‘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,...
Harris Theater’s 2023-24 season includes return of the New York City Ballet and a reimagined ‘Jungle Book’
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance has announced its 20th anniversary season, which will...
Joffrey Ballet’s 2023-24 season: From ‘Frankenstein’ to a return for ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
The Joffrey Ballet has announced its 2023-24 season at the Lyric Opera House under the...
They both play the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in ‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’
When the North American tour of "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical" comes to the...
Review: Troubled musical ‘1776’ arrives in Chicago, much improved from Broadway
Based on the fraught Congressional debate over the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "1776?...
Review: Ricardo Rosenkranz rides a wave of magic with ‘Physician Magician’ at Rhapsody Theater
Ricardo Rosenkranz is a Chicago neonatologist with a passion for magic. He's also the relatively...
Review: ‘Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle’ by Griffin Theatre asks, how do relationships happen?
Devised by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg in 1927, the so-called uncertainty principle states that...
Review: ‘The Kelly Girls’ is set in Northern Ireland and explores what drives people to violence
The word "radicalization" doesn't appear in Shannon O'Neill's "The Kelly Girls," but the concept looms...
Review: ‘Once’ at Writers Theatre focuses on the heart, and may be the best show this Glencoe theater has staged
"How's your heart?" asks Da (Ron E. Rains) of his only son in "Once," the...
Review: In ‘Right to be Forgotten’ at Raven Theatre, a past mistake is always right there
As favored playwriting in the American theater increasingly has coalesced around the graduates of a...
The Met cuts season to 18 operas
The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching...