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...
“Fiddler on the Roof” at Lyric Opera
The company of "Fiddler on the Roof" at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at the Marriott Theatre in a heartwarming return. Dolly, it’s so nice to have you back.
It took one heck of a long time for Marriott's Dolly to say howdy. And...
Review: Remember ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’? It’s back at Court Theatre, with a talented cast to freshen things up
Best remembered now as a 1944 movie starring Cary Grant, "Arsenic and Old Lace" was...
Review: ‘Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster’ is a touching way into childhood anxieties
Making friends can be scary, especially if you're one of the biggest scaredy-cats in the...
League of Chicago Theatres has new executive director
The League of Chicago Theatres, the nonprofit trade organization tasked with representing the interests of...
Review: Paramount Theatre’s new ‘Dreamgirls’ is a gutsy, spectacular show
First seen on Broadway in 1981, the justly beloved musical "Dreamgirls," which tells the fictionalized...
At Second City, a new CEO from ‘Sesame Street’
Chicago's Second City, the venerable comedy theater headquartered in Old Town, has a new CEO:...
Review: The humor will be up to you at ‘The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington’ at Steppenwolf Theatre
James Ijames is not the first playwright to use Martha Washington as a symbol for...
‘Wicked’ is back in the Loop for the fall, with witches who know what this show means to Chicago
Good news for Chicagoans: "Wicked," the ever-popular retelling of "The Wizard of Oz," will return...
Review: The walls close in on passion in Verdi’s ‘Ernani’ at Lyric Opera
First seen in Venice in 1844 and a huge success for the young composer, Giuseppe...