Review: Arthur Miller’s ‘Incident at Vichy’ is all too timely
Few plays could be less seasonal — but more of the moment — than Arthur Miller's 1964 one-act about a group of men gathered in a war zone, wondering if...
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All the right notes in ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
Of all the holiday shows in the world, Emerald City Theatre's "A Charlie Brown Christmas," based on the beloved 1965 animated special, is the Charlie Browniest. Ernie Nolan's staging aims...
‘Christmas Carol’ at Goodman: We’re all in this together with Scrooge
Look around your gatherings this holiday season. Chances are you'll see a blend of the familiar and familial — past, present and future. Ornaments awkwardly crafted by the hands of...
Review: For love of opera in Terrence McNally’s ‘Lisbon Traviata’
Taken together, the three plays in Eclipse Theatre's season devoted to Terrence McNally provide a series of snapshots about the AIDS epidemic and the fears it unleashed in both gay...
Holiday Guide: Our big list of 56 concerts and ‘Carols’
The temperatures are cooler and peppermint is elbowing pumpkin spice out of the way — which means it's time for holiday cheer on stage. Presenting our annual holiday entertainment guide...
Review: Dangerous ground in ‘Animals Commit Suicide’
What would cause an HIV-negative young man to "bug chase," or deliberately seek infection with the virus? That is the question at the heart of J. Julian Christopher's raw drama,...
Review: Channeling ‘Ibsen’s “Ghosts”‘ at Mary-Arrchie Theatre
Ten years ago, Neo-Futurist founder Greg Allen hit a comic home run with "The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen." As the title proclaimed, that show...
‘R&J: The Vineyard’ is Romeo-and-Juliet story told with ASL
The line "Let hands do what lips do" in "Romeo and Juliet" may have been the starting point for Red Theater Chicago's American Sign Language-infused "R&J: The Vineyard," presented in...
Review: ‘Firestorm’ from a politician’s secrets revealed
This past April, reports surfaced that actor Jon Hamm had been sued as a college undergrad in the early 1990s in connection with a fraternity hazing incident. While the old...
Audrey Niffenegger tells scary stories at Chicago Humanities Festival
"Houses, lovers, children, cats: things that are frequently haunted." Audrey Niffenegger provides this inventory of the supernatural in her introduction to "Ghostly," a new anthology of 16 ghost stories spanning...