Emily McClanathan

On paper, "Elf" — the 2003 comedy starring Will Ferrell and written by David Berenbaum — seems like a great candidate for a screen-to-stage adaptation. After all, protagonist Buddy, a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that mothers must meddle in their children's love lives, and the Syrian American family in Omer Abbas Salem's new play, "Mosque4Mosque," is no different....

Taking a Broadway show on tour is always a massive undertaking, but for Disney's "The Lion King," the set pieces and costumes aren't the only materials that must be transported...

In Black Ensemble Theater's new jukebox musical, "Blue Heaven," the dearly departed wait to enter paradise, not in a fiery purgatory where they are purified of their sins, but in...

Two-hander plays starring Latinas are having a moment in this year's Destinos, the fifth annual Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. Among the festival's 13 productions are Teatro Vista's "Enough to...

On a balmy summer evening on the northern coast of France, two honeymooning British couples settle into side-by-side suites, only for one half of each pair to discover a dreadful...

Making friends can be scary, especially if you're one of the biggest scaredy-cats in the whole world. Sometimes it takes the help of some adorable, fluffy monsters to come out...

Good news for Chicagoans: "Wicked," the ever-popular retelling of "The Wizard of Oz," will return for a 10-week run at the Nederlander Theatre beginning later this month. Since a hometown...