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: Gwendolyn Whiteside is superb in ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ at American Blues
The artistic director of American Blues Theater used to be busy as an actress. She...
Today in History: ‘Rent’ premieres off-Broadway
On Feb. 13, 1996, the rock musical “Rent,” by Jonathan Larson, premiered off-Broadway less than...
Highland Park native Jeff Perry returns for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 50th season to co-star in The Dance of Death
Fifty years ago, Highland Park native Jeff Perry was one of a group of young...
Review: ‘Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till’ makes plain the injustice of that moment
This immersive re-creation (some members of the audience sit in the jury box) was penned...
Review: ‘The Outsiders’ is a musical that brings out your inner teenager
Director Danya Taymor lets these young men do the talking in putting S.E. Hinton's novel...
Review: Unhappy lust and uneasy friendship in Remy Bumppo’s ‘Hedda Gabler’
Remy Bumppo's production of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, directed by Marti Lyons, foregrounds the relationship...
Review: ‘Holiday’ at Goodman Theatre sparkles with sardonic wit, as well as disarming tenderness
Richard Greenberg's adaptation, directed here by Robert Falls, does much more than simply play a...
Review: ‘The Irish … and How They Got That Way’ is an old favorite that hasn’t changed a wit
Frank McCourt's revue with music is now being staged by Porchlight Music Theatre, directed by...
‘The Outsiders’ musical arrives in Chicago, bringing a teenage Ponyboy’s world to life
The musical tries to be very elemental, director Danya Taymor says, using fire and rainstorms...
Review: In ‘The Dance of Death’ at Steppenwolf Theatre, spouses hate each other to the end
August Strindberg's play, adapted by Conor McPherson, is about the horror and comedy of coming...