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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...

"The Sleeping Beauty" with Joffrey Ballet dancer Gayeon Jung. (Carolyn McCabe)

Joffrey Ballet’s next season includes ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘Liliom’ and a love letter to Chicago

By Lauren Warnecke

March 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

“Liliom” choreographer John Neumeier adapts the same play that inspired Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” The...

Mia (Kristin E. Ellis) and Miss Candice (Leslie Ann Sheppard) in Shattered Globe Theatre's "Morning, Noon, and Night" at Theater Wit. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Morning, Noon, and Night’ taps into anxieties born of the COVID era

By Chris Jones

March 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Kirsten Greenidge's domestic comedy centers on a family during the pandemic who is visited by...

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville, talks with the cast of David Byrne’s “Theater of the Mind,” which opens March 11 at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. (Boris Martin)

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’

By Myrna Petlicki

March 2, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne's 'Theater of the Mind'...

Actor Nick Offerman prepares to throw the ceremonial first pitch before the Chicago Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Aug. 17, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Nick Offerman will star in Goodman Theatre show; Teri Hatcher coming to Chicago Shakespeare

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Nick Offerman will star in the musical "Iceboy!" at the Goodman. Separately, Teri Hatcher will...

The cast of "The Shape of the Bones" by The New Theatre Project at Theater Wit. (George Hudson)

Review: Devastating ‘Shape of the Bones’ has us in its grip from the first moment

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

New Theatre Project is staging the first U.S. production of Spencer Huffman's play about a...

"Touch & Agree" by Juel D. Lane, part of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Winter Series at the Harris Theater. (Michelle Reid)

Review: Hubbard Street Dance brings joy and healing in Winter Series at the Harris

By Lauren Warnecke

February 27, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

The company's first performance of choreographer Juel D. Lane's “Touch & Agree" joins two other...

John R. Lazzara, here in the lobby of the Drury Lane-Martinique in Evergreen Park on Sept. 15, 2000. Some of his recent improvements to the theater include adding a wedding chapel and a gazebo out front. (Gerald West/baiduhai)

Column: At the Drury Lane-Martinique in Evergreen Park, John R. Lazzara owned the spotlight

By Chris Jones

February 25, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

The larger-than-life theater owner died recently at the age of 76. Though he came into...

Ashley Neal, Tara Mallen and Keith Kupferer in "Pivot" at Rivendell Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Pivot’ at Rivendell Theatre boasts an experienced cast in a dark Midwestern comedy

By Chris Jones

February 24, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

Keith Kupferer and Tara Mallen co-star in a new dark comedy about a young couple...

Ava Lane Stovall, David Moreland and cast in "Jekyll & Hyde" by Kokandy Productions in its original production in the Chopin Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

Kokandy’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ will get a new run on the Magnificent Mile

By Chris Jones

February 23, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Broadway in Chicago and Kokandy Productions said that the musical "Jekyll & Hyde" will return...

Eyma as Bernadette Soubirous and the cast of "Bernadette, The Musical" at Chicago's Athenaeum Center. (Provided by Bernadette The Musical)

Review: ‘Bernadette, The Musical’ is a sincere story of faith at the Athenaeum Center

By Chris Jones

February 21, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

The musical tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the daughter of a poor French family...