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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...

Sarah Sherman, aka Sarah Squirm, fist-bumps an audience member during Helltrap Nightmare at the Hideout in Chicago on Saturday, August 31, 2019. "Saturday Night Live" has just announced that she is joining the cast of the show's 47th Season.

‘Saturday Night Live’ adds new cast members including Chicago comedian Sarah Sherman, aka Sarah Squirm. Beck Bennett departs.

By Nina Metz

September 27, 2021 at 12:56 p.m.

"Saturday Night Live" has announced three new cast members are joining the show for its...

This image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows the cast in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." (Matthew Murphy/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via AP)

‘Moulin Rouge!’ wins big at Tony Awards as Broadway celebrates its recovery

By Chris Jones

September 27, 2021 at 12:38 a.m.

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," the dazzlingly intense Broadway version of Baz Luhrmann's beloved 2001 movie,...

Review: ‘Forever Plaid’ is an old-favorite musical, just right for the crowd on Drury Lane’s reopening night

By Chris Jones

September 24, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

Of all the theaters summarily closed by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Drury...

Review: ‘The World Goes ‘Round’ opens at Marriott Theatre with songs from Kander and Ebb — and a musical world we’ve long missed

By Chris Jones

September 23, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

At the end of Act 1 of "Curtains," the 2006 musical with a score by...

Rosario Vargas, center, founder of the Aguijón Theater Company, and others at a kickoff party for the Destinos Chicago International Latino Theater Festival dance to the music of Los Pleneros de Don Segundo outside the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2021.

Destinos Latino Theater Fest is back on stage: With plays from Chicago, Mexico and elsewhere, what to expect from 2021

By Jerald Pierce

September 23, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

After the pandemic forced a year off, Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival is returning...

Review: ‘The Infinite Wrench’ is back on the Neo-Futurist stage without missing a beat

By Jerald Pierce

September 21, 2021 at 1:46 p.m.

As in-person theater returns, allowing audience members to step out from behind their computer screens...

Congo Square Theatre appoints Ericka Ratcliff as new artistic director

By Doug George

September 20, 2021 at 11:46 a.m.

Congo Square Theatre Company on Monday announced that Ericka Ratcliff is the Chicago theater company's...

Review: A fine, spooky ‘Macbeth’ at Lyric Opera fights deliciously with our current recovery narrative

By Chris Jones

September 19, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.

Emotions ran high at the Lyric Opera Friday night. Thumping the words "together again," the...

“Macbeth” by Lyric Opera

By Contributed Content

September 19, 2021 at 12:52 p.m.

The company and Chorus of "Macbeth" by Lyric Opera of Chicago. Christian Van Horn as...

Artistic director Robert Falls at the Goodman Theatre on Sept. 13, 2021. He returns to his former theater to direct "Holiday." (Brian Cassella / baiduhai)

Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls is stepping down

By Chris Jones

September 15, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

After a 35-year run leading Chicago's most prestigious theater company, Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert...