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Jason Schmidt (as Sodapop), Renni Anthony Magee (Steve), Daryl Tofa (Two-Bit), Tilly Evans-Krueger (Ace), Sky Lakota-Lynch (Johnny), Joshua Boone (Dallas) and Brent Comer (Darrel), with Brody Grant (as Ponyboy, center) in "The Outsiders" musical at the Jacobs Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: In ‘The Outsiders’ on Broadway, what should be Ponyboy’s story has a grown-up chill

April 11, 2024 at 9:55 p.m.

The new musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel has a fresh roots score by Jamestown Revival and a talented cast, but the audience is left not feeling much for these...

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. (Nancy Stone/ baiduhai).

Chicago Shakes 2024-25 season: Royal Shakespeare Co. returns, plus Kinks musical and ‘Lord of the Rings’

April 9, 2024 at 4:08 p.m.

Britain's Royal Shakespeare will come to Chicago next fall for the first time in 30 years. Also, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" and new life for the musical "Lord of the...

Lorenzo Rush Jr., Rob Lindley, Erik Hellman, Nate Burger and cast in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" at Court Theatre, directed by Charles Newell. (Michael Brosilow)

Column: Exit Charles Newell from Court Theatre, in the guise of a Rosencrantz or a Guildenstern

April 8, 2024 at 3:12 p.m.

When I interviewed Charles Newell about his planned June 30 exit from the Court Theatre after 30 years as artistic director, he spent so much of our conversation last September...

The band and cast of "The Choir of Man" at the Apollo Theater. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘The Choir of Man’ at the Apollo is happy to be a good-time show with guys, songs and beer

April 4, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.

The pub at the heart of Chicago's new party show and likely bachelorette destination "The Choir of Man" is known as The Jungle, but Upton Sinclair and Chicago's notorious stockyards...

"The Unfair Advantage" is by Australian magician Harry Milas in Steppenwolf Theatre's Merle Reskin Garage Space. (David Hill)

Review: In ‘Unfair Advantage’ at Steppenwolf, magician Harry Milas makes cards bend to his will

April 3, 2024 at 2:02 p.m.

His phony shuffles and fake deals are a sight to behold, but good luck learning them yourself. Now in Steppenwolf Theatre's Merle Reskin Garage.

Helen Hunt at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York on Oct. 2, 2012. (EnidAlvarez/New York Daily News)

Helen Hunt, ‘Inherit the Wind’ and ‘Color Purple’ are all part of Goodman Theatre 2024-25 season

April 3, 2024 at 1:04 p.m.

Planned shows include Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" starring Helen Hunt, a staging of "The Color Purple" and a revival of the classic "Inherit the Wind," perhaps with Broadway aspirations.

The company of "The Who’s Tommy" on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Review: ‘Tommy’ opens on Broadway, Pete Townshend’s generational howl of anguish

March 28, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Pete Townshend’s prescient 1969 rock opera has returned to Broadway in a new, born-in-Chicago production from director Des McAnuff that will sock you right in the gut.

Michael Metcalf, Adrian Aguilar, Jason Michael Evans and Andrew MacNaughton in "Jersey Boys" at Mercury Theater Chicago. (Liz Lauren)

Review: ‘Jersey Boys’ is a jukebox time machine at Mercury — and oh, what a voice!

March 30, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Michael Metcalf is a great Frankie Valli in this rollicking musical story of the Four Seasons and their many hits.

Sarah Coakley Price and Terry Bell in "Love Song" by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. (Nomee Photo)

Review: In ‘Love Song’ by Remy Bumppo, a rush of words tells the story of a marriage

March 27, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

The danger of dense works like John Kolvenbach's play, centered on an urban couple and a brother-sister relationship, is that the richness of the text can get in the way...

Olivia Lindsay and Michaela Petro in "Far Away" by Chicago New Theatre Project. (George Hudson)

Review: How this for atmosphere? ‘Far Away’ is staged on a real factory floor

March 26, 2024 at 2:44 p.m.

I've never before picked up my ticket at a box office under a sign offering titanium anodizing racks. Caryl Churchill's play is presented by a company calling itself the Chicago...

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