Column: The legendary Organic Theater is gone, ‘Scream! Bleed!’ brings memories roaring back
New book remembers the formative Chicago theater company that gave us Joe Mantegna, Dennis Franz,...
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Chicago Theater Report: ‘Purpose’ returns, new Broadway shows in town and dinner with Basil Fawlty
New shows have been announced for an already busy fall and early 2027. If you...
Column: Can some Second City alums make Oklahoma City the new Hollywood?
"Drive Through Fire" is the latest movie project from Jim Carlson and Kate Duffy, two...
Review: ‘Assassins’ at Theo speaks to the moment, as Sondheim usually does
Dashing in traffic up to Evanston to see director Darryl Brooks' intimate new Theo production...
Boop-Oop-a-Doop. ‘Boop! The Musical’ follows its cartoon heroine Betty into present day New York
In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and...
Review: ‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ at Lyric Opera is fun, fizzy and 50 years overdue
Few tenors can sing the aria "Ah! mes amis," with its nine high Cs, quite...
Review: In ‘POTUS’ at Steppenwolf Theatre, it’s hard to keep track of the chaos in this White House
Despite mixed Broadway reviews last year, playwright Selina Fillinger's "POTUS" has become the most produced...
Review: ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Glow!’ is a zany new revue at Second City e.t.c.
For anyone who ever imagined that it would be a trip to watch Second City...
Review: Hubbard Street Dance stages a welcome trio of works for ‘Of Peace’
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago kicks off its 46th season with a trio of works at...
Review: A warm and lovely ‘Twelfth Night’ on the islands at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Snow on Halloween in Chicago. Cue a chilled-out Illyria with an island vibe, a reggae-underscored...
Review: An always funny Danny DeVito double-teams with his daughter in Broadway’s ‘I Need That’
At the start of "I Need That," Theresa Rebeck's new three-character play about old age...
Review: ‘Company’ at the Cadillac Palace has a stellar cast — though this will never be my favorite ‘Company’
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Company" is a most extraordinary 1970 musical, charting as it...
Review: ‘Household Spirits’ at Theater Wit is a very real ghost story about grief
Playwright Mia McCullough's dark, witty new play, "Household Spirits," is a ghost story through and...