Review: Northlight gives itself a joyful sendoff with ‘The Angel Next Door’
For all its ridiculousness, “The Angel Next Door” is an ode to the joy of theater, so it’s a fitting choice to send Northlight off to its new home. As...
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Review: ‘Goodnight Moon’ at Chicago Children’s Theatre takes a spin through the beloved bedtime story
Based on the picture book by Margaret Wise Brown, Chad Henry’s musical adaptation turns bedtime into a variety show of sorts, as the energetic Bunny (Diego Vazquez Gomez) resists sleep.
South Side students get some dance instruction from ‘The Wiz’
The students from Ray Graham Training Center had staged their own production of the "Oz"-based musical in December and also got to attend a matinee.
Review: In ‘Modern Gentleman’ by About Face, a trans man faces the dating scene
This world premiere romantic comedy by Chicago playwright Preston Max Allen has some wicked one-liners and could lean into the comedic elements even more.
Gift Theatre’s ‘TEN’ festival of very short plays is another way for this company to take chances
Staged this year at A Red Orchid Theatre’s Old Town venue, "TEN25th" is the first production of the Gift’s 25th anniversary season.
Review: ‘Changing Channels’ is set in an ‘I Love Lucy’ television world until the Red Scare enters the picture
Directed by Kevin Theis, this backstage comedic drama is set in the world of 1950s television and evokes the tone of “I Love Lucy,” until more serious Red Scare issues...
Review: In ‘Two Sisters and a Piano’ at Writers Theatre, siblings live under house arrest in Cuba
This sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes frustrating play by Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz is set in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in the 1990s.
Review: In a top-notch ‘Top Girls’ at Raven Theatre, women never have easy choices
Playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1982 feminist masterpiece from Thatcher-era Britain remains sharp-edged and all too timely.
Review: Unhappy lust and uneasy friendship in Remy Bumppo’s ‘Hedda Gabler’
Remy Bumppo's production of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, directed by Marti Lyons, foregrounds the relationship between Hedda and Thea.
‘The Outsiders’ musical arrives in Chicago, bringing a teenage Ponyboy’s world to life
The musical tries to be very elemental, director Danya Taymor says, using fire and rainstorms to tell S.E. Hinton’s story about rival Socs and Greasers.