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Eddie Weaver and cast in "A Strange Loop" at Raven Theatre in a co-production with About Face. (Joe Mazza)

Review: ‘A Strange Loop’ at Raven Theatre is very off-Loop, and breathtakingly good

By Chris Jones

October 15, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Michael R. Jackson's musical won the Pulitzer and Tony Awards, but it's just now being...

Highland Park native Marina Franklin, who has TV and film credits, including HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” is one of the headliners at the Funny is Female Comedy Festival, Oct. 22-25, at Comedy Plex in Oak Park. (Ashley Chappell)

‘Now there’s a girls’ club’: Funny is Female fest draws 50 comedians to Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

October 15, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

More than 50 comics from around the country will be performing at the Funny is...

Ferdinand (Lawrence Grimm) and Will (Lenin Izquierdo) in "Any Rebellion of Will" at Trap Door Theatre. (George Hudson)

Review: ‘Any Rebellion of Will’ is an absurdist breath of fresh air at Trap Door Theatre

By Chris Jones

October 14, 2026 at 1:24 p.m.

This world premiere, penned by S.L. Daniels and accurately billed as a dark, absurdist comedy...

The audience applauds as co-owner Ricardo Rosenkranz speaks on stage at the Rhapsody Theater.

Review: Lucy Darling’s classy, funny magic show opens new Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park

By Chris Jones

June 22, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

Originally the Morse Theatre and variously thereafter a synagogue, a shoe repair store and most...

Comedy magician Lucy Darling performs the show "Indulgence" at the new Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park at 1328 W. Morse Ave., June 21, 2022. The building used to be the Mayne Stage.

Lucy Darling opens new Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park

By John J. Kim

July 1, 2022 at 12:31 p.m.

The Lucy Darling magic show "Indulgence" opened the new Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park. The...

Review: ‘Paris’ is Steep Theatre’s can-do reopening work, a master class in putting on a play in a raw space

By Chris Jones

June 21, 2022 at 1:36 p.m.

After more than two years in the COVID-19 wilderness, Chicago's Steep Theatre is back in...

Writers Theatre’s 2022-23 season includes ‘Once’ and ‘Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol’

By Doug George

June 21, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.

Writers Theatre in Glencoe has announced a four-title 2022-23 season, including productions of Manual Cinema's...

‘Life After’ at Goodman Theatre is one of several new summer musicals on their way to Chicago

By Chris Jones

June 23, 2022 at 4:33 p.m.

This summer in Chicago is bringing at least four new musicals with high hopes. The...

Review: ‘cullud wattah’ at Victory Gardens Theater is a strong condemnation of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

By Chris Jones

June 22, 2022 at 11:58 a.m.

Fluids drip everywhere in "cullud wattah," the potent new drama by Erika Dickerson-Despenza about the...

Review: Haymarket Opera’s fun ‘L’Amant anonyme’ makes history, with a wink

By Hannah Edgar

June 19, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

It would be poetic that Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges' only surviving opera is called...

Haymarket Opera’s ‘L’Amant anonyme’

By Contributed Content

June 19, 2022 at 11:23 a.m.

Haymarket Opera's "L'Amant anonyme" at Jarvis Opera Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center at DePaul University.

Review: ‘Steel Magnolias’ is a story well worth rediscovering this summer at Drury Lane Theatre

By Chris Jones

June 17, 2022 at 1:10 p.m.

Once upon a time, I reviewed "Steel Magnolias" so often, I felt like I deserved...

Mare Winningham and the cast of "Girl From the North Country" perform at the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

2022 Tony Awards: ‘Strange Loop’ wins best musical in an inclusive ceremony

By Chris Jones

June 13, 2022 at 6:50 a.m.

It took an entire village to bring a struggling Broadway back. Even the people checking...