Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage caper
Phanésia Pharel's new play has a lively cast of adults playing teenagers, and is not...
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Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get into the Uptown Theatre
The national tour of “Dirty Dancing” in Chicago last month turned out to be a...
Review: M.A.D.D. Rhythms hoofers from past and present shine, despite technical challenges
M.A.D.D. Rhythms co-founders Bril Barrett and Martin “Tre” Dumas III performed some of the finest...
Review: With ‘American Icons,’ here’s why the Joffrey Ballet is different
There’s little new in this 2026 program. Instead, the Joffrey has dug up a range...
Review: In a top-notch ‘Top Girls’ at Raven Theatre, women never have easy choices
Playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1982 feminist masterpiece from Thatcher-era Britain remains sharp-edged and all too timely.
‘Champions of Magic’ will bring large-scale illusions to Michigan Avenue this summer
The touring magic show is coming to the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building.
David Schwimmer is doubling down on Lookingglass Theatre
The famous alum of one of Chicago's most innovative theater companies is returning to ensure...
Column: Drinking & Writing’s new musical began with a dream about a leopard print coat
Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda are the founders of the Drinking & Writing Theater and...
A theater legacy continues in Schaumburg with Maurice Proffit and Dreamscape Theatre
Decades of the Proffit presence in the northwest suburbs continued in 2025 with the creation...
Review: ‘Miss Julie’ at Court Theatre is a thorny story of desire, here minus the desire
Chicago theater is having an August Strindberg moment, with his famous play about sex and...
Community House Revue pokes fun at ‘Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale’
The popular Community House Players’ biennial Revue is billed this year as “The Real Trophy...
Review: Remarkable ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at the Paramount makes you feel for this kid all over again
Director Jessica Fisch has a gift for making difficult musicals work, a gift very much...
Review: ‘Hamnet’ is rendered on stage by Royal Shakespeare — but haunted by a movie
To be sure, this theatrical adaptation of the beautiful Maggie O'Farrell novel has some stiff...