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: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Goodman Theatre tells Scrooge’s lesson anew every year
During intermission at the Goodman Theatre's 45th annual production of "A Christmas Carol," I overheard...
Review: ‘Elf: The Musical’ at Drury Lane Theatre: The cast does its best with a misguided coal lump of a musical
On paper, "Elf" — the 2003 comedy starring Will Ferrell and written by David Berenbaum...
Review: ‘Beautiful Noise’ on Broadway is the music of Neil Diamond, offering ‘Sweet Caroline’ and eternal life
At their best, biographical jukebox shows like "Beautiful Noise" dangle immortality, eight times a week....
Review: ‘The Nutcracker’ by the Joffrey Ballet delivers its annual dose of magic
A sure sign that we are on the other side of the pandemic: The Snow...
Review: In ‘Ain’t No Mo’ on Broadway, Black Americans are offered a one-way plane ticket out. Painful comedy ensues.
Jordan E. Cooper's "Ain't No Mo'," a blast of a Broadway show, doesn't so much...
Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ opens this weekend
The Joffrey Ballet's annual production of "The Nutcracker," a Chicago favorite for the holidays, opens...
‘Lake Song’ audio drama imagines a futuristic Chicago where water is everything, brought to life by cast of 23 Chicagoans
One would think within the land of Make Believe, anything is possible, even during the...
Modern ‘Nutcracker’ productions adapt to cultural concerns
Performances of "The Nutcracker" can be found almost any weekend in December in towns across...
Review: ‘Mosque4Mosque’ by About Face Theatre is a comedy about a gay Muslim man that gets complicated
It is a truth universally acknowledged that mothers must meddle in their children's love lives,...
Review: New musical ‘KPOP’ doesn’t fully pop on Broadway
The pandemic was not kind to "KPOP," the new Broadway show that aims to do...