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Ferdinand (Lawrence Grimm) and Will (Lenin Izquierdo) in "Any Rebellion of Will" at Trap Door Theatre. (George Hudson)

Review: ‘Any Rebellion of Will’ is an absurdist breath of fresh air at Trap Door Theatre

By Chris Jones

October 14, 2026 at 1:24 p.m.

This world premiere, penned by S.L. Daniels and accurately billed as a dark, absurdist comedy...

Director Stuart Gordon, co-founder of the Organic Theater Company, on May 12, 1981. (Anne Cusack/baiduhai)

Column: The legendary Organic Theater is gone, ‘Scream! Bleed!’ brings memories roaring back

By Rick Kogan

October 14, 2026 at 10:25 a.m.

New book remembers the formative Chicago theater company that gave us Joe Mantegna, Dennis Franz,...

Alana Arenas (as Morgan), Kara Young (Aziza) and cast in "Purpose" on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in New York. (Marc J. Franklin)

Chicago Theater Report: ‘Purpose’ returns, new Broadway shows in town and dinner with Basil Fawlty

By Chris Jones

October 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

New shows have been announced for an already busy fall and early 2027. If you...

Clara (Ilyssa Fradin) in "Household Spirits" at Theater Wit.

Review: ‘Household Spirits’ at Theater Wit is a very real ghost story about grief

By Emily McClanathan

November 1, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Playwright Mia McCullough's dark, witty new play, "Household Spirits," is a ghost story through and...

Veronique Le and Ryan Kirby in "Seagulls" by Oak Park Festival Theatre.

Review: ‘Seagulls’ from Oak Park Festival Theatre turns over Chekhov’s play to a young indie band

By Emily McClanathan

October 31, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

Playwright and composer Beth Hyland's "Seagulls" is Chekhov set on a modern college campus in...

Trials bike rider Trevor Bodogh in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey touring circus performance "The Greatest Show On Earth."

You can’t keep the circus down: Ringling Bros. brings back ‘Greatest Show’ with a new tour

By Lauren Warnecke

October 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The "Greatest Show on Earth" is back, touring 50 American cities under its flagship brand...

Chicago magician Dennis Watkins has moved his show "Magic Parlour" to the basement of Petterino's restaurant.

Review: ‘Magic Parlour’ is a special retro magic experience in new digs at Petterino’s

By Chris Jones

October 27, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.

Dennis Watkins, Chicago's premiere resident magician, has plied his trade of vanishment, extrasensory perception and...

Kelly Cervantes: Surviving the unimaginable with ‘Hamilton’ and Chicago by our sides

By Kelly Cervantes

October 30, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

When my husband Miguel booked the role of Alexander Hamilton in the smash hit musical...

Ali Louis Bourzgui as Tommy and the company of "The Who's Tommy" at the Goodman Theatre. Far right are Captain Walker (Adam Jacobs) and Mrs. Walker (Alison Luff).

‘Tommy’ moves from the Goodman Theatre to Broadway

By Chris Jones

October 26, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.

The producers Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman announced Thursday that their revival of "The Who's...

Hampshire High School musical director Chris Cherry thanks supporters before the start of the District 300 school board meeting on Oct 24, 2023, in Algonquin. The board heard public comments against its decision not to allow Hampshire High's theater program's production of "The Prom" because of safety concerns.

Suburban school district reconsiders postponing Hampshire’s spring musical about gay teens after student and parent outcry

By Rebecca Johnson

October 25, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

High school senior Henry Hanson recently watched in anticipation as various possible musicals were ticked...

Singer Sa'Rayah in Teatro ZinZanni's dinner-cirque show at the Cambria Hotel in Chicago, reopened for fall 2023.

Review: Teatro ZinZanni reopens its dinner-cirque show in fine, trimmer form

By Chris Jones

October 25, 2023 at 5:45 a.m.

The "Love, Chaos and Dinner" title for the latest version of Teatro ZinZanni in Chicago...

Members of the Deeply Rooted Dance Theater company pray prior to a rehearsal at Roosevelt University in the Loop on Oct. 13, 2023.

Deeply Rooted Dance celebrates the past, lives in the present — and looks to the future

By Lauren Warnecke

October 25, 2023 at 12:49 p.m.

Kevin Iega Jeff moved to Chicago in 1994. Leaving his company, Jubilation, behind, the New...

Ryan Stajmiger, Andrew MacNaughton, Sean Fortunato, Isabella Andrews and Mary Robin Roth in "Young Frankenstein" at Mercury Theater.

Review: ‘Young Frankenstein’ comes alive at Mercury Theater, thanks to Igor and the Monster

By Chris Jones

October 24, 2023 at 5:45 a.m.

They spent $20 million to open "Young Frankenstein" on Broadway in 2007. But all the...