‘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,...
Court Theatre announces 2023-24 season, opening with ‘Lion in Winter’
Court Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season. The four-show slate includes James Goldman's "The Lion...
Review: Giordano Dance Chicago celebrates 60 with style old and new at the Harris
Giordano Dance Chicago knows how to mark a milestone, and it's had more chances than...
Review: ‘Life of Pi’ on Broadway has adventure aplenty but leaves behind the heart of the story
Oceans — let alone lethal Bengal tigers on lifeboats — are usually a nightmare for...
‘Damn Yankees’ lands on Marriott stage
Joe Boyd (played by Ron E. Rains) will do anything to help his favorite baseball...
Broadway star Norm Lewis says you have to find a sense of hope in ‘A Soldier’s Play’
Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Play," a murder mystery set on a segregated U.S. Army base...
Practical Theatre Company proves you can go back home with a series of shows at Evanston’s Studio5
You can go home again and the proof is in the three members of the...
Goodman Theatre 2023-24 season: A pair of Broadway contenders in the first season for Susan Booth
"Seasons," says Susan V. Booth, "need to reveal themselves." Booth announced her first one Wednesday...
Review: In ‘Babel’ at Redtwist Theatre, expecting couples face eugenics and AI in a dystopian future
Like much dystopian fiction, Jacqueline Goldfinger's "Babel" takes factual elements of a society's past or...
2023 Non-Equity Jeff Awards: ‘Sweeney Todd’ a big winner, plus 2 ensemble prizes to Theo Ubique
With the pandemic recovery still ongoing and more theaters signing contracts with the Actors' Equity...
Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway lets Sondheim’s tragedy howl. It will be a hot ticket.
Many Broadway revivals of musicals from decades past insist on revising, reconsidering and imposing. Thomas...