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...
Photos: “Wicked” is back in Chicago
The curtain rises on Glinda, Elphaba and this beloved musical once again, looking and sounding...
New ‘Lake Song’ podcast headed to Tribeca imagines Chicago in 2090
A group of Chicago writers, sound designers and actors — led by the creative producer...
Review: Seen ‘The Bear’? You’ll get a different taste at ‘Clyde’s’ at Goodman Theatre
"Clyde's," a lively dark comedy by Lynn Nottage directed with an ebullient theatricality by Kate...
Review: Cabaret ZaZou’s ‘Luminaire’ opens in the Loop, the dinner-cirque show now reinvented
Chicago's former Teatro ZinZanni franchise, located in an indoor tent in the the Loop's Cambria...
Marriott Theatre announces 2023 season, with musicals on Carole King, Buddy Holly and ‘Big Fish’
The Marriott Theatre, known as Chicagoland's longest-running musical theatre, has announced its 2023 season, with...
Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Kokandy Productions reminds us of what Chicago’s off-Loop theaters can do
Remarkable things happen in the cramped basement of the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park. This...
“Sweeney Todd” by Kokandy Productions
Remarkable things happen in the cramped basement of the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park. Enter...
Review: Northlight Theatre’s ‘Garbologists’ tries to show us we’re not that different. But the show moves at half speed.
For all the jokes made at their expense, Chicago's official trash collectors actually move trash...
‘Good Night, Oscar’ with Sean Hayes is headed to Broadway
The smash hit Goodman Theatre production of "Good Night, Oscar" is headed to Broadway in...
Review: This stunning ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Lyric Opera is steeped in tradition — and transcends it. Don’t miss it.
Director Barrie Kosky's breathtaking Lyric Opera staging of "Fiddler on the Roof" hit me with...