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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...

The Chicago Theatre marquee displays comedian Louis C.K.'s sold out shows in Chicago on Friday.

Review: Louis C.K. is back at the Chicago Theatre — but seems tentative, tired and halfway there

By Christopher Borrelli

January 15, 2023 at 10:21 a.m.

Who goes to a Louis C.K. show in 2023? In Chicago, about 7,200 people. His...

Harrison Lampert's show "Mixtape" is at the Chicago Magic Lounge on North Clark Street, part of an artist-In-residence series.

Review: Harrison Lampert is a most welcome mess, Wednesdays at the Magic Lounge

By Chris Jones

January 13, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

On a cold January Wednesday, with little going on, a trip into the beautifully fake...

The world premiere production of "the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, with Aneisa J. Hicks, Brianna Buckley and Christiana Clark.

Theater for winter 2023: Our 10 picks for promising upcoming shows downtown, at Lookingglass and more

By Chris Jones

January 12, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

After a rocky 2022 with fewer productions, widespread leadership turnover and at least one historically...

The atrium of the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2018. The Chicago museum was one of 85 Illinois recipients from the National Endowment for the Arts in the first round of grants for 2023.

NEH, NEA give more than $2 million in grants for humanities and art projects in Illinois

By Kayla Samoy

January 10, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts on Tuesday...

The audience wears masks during the Broadway opening night of "Six" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York in 2021.

Broadway enters the winter of 2023 with caution after rocky autumn

By Chris Jones

January 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

After a bruising fall 2022 that saw several new shows fail and lots of unanswered...

Dancers Robert Carter, right, and Ugo Cirri from the ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in Kensington Gardens in London, Sept. 1, 2022.

Dance for winter 2023: Rarely seen tours and some big swings from Chicago companies

By Lauren Warnecke

January 4, 2023 at 5:45 a.m.

Ambitious remounts and big, milestone concerts are on tap this winter for Chicago dance, with...

The cast of "KPOP" at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York.

What went right — and wrong — on Broadway in 2022

By Chris Jones

January 4, 2023 at 5:59 p.m.

In the last weeks of 2022, failed Broadway shows seemed to stack up one after...

Frank Galati on June 28, 1991, at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.

Frank Galati, pioneering Chicago theater artist and Oscar nominee, dies

By Chris Jones

January 3, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

Frank Galati, a pivotal figure for over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning...

People march in protest through downtown Chicago on June 25, 2022.

As a new year begins, looking back on events of 2022 and Chicago places that mattered

By Christopher Borrelli

January 1, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The end of each year, and the start of every new one, is a cliffhanger,...

The 10 best Chicago theater performances of 2022

By Chris Jones

December 30, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Hundreds of highly skilled performances ennobled Chicago theater in 2022. Some flowed from celebrities, others...