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Highland Park native Marina Franklin, who has TV and film credits, including HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” is one of the headliners at the Funny is Female Comedy Festival, Oct. 22-25, at Comedy Plex in Oak Park. (Marina Franklin)

‘Now there’s a girls’ club’: Funny is Female fest draws 50 comedians to Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

October 15, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

More than 50 comics from around the country will be performing at the Funny is...

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,...

Jodie Comer in "Prima Facie" at the John Golden Theatre in New York.

Review: ‘Prima Facie’ with Jodie Comer is a gripping Broadway legal thriller

By Chris Jones

April 23, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.

Jodie Comer, famous for her work on the British TV series "Killing Eve," offers up...

Chris Sullivan and Scott Foley in "The Thanksgiving Play" at the Hayes Theater in New York.

Review: ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ is an unforgiving Broadway satire of turkey day

By Chris Jones

April 20, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.

The premise of "The Thanksgiving Play," a gutsy, newish play by the talented Larissa FastHorse,...

Alanis Morissette, Diane Paulus and cast during the curtain call of the opening night of the Broadway show "Jagged Little Pill," at Broadhurst Theatre on Dec. 5, 2019, in New York.

Alanis Morissette says the ‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical was a chance to get a new life for her album

By Chris Jones

April 20, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

The national tour of "Jagged Little Pill" completes its Chicago run Sunday. The touring Broadway...

Yoshihisa Arai and ensemble in "The Little Mermaid" by Joffrey Ballet at the Lyric Opera House.

Review: Enchanting ‘Little Mermaid’ is one of Joffrey Ballet’s most ambitious projects yet

By Lauren Warnecke

April 20, 2023 at 12:17 p.m.

The Joffrey Ballet caps a spectacular 2022-23 season with the long-awaited Chicago premiere of John...

Henry Shields, Ellie Morris, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Neil Patrick Harris, and Matthew Cavendish in "Peter Pan Goes Wrong."

Review: ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ takes flight on Broadway, and crashes hilariously

By Chris Jones

April 19, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.

Even without Neil Patrick Harris — a guest-star turn massively juicing up ticket sales for...

Sydney Charles, Aliyana Nicole and Jessica Dean Turner in "Last Night and the Night Before" at Steppenwolf Theatre.

Review: In ‘Last Night and the Night Before’ at Steppenwolf Theatre, family from the past comes calling on the present

By Chris Jones

April 19, 2023 at 11:57 a.m.

The playwright Donnetta Lavinia Grays was raised in Columbia, South Carolina, but now bases herself...

Yasen Peyankov and James Vincent Meredith are featured in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Chicago premiere of Rajiv Joseph's "Describe the Night." (Michael Brosilow)
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Evanston native shines in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Chicago premier of “Describe the Night”

By Myrna Petlicki

April 18, 2023 at 8:09 a.m.

Evanston native James Vincent Meredith is performing in his favorite play at Steppenwolf Theatre, "Describe...

Ashli Rene Funches and Aja Singletary in "Is God Is" at A Red Orchid Theatre.

Review: ‘Is God Is’ is a dark revenge tale in its Chicago premiere at A Red Orchid Theatre

By Emily McClanathan

April 17, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

Given the piles of bodies strewn about the stage at the end of "Is God...

"The Phantom of the Opera" cast appear at the curtain call following the final Broadway performance at the Majestic Theatre on April 16, 2023, in New York.

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ closes on Broadway after 35 years

By Associated Press

April 17, 2023 at 3:12 p.m.

The final curtain came down Sunday on New York's production of "The Phantom of the...

Choreographer Jumaane Taylor performs tap dance moves at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago on March 31, 2023.

‘This is tap dance’: Jumaane Taylor’s masterwork ‘Supreme Love’ returns for 2 nights at the Dance Center

By Lauren Warnecke

April 17, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Hoofer Jumaane Taylor's masterwork "Supreme Love" is back for a two-show revival this week. Last...