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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 4, 2026 at 1:08 p.m.

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

Anne Trodden is one of four women playing the role of Heidi in "What the Constitution Means to Me" by Ways and Means Theatre. (Daniel Howie)

Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ staged in an American Legion post, is a play that always feels timely

By Emily McClanathan

October 2, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, gets authentic surroundings in this new production...

The company of the North American tour of "Operation Mincemeat," in Chicago at the CIBC Theatre. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at CIBC Theatre spins a true wartime story into a nutty musical

By Chris Jones

October 1, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

The British comedy troupe SpitLip took a real World War II caper and made it...

With a portrait of their late father, Tony Fitzpatrick, in the background, Max, left, and Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, right, stand with their mother, Michele, at her wine shop, Door 24 Wine in Bucktown on Sept. 10, 2026. The siblings’ short film “Driven,” about a Chicago ride-share driver will premiere at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and is dedicated to their father. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘Driven,’ a short film by Max and Gaby Fitzpatrick, features and honors their dad, Tony

By Rick Kogan

September 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

“Driven,” a visually striking entry in the Chicago Underground Film Festival, is the final role...

Derrick Sanders III and Ernest Bentley in "The Humanities" at Victory Gardens Theater. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: “The Humanities” at Victory Gardens Theater tackles right-wing speakers, campus hypocrisy

By Chris Jones

September 15, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

Victory Gardens roared back to life this past weekend with "The Humanities," a provocative, free-thinking...

Missy Wise Vanderzee and Kevin Webb in "Sunday in the Park with George," by Kokandy Productions at the Chopin Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

Chicago Theater Report: New Marriott season, ‘Princess Bride’ and wild times in the Loop’s Spiegeltent

By Chris Jones

September 15, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

Kokandy Productions announced the cast for "A Clockwork Orange" and Hell in a Handbag’s production...

Sam Hook, Amanda Link, Rohan Link Francisco and Manali Sunkara star in “A Wrinkle in Time” at Lifeline Theatre. (Josh Bernaski)

Review: Whimsy and wonder of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ come full circle at Lifeline Theatre

By Emily McClanathan

September 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

James Sie's production captures the essence of the groundbreaking 1962 Madeleine L’Engle book that was...

Adeline Rosenthal, Asha Dale Hopman and cast in "Leopoldstradt" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Hugo Hentoff)

Winners of the 2026 Equity Jeff Awards include ‘Leopoldstadt,’ ‘Octet’ and Brendan Hunt’s ‘The Movement You Need’

By Chris Jones

September 15, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Major acting awards were also won by Al’Jaleel McGhee, Gwendolyn Whiteside, Cody Comb, Allsun O'Malley,...

Janet Ulrich Brooks and María Victoria Martínez in "The Birth of the Pill" at TimeLine Theatre. (Brett Beiner)

Review: ‘The Birth of the Pill’ at TimeLine Theatre has serious issues with the book it is adapting

By Chris Jones

September 14, 2026 at 12:48 p.m.

Jessica Huang’s “The Birth of the Pill,” is not so much an adaptation of Jonathan...

Tania Richard in "Black Girl from a White Suburb" at American Blues Theater. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Black Girl from a White Suburb’ tells a different kind of story of Black experience

By Emily McClanathan

September 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Tania Richard’s new solo play now onstage at American Blues Theater is warmly interactive and...

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller outside the then-PrivateBank Theatre on Monroe Street on Dec 8, 2015, before the opening of "Hamilton" here. His next big project in Chicago is the pre-Broadway tryout of "Princess Bride: The Musical," he told the Tribune in an exclusive. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai/TNS)

‘Princess Bride’ is becoming a Broadway musical, premiering in Chicago

By Chris Jones

September 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A new Broadway musical version of "The Princess Bride" will premiere in Chicago next summer,...

Annalese Starzec (as Frances “Baby” Houseman) and Blake Zelesnikar (Johnny Castle) in "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," in Chicago at the Nederlander Theatre. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: Classy new tour gives ‘Dirty Dancing: The Musical’ quite a lift

By Chris Jones

September 13, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

The director Lonny Price has worked a minor miracle with "Dirty Dancing: The Musical." On...

Midnight Circus member Nate Armour dives through hula hoops held by fellow members at Humboldt Park on Oct. 1, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: Steppenwolf snags a Broadway star, and 20 years of Midnight Circus

By Chris Jones

September 8, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Big anniversaries for Midnight Circus and Arcada Theatre of St. Charles.