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: ‘Almost Famous’ is now a sweet Broadway musical, with the movie’s rock ‘n’ roll edges smoothed away
Cameron Crowe's widely adored 2000 movie "Almost Famous" is an affectionate ode to the transformative...
They’re not Nazis. They just play them on weekends, at reenactments. Is this really teaching history?
Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how...
Review: Remy Bumppo’s ‘Routes’ ponders immigration questions in the U.K., with young immigrants in the balance
How Britain deals with refugees is a major political controversy at present in the U.K....
Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ at Chicago Shakespeare potently resets this ‘problem play’ amid Cuban turmoil
In William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," the Duke of Vienna, Vincentio, sets up a Viennese...
Review: ‘Rite of Spring’ and ‘common ground[s]’ unearth beauty and tragedy, danced at the Harris on a stage of dirt
You know that smell when spring is coming? An earthy mustiness hangs over the city...
Review: ‘Walking with Ghosts’ on Broadway: Irish actor Gabriel Byrne looks into the shadows of his past
It's both a truism and an abiding human truth that when we reach a certain...
Review: In ‘The Locusts’ by Gift Theatre, an FBI agent is hunting a serial killer — the performances are worth your ticket
An FBI special agent, known for her skills in profiling serial killers, returns to her...
iO Theater is reopening in Chicago next week
The famed improv comedy institution iO Theater is reopening, according to an announcement Wednesday. Now...
Review: ‘Refuge’ at Theo Ubique Theatre is a beautiful musical about the dangerous journey migrants attempt
More and more these days, I find myself wishing an audience in addition to the...
Review: ‘Man and Moon’ is a moving play about unlikely friends in a hospital oncology waiting room
During one of their recurring meetings in a hospital waiting room, 12-year-old Luna asks 28-year-old...