Emily McClanathan

Theater, music, dance, comedy: Chicagoans have many reasons to be proud of their city's performing arts scene. But even arts aficionados may not know that the term "puppeteer" originated in...

There's a moment early in the Goodman Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" when Ebenezer Scrooge's lone relation — here, gender-swapped to a niece, Frida (Dee Dee Batteast) —...

After spending a boozy hour in Cindy Lou Who's trailer, you'll never again see the classic Dr. Seuss tale the same. It turns out that the Grinch is not only...

Playwright Mia McCullough's dark, witty new play, "Household Spirits," is a ghost story through and through, but the mental health struggles, addiction and grief that haunt its characters are every...

Don't try to find a moral in this story, warns the narrator of "Wolves," Steve Yockey's dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood now playing at Redtwist Theatre. If you...

Coincidentally, my last two visits to Rogers Park have shared an apocalyptic theme. In August, I saw "Oppenheimer" at The New 400 during the historic cinema's penultimate weekend of operation....

If you leave Black Ensemble Theater's "A Taste of Soul" without humming the chorus, "Celebrate good times, come on," all the way home, you might be immune to the joy...