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: Looking for the perfect holiday outing? Paramount Theatre’s ‘The Sound of Music’ is beautiful and deeply emotional
If, like me, you see the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals as national treasures to...
Review: ‘The Island’ at Court Theatre is a cautionary tale about the consequences of incarceration
"The Island" is one of the finest anti-apartheid plays ever penned and, some 50 years...
Review: ‘The Lion King’ is back in Chicago in top form, still working its magic from that first moment on the savanna
Despite being 25 years old on Broadway and outlasting the childhoods of my kids, "The...
Review: In ‘& Juliet’ on Broadway, this empowered Juliet hath no further need of her Romeo
William Shakespeare still occupies his storied place in high school English classes, but the Elizabethan...
40 holiday concerts and shows for 2022: From ‘Cirque Dreams’ to ‘Nutcracker’ and ‘Messiah,’ we have the best performances to celebrate the season
If nothing else, the holiday events calendar is proof that live performance is back. Pandemic...
It’s the holidays, what Chicago shows should I see? A few critic’s picks for the season
With Chicago companies roasting old chestnuts and throwing some new logs on the seasonal fire,...
Review: ‘A Christmas Story’ at the Marriott Theatre lacks warmth, charm and Ralphie at its center
Back in 2011 in Chicago's Loop, I reviewed the world premiere of a new musical...
With this new play, the price of salt in Evanston commands sudden attention in New York
What keeps an insecure Evanston salt spreader awake at night? If a new, highly anticipated...
The trucks carrying the ‘Lion King’ tour have a whole Serengeti full of puppets, costumes and creatures aboard
Taking a Broadway show on tour is always a massive undertaking, but for Disney's "The...
Studebaker Theater to stage a new musical about ‘Mr. Personality’
A new R&B musical with Broadway aspirations is headed to Chicago's recently renovated Studebaker Theater...