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: ‘It Came From Outer Space’ at Chicago Shakespeare has its musical fun with the aliens on Navy Pier
In the 1953 movie "It Came From Outer Space" — a groundbreaking, 3D, science fiction...
Review: Thank goodness for Eliza in this tour of ‘My Fair Lady,’ now in Chicago
"My Fair Lady" has some of the most beautiful music ever written for the theater:...
Review: A satire of suburbia now at Theater Wit, ‘Hurricane Diane’ struggles to make landfall
In Madeleine George's 2019 play "Hurricane Diane," now produced by Theater Wit in Chicago's Lakeview...
Review: In touring ‘Where We Belong’ now at the Goodman, a Mohegan theater-maker forges a deep connection with her audience
In her solo play, "Where We Belong," Madeline Sayet shares her story with such warmth,...
New leadership at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city's flagship summer...
Review: A parody of Agatha Christie, ‘A Fine Feathered Murder’ is heavy on farce and light on plot
Kooky characters, bawdy humor and poultry of unusual size: all are on offer at "A...
Review: Theo Ubique Theatre puts on a warm and welcome ‘Godspell’ — thankfully, sans clowns
A Monday night without "Godspell," it feels to me, is always inferior to a Monday...
Review: ‘Choir Boy’ at Steppenwolf Theatre is a beautiful play with music about a gay student at an elite school, finding his way
Most of Tarell Alvin McCraney's plays — such as the exquisite "The Brother/Sister Plays" —...
Isn’t this loverly? ‘My Fair Lady’ arrives at last in Chicago
When "My Fair Lady" finally opens at the Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, it will...
Review: ‘Life After’ at Goodman Theatre is a stirring musical about a grieving teenager — a new show that’s going places
The central character happens to be a teenager, but anyone who has suffered the loss...