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Jacqueline Guillén, Ariana Burks and Carmen Berkeley in "Dead Girl’s Quinceañera" at the Goodman Theatre. (Justin Barbin)

Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage caper

By Chris Jones

October 6, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Phanésia Pharel's new play has a lively cast of adults playing teenagers, and is not...

The actor John C. Reilly is returning to Steppenwolf Theatre for a second engagement of his show, “Mister Romantic.” (Bobbi Rich)

Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get into the Uptown Theatre

By Chris Jones

October 6, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

The national tour of “Dirty Dancing” in Chicago last month turned out to be a...

Martin "Tre" Dumas III and Bril Barrett of M.A.D.D. Rythms at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago on Aug. 6, 2026. (Kevin Serna/for Chicago Magazine)

Review: M.A.D.D. Rhythms hoofers from past and present shine, despite technical challenges

By Lauren Warnecke

October 7, 2026 at 2:24 p.m.

M.A.D.D. Rhythms co-founders Bril Barrett and Martin “Tre” Dumas III performed some of the finest...

Quinn Simmons, David Moreland and cast in "Jekyll & Hyde" by Kokandy Productions at the Chopin Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

‘Angels in America’ and ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ are big winners at the 2026 Non-Equity Jeff Awards

By Chris Jones

March 23, 2026 at 10:30 p.m.

They were among 36 winners who took part in 27 different productions by Chicago-area non-union...

Aya Cash, John Lithgow, Elliott Levey, and Rachael Stirling in "Giant" at the Music Box Theatre in New York. (Joan Marcus)

Review: In ‘Giant’ on Broadway, John Lithgow plays Roald Dahl in a fight over antisemitism

By Chris Jones

March 23, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

This play by Mark Rosenblatt begins in the '80s, after Roald Dahl writes an article...

Alfredo, Daza, Daniela Mack and company in "El ultimo sueño de Frida y Diego" at Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Cory Weaver)

Review: In ‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’ at Lyric Opera, the painters are part of a rich tapestry

By Chris Jones

March 22, 2026 at 1:39 p.m.

This Spanish-language opera by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz immerses the figures of Diego...

The sign on TimeLine Theatre's new home in the Uptown neighborhood was illuminated in a marquee lighting ceremony at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago on March 19, 2026. (Aubrey Jane)

New TimeLine Theatre marquee illuminates Uptown, at the end of long search for a home

By Chris Jones

March 20, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

TimeLine artistic director PJ Powers and executive director Mica Cole led a ceremony to illuminate...

Rendering of the new home for Northlight Theatre at 1012 Church St. in Evanston. (Eckenhoff Saunders)

Drama is mounting as Northlight theater construction progresses in downtown Evanston

By Myrna Petlicki

March 20, 2026 at 9:15 a.m.

Construction of Northlight's theater building in downtown Evanston is about 82% completed; tours start in...

"El ultimo sueño de Frida y Diego" in a previous production by the San Francisco Opera. It opens in Chicago at the Lyric Opera. (Cory Weaver)

Lyric Opera’s ‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’ goes beyond Fridamania

By Hannah Edgar

March 20, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

Kahlo arrives on the Lyric mainstage this month when the company presents “El último sueño...

Comedian Maggie Winters, center, mingles with friends while she and her family host their annual party after the South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15, 2026, in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Maggie Winters invited us to her St. Patrick’s Day party in Beverly, where her comedy was born

By Ryan P. C. Trimble

March 20, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

"Marguerite" is now available for streaming. The Tribune caught up with her at her family's...

Comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington play blinkered versions of themselves on their ongoing series "On Cinema at the Cinema." (HEI Network)

Siskel & Ebert & Tim & Gregg: The existential glory of ‘On Cinema’ comes to Thalia Hall

By Christopher Borrelli

March 19, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

Comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington have a show about film criticism and the comparisons...

Steve McDonagh as Man in Chair, Trey Plutnicki as Robert Martin and Kevin Chlapecka as George in "The Drowsy Chaperone" by Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Evanston. (Brett Beiner)

Review: Theo’s ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ has a fabulous narrator to invite us along for the ride

By Chris Jones

March 18, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

Rule No. 1 for any production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" is the presence of a...

Hershey Felder in "Rachmaninoff and the Tsar" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 2025. (Stefano DeCarli)

Writers Theatre announces 2026-27 season including the return of Hershey Felder

By Chris Jones

March 17, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

The upcoming slate in Glencoe also includes a musical adaptation of Noël Coward's "Brief Encounter"...