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: ‘At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen’ is about identity in a small Southern town at the end of the AIDS crisis
Terry Guest's two-character play is set in 2004 and includes one of the best Chicago...
Review: A Black bromance under stress in ‘Hymn’ at Chicago Shakespeare
Director Ron OJ Parson foregrounds the power of friendship and the strength of Black familial...
Modern dance pioneer and Dance Center founder Shirley Mordine dies at 89
Along with creating the dance program at Columbia College and her own namesake company, she...
What the Tony nominations got right — and wrong
A cautionary tale: Do great work in a bad production and Tony nominators likely will...
2025 Tony Award nominations: Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’ both score big
Three Broadway shows stood out in the list of nominations — “Buena Vista Social Club,”...
David Cerda put some of his own story into ‘Scary Town.’ It’s not an easy story.
The co-founder and resident playwright of Hell in a Handbag is known for his gloriously...
Dance for Life announces lineup for 2025, its biggest in decades
The fundraiser has announced the Chicago-area dance companies participating in this year's event at the...
Review: ‘Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus’ at Redtwist Theatre gives itself over to spectacle
In Taylor Mac's version, the title character is inspired by a bit part, simply called...
Review: ‘Bust’ at the Goodman Theatre begins with a leap of imagination
What would happen if a Black man in the middle of a confrontation with the...
Fred Anzevino, founder of Theo Ubique Theatre, dies at 67
His theater's jewel-box productions of Broadway musicals — first in Rogers Park, then on the...