Review: ‘A Strange Loop’ at Raven Theatre is very off-Loop, and breathtakingly good
Michael R. Jackson's musical won the Pulitzer and Tony Awards, but it's just now being...
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‘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...
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...
Review: ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ by Theo Ubique Theatre has some fresh ideas but misses the mark
Especially in its Rogers Park days, Theo Ubique Theatre set a high bar for itself...
Review: In Broadway’s ‘The Collaboration,’ Andy Warhol works with Jean-Michele Basquiat and beautiful chaos ensues
What would the great American artist Jean-Michele Basquiat have achieved, how famous would he now...
Chicagoan of the Year for Theater: Director Ron OJ Parson had a standout 2022 but he’s always been essential
He prefers old-school thrillers to avant-garde new plays, classics to contemporary works and, at the...
Chicagoan of the Year for Dance: Michael McStraw is leading Giordano Dance Chicago to a strong future
Giordano Dance Chicago kicked off its 60th anniversary with dazzling performances at the Harris Theater...
Musical adaptation of ‘Almost Famous’ will close on Broadway
"Almost Famous," a stage adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film about a teenager who travels...
Remembering those we lost in 2022, from Angela Lansbury and Sergio Mims to the founder of Mustard’s Last Stand
It has been the annual December tradition for Tribune critics and writers to mark the...
Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is back in Chicago in top form, still asking tough questions
Is "Dear Evan Hansen" dated or prescient? It's a good question and one that spooled...
Review: ‘Bald Sisters’ at Steppenwolf Theatre is an immigrant story with potential
The death of a parent, and the subsequent arguments over funeral arrangements or bequests, is...
Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ is Sondheim’s musical anew at New York Theatre Workshop
In life, as God and Stephen Sondheim understand, we roll along whether or not we...
Review: Zesty ‘Some Like it Hot’ on Broadway races to a whole new conclusion
The new musical version of "Some Like It Hot" roars along like the 20th Century...