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...
16th Street Theater in Berwyn is closing down; Raven artistic director announces exit
The 16th Street Theater, a Berwyn-based Equity company with a 15-year history, has begun its...
Review: ‘Clue’ at Mercury Theater has plenty of laughs but not much of a mystery
Board games — Parcheesi, Exploding Kittens, Unstable Unicorns — helped get my family through the...
Mercury Theater’s 2023 season runs from ‘Lady Day’ to ‘Young Frankenstein’
Mercury Theater Chicago has announced its 2023 season of musical theater on Southport, lead by...
Review: Brothers bite hard in powerhouse ‘Topdog/Underdog’ on Broadway
Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" is a phenomenal two-brother drama, every bit as intense and rich as...
Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ by Griffin Theatre tells story of a heroic British-Jamaican nurse
You've likely heard of Florence Nightingale but perhaps not Mary Seacole, a similarly courageous nurse...
Review: ‘The Malignant Ampersands’ debuts at A Red Orchid, a story that’s dark, haunting and perhaps deliberately hard to follow
Orson Welles' 1942 film "The Magnificent Ambersons" charts the decay of a Midwestern dynasty, a...
Equity Jeff Awards 2022: ‘Good Night, Oscar’ and Paramount’s ‘Kinky Boots’ are big winners
For the first time since 2019, the venerable Joseph Jefferson Awards for Chicago theater were...
Review: ‘Swing State’ at the Goodman is the best play since COVID to tap into our divided nation
Set in Wisconsin, where the forces of progressivism and conservatism battle like prairie dogs, writer...
From the brink of closure, Giordano Dance Chicago roars back for 60th season celebration at the Harris
Gus Giordano launched his dance company in 1963. It was called Dance Incorporated Chicago; three...
Review: ‘Children of Eden’ musical is reborn in Chicago, starring Michelle Williams. Could Broadway be next?
Wither "Children of Eden," the Stephen Schwartz and John Caird musical based on the Bible's...