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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...
Review: Steep Theatre’s ‘Happy Days are Here (Again)’ is a searing new play about abuse at a Catholic school
There are echoes of John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt: A Parable," but this play is set...
Review: ‘East Texas Hot Links’ is a Black thriller in experienced hands at Court Theatre
Director Ron OJ Parson returns to Eugene Lee's play, and if you haven't seen it...
Review: ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ at Northlight Theatre is the love story of the artist Chagall and his Bella
This small-scale musical captures the passion of their relationship, though it doesn't travel much further.
Review: ‘Never Better’ at Theo tells an authentic musical story about mental illness
Preston Max Allen's new show in development could be everything I’d hoped “Dear Evan Hansen”...
Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ is simply superb at Writers Theatre
Based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the material is not for all tastes. But...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at Chicago Shakespeare opens the Edward Hall era on Navy Pier
Rulers long have known that prosecuting a war against a foreign enemy is a helpful...
Review: Lyric’s ‘Rigoletto’ updates Verdi’s opera without lessening its vitality
Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a "Rigoletto" that's partly revisionist yet has all the traditional...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ opens soon in Chicago, a third and final version of the epic sequel
An all-new and radically shorter version of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens at...
Review: ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway has stars much bigger than this story
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone are roommates in a story set in Iowa City. Farrow...
Review: ‘The Full Monty’ at Paramount Theatre will have you seeing this musical anew
On a Sunday afternoon in Aurora, I changed my mind about this show, starting with...