‘Now there’s a girls’ club’: Funny is Female fest draws 50 comedians to Oak Park
More than 50 comics from around the country will be performing at the Funny is...
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Review: ‘Any Rebellion of Will’ is an absurdist breath of fresh air at Trap Door Theatre
This world premiere, penned by S.L. Daniels and accurately billed as a dark, absurdist comedy...
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,...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater 2023-24 season: Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Illinois,’ Paralympian Katy Sullivan and ‘Seinfeld’ star Jason Alexander
Amid an ongoing search for new artistic and administrative leadership, Chicago Shakespeare Theater returns to...
Review: ‘From the Mississippi Delta’ by Lifeline and Pegasus Theatre has a lot of civil rights-era ground to cover
The action in "From the Mississippi Delta" takes place in the deep South and Minnesota,...
Review: ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’: The Goodman play shines on Broadway with Rachel Brosnahan
How can it be that the sexiest show on Broadway — heck, maybe the only...
Review: ‘Big River’ a musical journey with Jim and Huck Finn at Mercury Theater
In the mid-1980s, Broadway made an effort to recruit songwriters from Nashville and producers happened...
Writers Theatre for 2023-24: Braden Abraham’s first season includes ‘The Band’s Visit’
Writers Theatre in Glencoe now has a new artistic director, Braden Abraham, who most recently...
National theater conference headed to Chicago in 2024
Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for nonprofit U.S. theater, told the Tribune Wednesday that...
Review: ‘London Road’ by Shattered Globe is about yearning for normalcy in a crisis — and reminds us what off-Loop theater can do
In 2006, a killer popularly known as the Suffolk Strangler murdered five sex workers. Although...
Update: Auditorium Theatre’s 2023-24 season: Dance notables but a cancellation for Malkovich
Update: According to an announcement June 2, "The Infernal Comedy" has been canceled due to...
Musical ‘Some Like It Hot’ leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods
"Some Like It Hot," a musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis...
Review: ‘The Porch on Windy Hill’ at Northlight Theatre explores family and folk music, but has a long way to go
"The Porch on Windy Hill," the stiff and preachy new show at the Northlight Theatre,...