Harry Potter" national tour.

Mizha Lee Overn, Tessa Newman and Maya Rowe in Theo Ubique’s production of “A Little Night Music.” (Elizabeth Stenholt)

Review: ‘A Little Night Music’ at Theo Ubique has Sondheim’s summer songs in the right place

June 7, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.

This musical is operetta-like in its structure and transfixing in its musical pleasures, not the least of which is "Send in the Clowns."

The Boleyn Company tour of the musical "Six" is now at Chicago's Nederlander Theatre. (Joan Marcus)

Review: ‘Six’ is back in Chicago, still the first-class show its fans want

June 6, 2024 at 2:18 p.m.

These royal divas sing out as the six wives of Henry VIII — the Broadway tour is in fine form and has the audience bopping along.

Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge and Stori Ayers in “Home” on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theater in New York. (Joan Marcus)

Review: ‘Home’ on Broadway is the moving, understated story of a man searching for his past

June 5, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

Playwright Samm-Art Williams wrote "Home" in 1979, and this Roundabout Theatre production makes that time seem not so far away.

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