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: Disney’s ‘Frozen’ at Cadillac Palace offers just the kind of warm thaw audiences are expecting
With all due respect to the many cute princesses to be found at the Cadillac...
Review: ‘Paradise Square’ opens in Chicago on its way to Broadway, spinning a Civil War-era story. But it still has a ways to go.
The new musical "Paradise Square," which opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Wednesday night, offers...
“Paradise Square” opens in Chicago
The new musical "Paradise Square" opens in Chicago in the Nederlander Theatre.
Review: ‘Diana, the Musical’ on Broadway is tabloid trash but alive, nonetheless
In order to save their financial bacon during the pandemic, the producers of "Diana, the...
Hubbard Street’s ‘RE/TURN’ to live dance has something old, something new and Barton’s tour de force ‘Busk’
"I need more groove," said artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell to the company members of Hubbard...
‘Love Actually?’ and ‘Friends!’ are part of a new slate of shows at the Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater Chicago on Lincoln Avenue is lit again with live shows, now with...
Hubbard Street Dance’s ‘RE/TURN’
Hubbard Street Dance's 44th season opener, a trio of works collectively called "RE/TURN", that runs...
Review: ‘Hundred Days’ by Kokandy Productions is a moving story about grief, death and love, told through a concert-like play
Grief has touched the lives of us all at one point or another. That's never...
What to do for the 2021 holidays: Our Top 40 list of shows and entertainment around Chicago
With performance venues now awakened from their pandemic slumbers, there's no shortage of holiday cheer...
Review: With the funny, heartfelt ‘Sister Act,’ Mercury Theater comes blasting back
Broadway had far fewer worries a decade ago and the 2011 musical "Sister Act" was...