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: Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci’ at the Goodman remains a true revelation
When I first reviewed Mary Zimmerman's "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" — gulp, some...
Review: ‘West Side Story’ at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire surprises someone, somewhere
In the last scene of "West Side Story," as Tony runs toward peace, quiet and...
Review: ‘Sons of Hollywood’ at Windy City Playhouse is set in film’s silent era — a time Tinseltown suddenly became less accepting
Under the name Ramon Novarro, the Mexican American actor José Ramón Gil Samaniego became one...
Beloved actor Mary Ann Thebus dies at 89, having worked on most of Chicago’s major stages
Mary Ann Thebus, a much-loved Chicago actress and teacher with decades of experience on the...
Review: ‘Blues in the Night’ by Porchlight Music Theatre is a real musical escape; plus ‘Women of Soul’ at Mercury.
Like a faucet in a South Side two-flat, the blues can flow cold or they...
Playmakers Laboratory isn’t dead yet: GoFundMe raises $26,000 so far
Playmaker Laboratory, the longtime youth-oriented theater company, isn't sunk yet. The company, known for its...
Review: Now on Broadway, a ‘Music Man’ scared of its own trombones
For a primer in how nervous Broadway has become of old-fashioned love and sex, once...
Deb Clapp steps down at League of Chicago Theatres
Deb Clapp, the executive director of the League of Chicago Theatres for the past 14...
Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ debuts at Paramount Theatre. This musical has a lot of plot to rush through but is still a worthy winter escape.
Aurora's Paramount Theatre has excellent timing. Just as that annoying woodchuck known as Punxsutawney Phil...
Review: Victory Gardens Theater re-opens gently with father-son story ‘Queen of the Night’
After a pause close to two years, Victory Gardens Theater officially reopened for business Saturday...