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...
The Hand & The Eye will be a new, $50 million magic theater off Magnificent Mile
Chicago healthcare entrepreneur Glen Tullman is opening a new magic theater in the historic McCormick...
Review: In ‘The Antiquities’ at the Goodman Theatre, what becomes of our future selves?
This densely packed, 95-minute drama by Jordan Harrison takes our current worries about artificial intelligence...
After 35 years, Trinity Irish Dance Company is still trying to be not what you expect
The Chicago dance company continues to break glass ceilings with debuts at MCA Chicago and...
Talking about mythology in the musical ‘Hadestown’: ‘It’s a sad song / But we sing it anyway’
In a panel discussion at Chicago's National Hellenic Museum, cast members share what's on their...
Review: ‘This Too Shall Slap’ at Second City taps into our current anxiety — and our sometimes apathy
Not every sketch works, but there's a spectacular Act 1 closer set in an anger-management...
Review: ‘Gorgeous’ by Raven and Rivendell Theatres begins with the love between pets and people
This world premiere co-production has plenty of twists and turns — some of them touching,...
David Cromer’s astonishingly busy spring with George Clooney, ‘Dead Outlaw’ and now ‘The Antiquities’
He's co-directing the play at the Goodman Theatre, back in town after big openings on...
Review: ‘ART’ by Remy Bumppo is less about the painting, more about the friendship
The current Chicago production of Yasmina Reza’s 1994 play poses the question: What’s more important,...
Review: New adaptation of ‘Tale of Two Cities’ at Shattered Globe leaves us sidelined from Dickens’ story
There are some talented actors in director Mikael Burke's production but in the end this...
Steppenwolf Theatre play ‘Purpose’ wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' work was commissioned by Steppenwolf, debuted in Chicago and is now on...