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Eddie Weaver and cast in "A Strange Loop" at Raven Theatre in a co-production with About Face. (Joe Mazza)

Review: ‘A Strange Loop’ at Raven Theatre is very off-Loop, and breathtakingly good

By Chris Jones

October 15, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Michael R. Jackson's musical won the Pulitzer and Tony Awards, but it's just now being...

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. (Ashley Chappell)

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

By Myrna Petlicki

October 15, 2026 at 10:20 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...

Aneisa Hicks and Christiana Clark in a dress rehearsal for for "the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on Jan. 12, 2023.

Review: ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ at Goodman Theatre dives into the history of segregated swimming

By Chris Jones

January 26, 2023 at 8:51 a.m.

Public swimming pools aren't always understood as flash points during the long American struggle toward...

Chicago’s next pre-Broadway tryout: A Louis Armstrong musical

By Chris Jones

January 24, 2023 at 12:17 p.m.

Satchmo is coming to town as the leaves fall in October. Chicago is slated to...

The mainstage at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora. The theater has announced both its Broadway and BOLD seasons for the upcoming year.

Paramount Theatre’s 2023-24 season includes ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ as well as ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at Copley

By Kayla Samoy

January 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora announced a slate of new shows for its 2023-24 season,...

Ishmael Falke performs in "Invisible Lands" by the Livsmedlet Theatre during the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival at the Chopin Theatre on Jan. 22, 2023. "Invisible Lands" transforms the performers' bodies into the physical terrain on which refugees — represented by miniature figurines — travel after leaving home.

Chicago Puppet Theater Fest’s first week had a whale of a ‘Moby Dick,’ tiny figures and a marionette made of ice

By Emily McClanathan

January 23, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

A terrifying whale, a delicate marionette made of ice and a collection of intricate figurines...

Erica Stephan (as Sally Bowles) and cast of "Cabaret" by Porchlight Music Theatre.

Review: ‘Cabaret’ by Porchlight Music Theatre is the best show of the year so far, with a knockout Sally Bowles

By Chris Jones

January 23, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In Porchlight Music Theatre's intimate production of the beloved Kander and Ebb musical "Cabaret," the...

Sarah Silverman in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2015. She headlines the Chicago Theatre in February.

Comedy for early 2023: Sarah Silverman, the King of Rant and a reopened iO Theater

By Doug George

January 20, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.

As with our previous lists for comedy in Chicago, we sweat not over what we're...

Katie Frieden as Roxie Hart, and company of the musical "Chicago," in the Loop at CIBC Theatre.

Review: The musical ‘Chicago’ at the CIBC Theatre is a worthy night out, young cast and all

By Chris Jones

January 19, 2023 at 1:35 p.m.

Billing a show as "the 25th anniversary tour" implies something special: a salute to the...

Christiana Clark, playing the role of Janice, rehearses for "the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at the Goodman Theatre on Jan. 12, 2023.

The play ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ at Goodman Theatre has much to say about politics, heritage and family

By Darcel Rockett

January 19, 2023 at 7:51 p.m.

Water. We can't seem to get away from it, living so close to Lake Michigan...

Alec Phan as Jonathan in "tick, tick … BOOM!" at BoHo Theatre.

Review: ‘tick, tick … BOOM!’ by BoHo Theatre is a production Jonathan Larson would have appreciated

By Chris Jones

January 19, 2023 at 7:38 a.m.

"Looks more like a concert-style staging," I wrote in my notepad Sunday at the start...

Ginger Minj and Gidget Galore in "The Golden Gals Live!" at Mercury Theater.

Review: ‘The Golden Gals Live!’ is now at Mercury Theater — and if you’re a fan, go

By Chris Jones

January 17, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

For a sitcom that stopped producing new episodes more than 30 years, "The Golden Girls"...