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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...

Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Sept. 18, 2010.

Column: Like the painter Mark Rothko, architect Helmut Jahn was a force of nature

By Chris Jones

May 13, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

"Architecture is all about going with your gut," Helmut Jahn told ArchDaily in 2018. "I...

Actors Mary Beth Fisher and John Drea during a dress rehearsal of the play "The Sound Inside."

Video cameras and empty seats: A look inside Goodman Theatre’s ‘Live’ streaming series

By Hannah Herrera Greenspan

May 13, 2021 at 1:02 p.m.

Directing a new production of the play "The Sound Inside," Goodman Theatre's artistic director Robert...

Mary Beth Fisher and John Drea in a dress rehearsal scene from "The Sound Inside" on May 11, 2021.

A look inside Goodman Theatre’s ‘Live’ streaming series

By Contributed Content

May 12, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

Actors Mary Beth Fisher and John Drea perform a scene during a dress rehearsal of...

The hit show "Wicked," here in its original Broadway cast with Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel.

Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Lion King’ and ‘Wicked’ will reopen on same fine day

By Chris Jones

May 11, 2021 at 7:29 a.m.

Broadway's Big Three — the smash-hit musicals "Hamilton," "Wicked" and "The Lion King" — are...

Aerialist Elena Gatilova performs during a preview performance for Teatro ZinZanni's "Love, Chaos and Dinner" in Chicago at the Cambria Hotel.

Exclusive: Teatro ZinZanni will return to Chicago’s theater district in July

By Chris Jones

May 11, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

In a significant summer boost to entertainment offerings in downtown Chicago, the dinner-and-circus extravaganza known...

People dance during the 23rd Annual Chicago SummerDance event in Grant Park's Spirit of the Music Garden in 2019. The event is coming back this summer, with dates and locations still to be announced.

Column: Chicago’s great cultural comeback is coming much faster than we thought. Here’s why.

By Chris Jones

May 5, 2021 at 7:05 p.m.

Just weeks ago, the working assumption around town was that this would be a relatively...

The Winter Garden Theater at 1634 Broadway Thursday Nov. 12 2020 in New York. (Barry Williams)

Broadway to return in September at full force

By Chris Jones

May 5, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

Broadway is coming back on Sept. 14., with its historic theaters selling tickets to their...

Review: In ‘Last Match’ from Writers Theatre, a U.S. tennis champion fears getting older

By Chris Jones

May 4, 2021 at 2:02 p.m.

If you watched the tennis legend Serena Williams at the Australian Open in February, you...

FILE - Rebecca Luker appears at the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Luker, 59, a three-time Tony nominated actor, died Dec. 23, 2020. Some of Broadway's biggest stars are joining together to pay tribute to Luker and raise money to fight Lou Gehrig's disease. Kristin Chenoweth, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Santino Fontana, Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Norm Lewis, Kelli O'Hara and Sally Wilfert will perform in a show Tuesday night that will feature stories and songs from Luker's career. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Concert to honor Broadway star Rebecca Luker, fight ALS

By Associated Press

May 4, 2021 at 10:23 a.m.

Some of Broadway's biggest stars are joining together to pay tribute to the late three-time...

Review: Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Under the Trees’ Voices’ meditates on COVID-19 and spring’s dual renewal

By Chris Jones

May 3, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

During this psychologically devastating COVID-19 crisis, the relief of spring has come twice. The first...