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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...

The Raven Theatre on North Clark Street in Chicago in 2014.

Raven is a smaller Chicago theater that’s reopening, including with a world premiere this fall. ‘We’ve been away from our audiences for so long’

By Doug George

August 19, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.

To get back on stage in front of live audiences, or not? That remains the...

Hermia (played by Tiffany Yvonne Cox) runs through the audience in Humboldt Park for a past season's production of Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks' "A Midsummer's Night's Dream."

Chicago Shakes in the Parks launches ‘Dream’ tour this weekend

By Doug George

August 18, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks is back for its 10th anniversary, and for the end...

Comedian Cameron Esposito, who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, in Millennium Park in 2018.

Comedians Cameron Esposito and Nick Kroll are coming to Chicago’s Den Theatre

By Doug George

August 17, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

The Den Theatre in Wicker Park has announced some big comedic names for fall 2021,...

Seats sit empty at Broadway in Chicago's dormant James M. Nederlander Theatre in June 2020 in Chicago. The theater will reopen with "Paradise Square" in November.

Coalition of Chicago theaters, CSO and Lyric Opera will require vaccinations and other COVID precautions this fall

By Doug George

August 17, 2021 at 12:29 p.m.

A large number of Chicago-area theaters, dance and performing arts companies, led by the League...

Wes Mathison, left, performs close-up magic at Chicago Magic Lounge during its grand re-opening on Aug. 5.

Presto! Magic Lounge and other magic shows reopen in Chicago, putting the illusions right in front live audiences again

By Jerald Pierce

August 16, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

There's nothing quite like the magic scene in Chicago, at least not anywhere in the...

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre announces 2021-22 season in Evanston

By Doug George

August 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has announced titles for the company's 2021-22 season, with the opening...

Improvisers Dave Pasquesi, left, and T.J. Jagodowski at the iO Theater in Chicago in July 2019.

Improv legends TJ and Dave are announced for one night only at Annoyance Theater

By Doug George

August 10, 2021 at 5:23 p.m.

Where can you find live improv these days, who's up and running with a full...

Felicia P. Fields during the Equity Jeff Awards ceremony at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace in October 2019. Fields will star in "Blues in the Night" for Porchlight Music Theatre early next year.

Porchlight Music Theatre announces ‘Spring Awakening’ and a Felicia P. Fields blues musical for 2021-22 season

By Doug George

August 9, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its 27th theater season in Chicago, with titles for its...

Chicago theater's Jessie Mueller starred as Carole King in the Broadway production of "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. A touring production will be in Chicago soon.

Hot Tix reopens soon with 48-hour sale for upcoming Broadway in Chicago shows

By Doug George

August 5, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

Hot Tix, that Chicago answer to discounted theater tickets, will reopen Aug. 11, according to...

Members of the Neo-Futurists gather in the kitchen of their theater building on Ashland Avenue September 2020. The Chicago theater company turned its show "Infinite Wrench" into a much-watched online series.

Neo-Futurists 2021-22 season will bring back ‘Infinite Wrench,’ plus a world premiere

By Doug George

August 5, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

The Neo-Futurists have announced plans for their 2021-22 season, including the return of the theater's...