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‘Emma’ at Lifeline Theatre: Jane Austen’s matchmaking story is played for warmth and laughs

June 6, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

Back before Tinder and OKCupid, making a suitable match — for single men in possession of a good fortune and the single women depending upon finding them — was a...

‘The Killer’ is a fine absurdist introduction to those curious about Trap Door Theatre

June 4, 2019 at 12:01 p.m.

On Monday, Trap Door Theatre received a special citation at the Non-Equity Jeff Awards, recognizing the company's "endeavors in opening a magical door to an evocative and surreal world over...

‘Style and Grace’ at Black Ensemble is a brief history of Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson — then come the songs

May 28, 2019 at 2:01 p.m.

Style and grace fill the stage with abundance in Black Ensemble Theater's latest show. When you're focusing on Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson, how could they not? But if you're...

Summer theater 2019: Our top 25 shows to see

May 23, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

As always, it takes long enough to get here — and summer in Chicago can be gone before we know it. But that doesn't mean you can't make time for...

‘Bloomsday’ by Remy Bumppo is about a love, and a James Joyce story, worth a trip back in time

May 21, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

Molly Bloom has come unstuck in time. All right, not the real Molly Bloom. She's fictional, after all. But in Steven Dietz's 2015 time-travel romance, "Bloomsday," James Joyce's heroine is...

‘Mushroom Cure’ at the Greenhouse: Laughs and pain in solo show about trying to treat his OCD with psychedelics

May 15, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and comedy aren't strangers to each other, as fans of Tony Shalhoub's "Monk" can attest. But comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss's detective work takes him deep into...

Nostalgia and no surprises in ‘Miracle on South Division Street’ by Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

May 9, 2019 at 5:54 a.m.

In the early years of this century, Tom Dudzick's meat-and-potatoes (or should that be "kielbasa-and-cabbage?") nostalgic comedy "Over the Tavern," about a Polish-Catholic working-class family in 1950s Buffalo, got a...

‘Footloose’ at the Marriott keeps it light — it’s about the kids and their music

May 9, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

Small towns afraid of dancing and alternative lifestyles (such as ... enjoying dancing, I guess) have provided a fair amount of fodder for musicals. "The Prom," the sweet-and-snarky musical comedy...

‘Hannah and Martin’ at Shattered Globe asks, why would a Jewish theorist defend a former Nazi, her former lover?

May 9, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

Kate Fodor set the stakes high in her first play, 2003's "Hannah and Martin," which debuted at TimeLine Theatre (and enjoyed a reprise with them the following season). By putting...

‘Hopelessly Devoted’ at Piven an unflinching look at picking up the pieces of life

May 9, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

Many years ago, I had the privilege of watching theater artist and activist Rhodessa Jones work with incarcerated women through her Medea Project in San Francisco. The women’s stories, which...

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