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...
Porchlight sings Broadway 1979 in outdoor concert in June — the theater’s return to live shows
Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its return to live, in-person shows in June with "New...
Column: As theater returns to Chicago, messages of healing matter more than logistics
Testing. Masks. Vaccination passports. Capacity restrictions. Social distancing. Union rules. CDC recommendations. As Chicago's theaters...
Column: Remembering the day Prince Philip looked me in the eye
I met Prince Philip, who died Friday at the age of 99, one time. He...
Pivot Arts announces a live + video lineup for 2021 festival
Pivot Arts on Friday announces the lineup for its ninth annual Pivot Arts Festival. Titled...
Column: There’s a space crunch coming for performing arts in Chicago. Here’s a fix.
As artistic Chicago peeks its collective (and hopefully vaccinated) head out from the pandemic, two...
Milwaukee Rep announces 2021-22 shows, including the Beatles ‘As You Like It’
Beginning with a musical about Green Bay Packers fandom and including a Beatles-Shakespeare mashup also...
Mercury Theater Chicago will open again on the Southport Corridor with a new artistic director
Its demise greatly exaggerated, Chicago's briefly shuttered Mercury Theater is to rise again on the...
Review: In ‘I, Cinna (the poet)’ at Chicago Shakespeare, a dead poet asks us to decide anew: Should art be political?
In William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," shortly after smooth Mark Antony has come up with the...
For one day, Broadway is back as top stars take stage in pop-up show
"I'm dancing again," roared Savion Glover, "on a stage." "Here is the true meaning of...
Youth musical ‘Plane That Took a Train’ becomes a podcast, and a reminder of the times we all could use a little help
Writing team Bob Druker and Steve Dawson have created a new musical with an audience...