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...
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Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ staged in an American Legion post, is a play that always feels timely
Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, gets authentic surroundings in this new production...
Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at CIBC Theatre spins a true wartime story into a nutty musical
The British comedy troupe SpitLip took a real World War II caper and made it...
Review: First-rate ‘Paranormal Activity’ on Broadway pulls you in close and chooses its moments
"Paranormal Activity" terrorizes audiences by first sucking them into intimate, domestic settings. It builds fear...
Chicago Theater Report: Robert Falls returns to Chicago storefronts, ‘Downstate’ heads to Broadway and a tribute to Kurt Ehrmann
Robert Falls will direct a Chicago storefront show for Redtwist Theatre and Shattered Globe Theatre...
Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project is set to give movement to archives at the Harris Theater
Ten dance companies, a one-night performance. That’s the math that brings performers from the latest...
Review: Hopelessly gaslighted by you: Witty ‘Vape!’ parodies ‘Grease’ to lively effect at Apollo Theater
"Vape! The Grease Parody" is very funny. This show from New York has arrived in...
Review: ‘Sisters’ offers a nightmare view of AI companionship
"Sisters," penned by Matthew Libby and directed at Writers Theatre in Glencoe by Jessica Thebus,...
The curtain rises as Evanston’s $32.2 million Northlight Theatre set to open: ‘We’re excited to be home’
After nearly 30 years in Skokie, Northlight Theatre has returned to Evanston in a $32...
Former addict puts ‘a seed of hope’ on stage in ‘Beyond the Door’
Lansing resident Denise Jones turned her fight against addiction into a book and award-winning play...
Review: New Chicago storefront companies in a stellar ‘Anatomy of a Suicide’
Generations of trauma are powerfully intertwined in this revival of British playwright Alice Birch’s 2017...
Review: Alex Edelman’s ‘What Are You Going to Do’ riffs on faith and uncertainty
“Jesus is an answer; Judaism is a series of questions,” the Jewish comedian Alex Edelman...
Chicago Theater Report: New life in Chicago’s spiegeltent, Kokandy musicians unionize, Writers Theatre scores at the box office
The former home of Teatro ZinZanni is getting a new show, Dennis Watkins' Magic Parlour...