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...
The myth of LeBron James, if not the man himself, will be on stage soon at Steppenwolf. ‘King James’ is Broadway bound, if director Kenny Leon has anything to say about it.
Ask most directors if their world-premiere Chicago show might have a chance at Broadway and...
‘Hadestown’ opens in Chicago at last. What is this show?
The musical "Hadestown" opens Wednesday night at the CIBC Theatre in the Loop. What with...
TimeLine play ‘Relentless’ gets a new run at the Goodman Theatre; ‘Swing State’ postpones
TimeLine Theatre Company's recent, sold-out production of "Relentless" will get a new downtown run at...
Barbara Gaines to leave Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the latest big leadership change for Chicago theater
Barbara Gaines will exit her position as artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the company...
Review: New cast for Teatro ZinZanni dinner circus in the Loop — this talented show always delivers from the heart
Caesar, otherwise known as Frank Ferrante, has left the building carrying his schtick on his...
Teatro ZinZanni’s “Wishes and Dreams”
Teatro ZinZanni's "Wishes and Dreams" plays at the Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop, with a new...
Chicago actor Larry Neumann Jr. is dead at 62. His off-Loop roles were legion and he had many stories to tell.
Larry Neumann Jr., a gruff, gritty Chicago actor widely regarded as quintessential, died Wednesday at...
Review: ‘Creature’ is English National Ballet’s return to Chicago, a powerful story with echoes of ‘Frankenstein’
With the opening of "Creature," English National Ballet quenches a three-year-long thirst. It had been...
Collaboraction play ‘Trial in the Delta’ brings the transcript of Emmett Till’s 1955 murder trial to the stage: ‘This is like we’re keeping the casket open.’
The pandemic has kept many things on hold or at least at bay. But the...
Review: ‘Come From Away’ opens at Cadillac Palace, a powerful reminder of human kindness as Putin’s tanks roll
It's hard to overestimate how powerfully a musical set in Gander, Canada, connected with a...