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Review: ‘Don Giovanni’ at Lyric Opera delivers a blast of Robert Falls’ operatic past
Director Robert Falls' signature maximalism is still with us, I am happy to report, even...
Review: Never flashy, ‘4000 Miles’ by A Short Leap Theatre lets the humanity come through
In Amy Herzog’s 2011 play, a troubled 21-year-old man shows up at his grandmother’s Manhattan...
Jack Helbig, a caustic critic with a deep love for teaching and Chicago theater, dies at 66
His short reviews in such publications as Newcity and the Chicago Reader could be withering,...
Review: In ‘The Heart Sellers’ at Northlight, newcomers compare notes on their adopted homeland
In playwright Lloyd Suh's comedy, two recent immigrants in 1973 share impressions of their strange...
Review: In the intense ‘A Slow Air’ at Steep Theatre, a conversation between siblings is backgrounded by a terrorist act
Scottish playwright David Harrower ("Blackbird") is known for plays that get their power from a...
Marriott Theatre preparing to open 50th anniversary season: ‘The focus is always on quality, affordable entertainment’
Clever solutions to staging challenges are one reason that the Marriott Theatre, which is celebrating...
Review: Hugh Jackman’s warm ‘From New York, with Love’ has Broadway songs and a star wanting to share the spotlight
His show at Radio City Music Hall has songs from “The Greatest Showman" to an...
Review: ‘Avaaz’ is a laugh-out-loud funny primer on Iran at Chicago Shakespeare
Michael Shayan's show, in which he plays his own mother as she celebrates the Iranian...
David Schwimmer says he is ‘doubling down’ on Lookingglass Theatre
The famous ensemble member will be back at his home theater on Monday for a...
Review: ‘Knockout’ dance duet at Steppenwolf is a knockout — 10 out of 10
Erin Kilmurray and Kara Brody open Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series with a rough-and-tumble work that taps...
Review: Simply put, Handspring’s ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ raises the art form of puppetry
Adapted from the novel by J.M. Coetzee, this powerful and moving play tells the story...
Review: ‘Fat Ham’ at Goodman Theatre makes Hamlet’s struggles real, set at a backyard barbecue
Playwright James Ijames' Broadway play is now getting its first Chicago-based production with an ensemble...