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: ‘Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars’ by Timeline Theatre is Sandra Delgado’s meditations on home
Sandra Delgado's impassioned new theater piece "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" makes three points about...
Review: ‘Paranormal Activity’ at Chicago Shakespeare is a lesson in live, minimalist terror
The play on Navy Pier, based on the "Paranormal Activity" movies, had the opening night...
The creators of this year’s ‘Exquisite Corpse’ want the horror to live in your head
Rough House Theatre’s annual Halloween show is back at Steppenwolf, with puppets, artists and environments...
Review: Broadway’s ‘Ragtime’ is no less beautiful in a less promising America
Director Lear deBessonet’s revival of Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' musical is set...
Review: In ‘Oak’ at Raven Theatre, Black siblings are stuck in a Halloween nightmare
The talented playwright Terry Guest is using the horror convention to talk about the racist...
That’s What She Said brings sisterhood of storytelling to Southland
That's What She Said, a one-night event of women sharing stories about their life experiences,...
Review: Slow-burning ‘Prodigal Son’ introduces a new company
The John Patrick Shanley play, now by JK Entertainment at the Athenaeum Center, centers on...
Review: A child of radicals creates ‘Revolution(s)’ at Goodman Theatre with a Tom Morello score
This groundbreaking new musical veers between paying tribute to the radical activists of Chicago's past...
Ron Dean, who turned to acting after a prison sentence and starred in ‘The Fugitive,’ dies at 87
Along with "The Fugitive," his screen credits include “The Breakfast Club" and many others, along...
Broadway musicians vote to authorize strike, following Actors’ Equity
The Great White Way will surely go dark if a deal isn’t struck between Broadway...