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...
Column: Naomi Osaka’s protest will succeed — because celebrity is changing fast
One night before the pandemic, I watched a famous Broadway star generously spend a half-hour...
Review: In ‘Swing Low’ by the Joffrey Ballet, angels arrive to save a dancer
Choreographer Chanel DaSilva's "Swing Low" begins with a dancer — naked heaving torso, tight bluejeans,...
Theater Wit will reopen with ‘Mr. Burns’ in August
On Tuesday, Lakeview's Theater Wit announced live performances will resume with a revival of "Mr....
Review: ‘SNL’s’ Chris Redd at Zanies shows he’s fired up and ready for something big
Chris Redd is in therapy, driven there by the pandemic. But it's hard to read...
Fractured fairy tale musical to use Britney Spears music
Plans are afoot to put some old hit songs by Britney Spears into a stage...
Column: We need our moment of triumphant liberation from the traumas of COVID-19. In every story, endings matter.
On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the Nazi occupation of...
Tony Awards are coming — but network TV will be showing a Broadway celebration instead
The long-awaited 74th annual Tony Awards were finally announced Wednesday morning by the Broadway League:...
Column: For Lyric Opera audiences, a needless new dilemma: What to do when nature calls — and there’s no intermission?
On May 19, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet held a justly jubilant...
Court, Northlight theaters finalize live performances for 2021-2022 season
Two leading Chicago-area theaters have released plans to return to live performance this fall. Both...
‘Hadestown’ jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons
"Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, has set its Broadway reopening date on Sept....