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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...

Captain Sir Tom Moore walks down a guard of honor during a visit to the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, England, in Aug. 2020.

Column: Why the British hero Captain Tom Moore mattered so much, dead now from pneumonia and coronavirus

By Chris Jones

February 2, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.

Why did an old man pottering around his perfectly ordinary garden come to mean so...

Corey Cross secures vehicles on his truck. He had been digging out abandoned vehicles along northbound Lake Shore Drive near 40th Street since 5:30 a.m.

Column: A critic’s ‘Snowmaggedon’ memoir: Was ‘Burn the Floor’ worth risking my life?

By Chris Jones

February 1, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.

On February 1, 2011, I almost perished in a snow drift due to my insistence...

‘Missed Connections’ show with magic is coming to A Red Orchid Theatre, thanks to a chance connection

By Doug George

January 31, 2021 at 9:37 a.m.

A new livestreaming show is coming to A Red Orchid Theatre called "Missed Connections," described...

A resident of The Villages in Florida in "Some Kind of Heaven," a new documentary about the retirement community and aging.

Column: Late in life, do you want to surround yourself with oldsters? Florida-set documentary ‘Some Kind of Heaven’ exposes the pitfalls

By Chris Jones

January 29, 2021 at 7:03 a.m.

I once asked Bernie Sahlins, the co-founder and former owner of the Chicago comedy theater...

Review: In Steppenwolf Theatre’s ‘Red Folder,’ Carrie Coon battles with school supplies

By Chris Jones

January 28, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

In first grade, the year when many of us first discover the soul-sucking force of...

How are small Chicago arts groups doing? New survey suggests Zoom is here to stay

By Chris Jones

January 26, 2021 at 4:11 p.m.

The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation funds many Chicago theaters, dance companies, music groups and...

The Royal Shakespeare Company's take on 'Julius Caesar' travels back in time.

‘Hamlet,’ ‘King Lear’ highlights, as Royal Shakespeare Company finds streaming home on BroadwayHD

By Naman Ramachandran

January 25, 2021 at 8:35 a.m.

The U.K.'s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has found a global streaming home with theater specialist BroadwayHD. Nine RSC...

Sideshow Theatre Company adds new collaborators

By Chris Jones

January 23, 2021 at 2:58 p.m.

Chicago's Sideshow Theatre Company said Friday that it is adding a new group of artistic...

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian poses in front of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, home of the revival of " A Chorus Line," in New York. Avian died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, He was 83. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada, File)

Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83

By Brent Lang

January 22, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most...

New Zealanders attend a concert by Six60 and Matiu Walters on Jan. 16 at a sports complex in Waitangi, New Zealand. The event was the largest outdoor concert in New Zealand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Column: Will Chicago have music and arts this summer? It will if we think small and local, and start now.

By Chris Jones

January 21, 2021 at 7:41 a.m.

On Jan. 16 — just a few days ago — more than 20,000 people attended...