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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...

Review: This is not your homespun ‘Oklahoma!’ Come ready for a radical new musical.

By Chris Jones

January 20, 2022 at 12:13 p.m.

"Oklahoma!," the seminal Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical from 1943, has a reputation...

The comic Lisa Beasley is seen at home in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2022. She has a trending TikTok impersonation of Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and an upcoming event at Laugh Factory titled "Lisa Beasley's Teachers' Appreciation Comedy Show."

Chicago comic Lisa Beasley turns her viral TikTok imitation of Lightfoot into a show for teachers at Laugh Factory

By Lauren Warnecke

January 13, 2022 at 7:18 p.m.

Bronzeville's Lisa Beasley is a familiar face in Chicago TV, theater and stand-up comedy, but...

Update: Steppenwolf joins ‘Moulin Rouge’ and other COVID postponements for Chicago theater

By Doug George

January 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

The recent rise in COVID-19 brought more announcements of changes and postponements in Chicago theater....

Review: Musical show ‘8-Track’ at Theo Ubique Cabaret offers 1970s balm and dozens of songs

By Chris Jones

January 7, 2022 at 12:33 p.m.

For a snapshot of just how difficult it is to produce a show in the...

“8-Track” at Theo Ubique

By Contributed Content

January 7, 2022 at 12:14 p.m.

The musical show '8-Track' is now at Theo Ubique Cabaret in Evanston.

Review: In ‘Dishwasher Dreams,’ a first-generation American channels his struggles into stand-up comedy

By Chris Jones

January 6, 2022 at 3:05 p.m.

Back when he still was an aspiring comic, Alaudin Ullah figured that by allowing the...

‘Moulin Rouge’ musical tour will open in Chicago later in March due to COVID concerns

By Doug George

January 6, 2022 at 1:09 p.m.

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" has postponed its Chicago opening by about a month, according to...

The Chicago Shakespeare Theater in December 2014 on Navy Pier in Chicago. Its next live performance on stage will be "All's Well That Ends Well," from April 22 to May 29 in the Courtyard Theater mainstage.

Chicago Shakespeare joins other theaters in postponing ‘The Notebook’

By Doug George

January 5, 2022 at 5:43 p.m.

Wednesday brought a rush of show cancellations, postponements and changes in the upcoming season for...

Redtwist Theatre suspends productions, postpones ‘Collected Stories’

By Doug George

January 5, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

The off-Loop company Redtwist Theatre announced Wednesday it is suspending live productions and postponing "Collected...

The Goodman Theatre as photographed Dec. 2, 2014 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Goodman Theatre changes season: ‘Outsiders’ musical is postponed; ‘Life After’ takes its place

By Chris Jones

January 5, 2022 at 1:44 p.m.

The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that it is postponing its planned world-premiere production of "The...