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Funny you should ask: Chicago scientist says humor makes for better researchers
Letonia Copeland-Hardin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and also a stand-up...
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...
2024 Equity Jeff Awards: Marriott’s ‘Beautiful’ and Steppenwolf plays are big winners
The awards for productions from the Chicago area’s union-affiliated theaters were presented Monday night at...
Review: ‘McNeal’ on Broadway stars Robert Downey Jr. in a story stuck in digitaland
Ayad Akhtar’s play just opened in a Lincoln Center production that seems disconnected from the...
Review: In Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ at Lyric Opera, prisoners sing about the joy of freedom
Sitting in the dark on Wacker Drive listening to the grand Lyric Opera Chorus sing...
Review: In riveting ‘The Hills of California’ on Broadway, grown sisters reckon with their dreams
The ensemble acting in director Sam Mendes' blistering production from London's West End is off...
Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is magnificently acted and created anew for Chicago
J.K. Rowling has said that this is the end of the "Harry Potter" saga and...
Review: Even a less explosive ‘Topdog/Underdog’ is still a great play
Suzan-Lori Parks' masterwork is now in a new Chicago production by Gift Theatre.
Joffrey Academy of Dance is being renamed following $5 million donation
The donation allows the Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet to continue offering scholarships to...
Review: Goodman revival of ‘Inherit the Wind’ is rich and moving — but the Scopes trial has become an open-and-shut case
Debuting this play in 1955 was very brave. The Goodman production is great fun to...
Whereya from? Whaddaya do for a living? Comic Moshe Kasher and the art of crowd work
In his audience at the Den Theatre, there was a woman who ran “a Jewish-themed...
Review: Steppenwolf Theatre goes off-brand with ‘Noises Off,’ but with only limited success
This is Michael Frayn's backstage farce and some parts tickled me a great deal. But...