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...
Amanda Kloots reflects on ‘tough’ year, husband Nick Cordero’s death
Amanda Kloots, the window of Nick Cordero, the Broadway star who died from COVID-19 complications...
Chicago’s Steep Theatre adds 13 members to its growing ensemble
Chicago's Steep Theatre is expanding its ensemble, adding six new artists who recently worked with...
For actress E. Faye Butler, the show must go on, even on the back of a truck
When the full story is written of the recovery of the Chicago theater from the...
Review: Steppenwolf Theatre’s ‘Wally World’ takes on life on a retail treadmill
Those of us who've worked multi-department retail know when a writer is digging deep from...
Joffrey Ballet gets $3 million in new funding from Abbott Labs
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago said Thursday that it has received a major new financial...
Column: How Chadwick Boseman took on an August Wilson monologue in ‘Ma Rainey,’ and embraced his own mortality
In George C. Wolfe's excellent new Netflix film of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,"...
Artistic Director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company plots an exit
Nic Sandys, the artistic director of the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, said in an interview...
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ now will begin its North American tour in Chicago. But you’ll have to wait.
The first national tour of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," the hit Broadway jukebox show based...
Column: How Ann Reinking choreographed not just ‘Chicago,’ but captured the essence of the city itself
Professional dancers, I've long held, are sacred beings. But Ann Reinking? A world apart. When...
Chicago’s Theatre Y plans a bold move: A campus in North Lawndale with members of the ensemble moving with the theater
Theatre Y, a small Chicago theater company that has put on mostly experimental and European...