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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...

Steppenwolf Theatre names two new artistic directors

By Chris Jones

July 22, 2021 at 12:59 p.m.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company said Thursday that two of its ensemble members, Glenn Davis and Audrey...

Review: Teatro ZinZannni reopens its dinner circus in the Loop. Hail, Caesar, and circus life goes on.

By Chris Jones

July 16, 2021 at 10:55 a.m.

Teatro ZinZanni is back. L'Chaim! The first big show to return to Chicago's Loop, Teatro...

Michael Halberstam, artistic director of Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 2013.

Michael Halberstam resigns from Writers Theatre in Glencoe

By Chris Jones

July 23, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.

Writers Theatre said Wednesday that Michael Halberstam, its co-founder and the only artistic director it...

Theo Ubique hires Christopher Pazdernik as managing director

By Doug George

July 13, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has hired Chicago theater artist Christopher Pazdernik as managing director and...

Mark Kelly, Chicago's commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in his office at the Cultural Center on Michigan Avenue in 2016.

Mark Kelly, Chicago’s commissioner of cultural affairs and special events, will retire at end of summer

By Chris Jones

July 13, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Mark Kelly, the City of Chicago's widely admired commissioner of cultural affairs and special events,...

Josh Gad's big break was on Broadway in "The Book of Mormon."

My worst moment: Josh Gad and the ‘Entourage’ cast member who threw him disastrously off his game during ‘Book of Mormon’

By Nina Metz

July 13, 2021 at 7:24 a.m.

The second season of the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy "Central Park" was recorded remotely...

Remy Bumppo Theatre appoints Marti Lyons as new artistic director

By Chris Jones

July 12, 2021 at 11:45 a.m.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, a 25-year-old Chicago company specializing in repertory works of literary merit,...

Oak Park Festival Theatre brings back outdoor Shakespeare show with ‘The Tempest’

By Myrna Petlicki

July 9, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

Magic, mayhem, monsters, and romance are in the forecast as Oak Park Festival Theatre returns...

Rachel Walter administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Daryl Arnold during the "Vax & Relax" COVID-19 vaccination event at It's Official Barber Shop in the Englewood neighborhood on June 5.

Column: We’re in no mood to celebrate — that’s COVID and ‘the long goodbye’

By Chris Jones

July 9, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Like most of humanity, The Economist has been agonizing over when the seemingly endless COVID-19...

Dance for Life announces full lineup for August 2021 in Millennium Park

By Doug George

July 8, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.

Chicago Dancers United announced the full lineup on Thursday for the 30th anniversary of Dance...