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...
Chicago Opera Theater’s 50th season includes a world premiere and a tribute to Chicago’s Polish community
The Chicago Opera Theater released details about its 2022-23 season, noting that it will officially...
Actor Hollis Resnik, glittering star of many Chicago stages and musicals, is dead at 66
She was, for decades, a reigning diva of the Chicago theater, a rich-voiced star of...
Review: Steppenwolf’s ‘The Minutes’ opens on Broadway at last, still a searing indictment of our politics and ourselves
When I first saw Tracy Letts' "The Minutes" in 2017 in Chicago, director Anna D....
Review: ‘Spay’ by Rivendell Theatre is a powerful story about opioid abuse and families, as well as a real-world proposed remedy
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, the Edgewater storefront theater that champions stories by and about women, has...
Review: ‘American Buffalo’ opens on Broadway with Laurence Fishburne — a blast of a Mamet play that stops short of the biggest score
David Mamet — the confounding, outspoken playwright that artistic progressives are dying to cancel —...
Review: ‘In Every Generation’ at Victory Gardens, a family fights over Jewish identity at Passover dinner
Ali Viterbi's "In Every Generation," now in a world premiere at the Victory Gardens Theatre,...
Mayne Stage in East Rogers Park will become Rhapsody Theatre for magic
Mayne Stage, the historic East Rogers Park entertainment venue located at 1328 W. Morse Ave....
Review: ‘Six’ is back in Chicago — a show that has found fun and devoted fans in a pop musical about Tudor divas
Betrayed? Beheaded? So what. The queens now have their court. "Six," the 85-minute musical that...
Harris Theater announces 2022-23 season featuring Germaine Acogny, Alina Cojocaru and Alejandro Cerrudo
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance has released its 2022-23 lineup of shows, with...
Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Fest to bring circus, burlesque, dance and comedy shows to Wicker Park
The Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival, a new festival scheduled to premiere April 21-24,...