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: A pulse-racing ‘Evita’ at Drury Lane Theatre
Productions like the Drury Lane's full-throttle "Evita," replete with a hell-for-leather company of 30, a...
Review: ‘Fireflies’ at Northlight Theatre has a civil rights story, but the marriage at the center never clicks
The main characters in Donja R. Love's play "Fireflies" are called Charles and Olivia. But...
Trinity Irish Dance Company is back and kicking after a pandemic absence — and the troupe on stage looks a little different
The Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is just emerging from its pandemic slumber, performing at...
Review: ‘Relentless’ at TimeLine Theatre, about a Black family in West Philadelphia in 1919, is the best new work here in years
Tyla Abercrumbie's "Relentless" is the finest new play to emerge in Chicago since the days...
Review: ‘MJ’ on Broadway elevates the art of Michael Jackson as it dances away from controversy
Michael Jackson was less than three weeks away from opening his "This Is It" comeback...
Trinity Irish Dance Company
March is a busy time for Trinity Irish Dance, a longtime Chicago Irish dance company,...
Lyric Opera is back at full blast: 2022-23 season begins with Verdi and concludes with a return for ‘West Side Story’
Chicago's Lyric Opera announced its 2022-23 season Tuesday, the venerable company's 68th subscription season, focused...
Review: In epic ‘Gem of the Ocean’ at Goodman Theatre, August Wilson speaks to us across centuries
August Wilson was America's William Shakespeare — surely we all can see this by now...
“Gem of the Ocean” at the Goodman
August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" at the Goodman Theatre.
Musical ‘Hairspray’ is back in Chicago
The touring Broadway musical "Hairspray" arrives in Chicago for about a two-week run at the...