Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage caper
Phanésia Pharel's new play has a lively cast of adults playing teenagers, and is not...
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Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get into the Uptown Theatre
The national tour of “Dirty Dancing” in Chicago last month turned out to be a...
Review: M.A.D.D. Rhythms hoofers from past and present shine, despite technical challenges
M.A.D.D. Rhythms co-founders Bril Barrett and Martin “Tre” Dumas III performed some of the finest...
Top 10 dance for summer 2026: Joffrey’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ and a dance party at the MCA
Also in our list of critic's picks for summer: Dance for Life, outdoor celebrations and...
Top 10 for Chicago theater for summer 2026: ‘Suffs,’ a suburban ‘Leopoldstadt’ and Broadway-bound ‘Iceboy!’
After a customary late-May lull, Chicago's theater gets back into action in June with several...
‘Mexodus,’ an acclaimed hip hop musical, will play the Studebaker Theater this fall
The musical with Chicago origins, written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson,...
Exhausted former Python Eric Idle talks ‘Spamalot’ and staying alive and kicking
The musical is different from its source, the 1975 movie "Monty Python and the Holy...
Review: In ‘The Targeted,’ sharing their fears of a deep state around the campfire
This unusual dark comedy is now in its world premiere by A Red Orchid at...
BAMtheatre in Westmont to mark 25th anniversary with May 30 Block Party
BAMtheatre, started 25 years ago by three 13-year-olds, now is an award-winning ensemble with its...
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Review: Lock up your phone and take a sci-fi trip with ‘Spaceman’
This Chicago premiere by the theater company [producingbody] is a claustrophobic trip with an astronaut...
Review: Touring cast saves this ‘Spamalot’ revival from itself
The musical now at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago still clutters up and dumbs down...
William Pullinsi, the founder of Candlelight and inventor of dinner theater, dies at 86
His Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Summit launched the careers of some of Chicago's most notable...
Goodman Theatre’s next season has ‘John Proctor,’ ‘American Idiot’ and a new Scrooge
Other highlights of the mainstage season include a Chicago return for The 7 Fingers circus...