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Alana Arenas (as Morgan), Kara Young (Aziza) and cast in "Purpose" on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in New York. (Marc J. Franklin)

Chicago Theater Report: ‘Purpose’ returns, new Broadway shows in town and dinner with Basil Fawlty

By Chris Jones

October 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

The entire Broadway cast and creative team of Branden Jacob-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning...

Jeff Carlson in a scene from “Drive Through Fire,” a movie shot in Oklahoma City. (Will Turner)

Column: Can some Second City alums make Oklahoma City the new Hollywood?

By Rick Kogan

October 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

"Drive Through Fire" is the latest movie project from Jim Carlson and Kate Duffy, two...

Letonia Copeland-Hardin, who performs under the name LT, adjusts her collar while working on material in the green room before her set at The Lincoln Lodge in Chicago, Sept. 26, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Funny you should ask: Chicago scientist says humor makes for better researchers

By Ryan P. C. Trimble

October 12, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Letonia Copeland-Hardin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and also a stand-up...

Lindsay Mendez (Mary Flynn), Jonathan Groff (Franklin Shepard) & Daniel Radcliffe (Charley Kringas) in "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway.

2024 Tony Awards: Best musical is a guessing game, but not all the deserving were nominated

By Chris Jones

June 14, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

When it comes to what is arguably the biggest prize of all, the Tony Award...

Lynne Baker, Andi Muriel and Crystal Claros in "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Strawdog Theatre. (Jenn Udoni)

Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ adaptation explores the social circles of wealthy Midwestern gays

By Emily McClanathan

June 11, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

Underlying the farcical hijinks of mistaken identities and lovers’ quarrels, the theme of found family...

Madison Hill, Christina Gorman and Ashley Neal in "The Singularity Play" by Jackalope Theatre at Berger Park Cultural Center. (Matthew Gregory Hollis)

Review: ‘The Singularity Play’ by Jackalope at Berger Park unleashes AI terror on theater people

By Chris Jones

June 10, 2024 at 2:24 p.m.

"The Singularity Play" explores the terror that the rise of artificial intelligence should and does...

John Cleese speaks at an event at the iO Theater in Chicago on Nov. 12, 2014. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

John Cleese is in town for ‘Last Chance To See Me Before I Die’

By Chris Jones

June 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Cleese, now 84 and long famed for his seminal comedic work on "Monty Python's Flying...

Larry Yando, Penelope Walker and Susaan Jamshidi in "A Christmas Carol," directed by Henry Wishcamper at Goodman Theatre in 2019. (Liz Lauren)

Larry Yando will trade Scrooge for Severus Snape in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

By Chris Jones

June 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

The veteran Chicago actor, long the star of the Goodman Theatre's annual production of "A...

Mizha Lee Overn, Tessa Newman and Maya Rowe in Theo Ubique’s production of “A Little Night Music.” (Elizabeth Stenholt)

Review: ‘A Little Night Music’ at Theo Ubique has Sondheim’s summer songs in the right place

By Chris Jones

June 7, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.

This musical is operetta-like in its structure and transfixing in its musical pleasures, not the...

The Boleyn Company tour of the musical "Six" is now at Chicago's Nederlander Theatre. (Joan Marcus)

Review: ‘Six’ is back in Chicago, still the first-class show its fans want

By Chris Jones

June 6, 2024 at 2:18 p.m.

These royal divas sing out as the six wives of Henry VIII — the Broadway...

Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge and Stori Ayers in “Home” on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theater in New York. (Joan Marcus)

Review: ‘Home’ on Broadway is the moving, understated story of a man searching for his past

By Chris Jones

June 5, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

Playwright Samm-Art Williams wrote "Home" in 1979, and this Roundabout Theatre production makes that time...

Magician and New York Times crossword constructor David Kwong in "The Enigmatist" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. (Justin Barbin)

Review: Word nerds, puzzle fans, this is your show — ‘The Enigmatist’ now at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

By Chris Jones

June 4, 2024 at 1:16 p.m.

Magician and puzzle creator David Kwong has penned a 90-minute show very much rooted in...

Singer Paul Robeson confers with accompanist Helen Thierry before singing to the delegates of the Congress of Partisans of Peace at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, April 20, 1949. (Jean-Jacques Levy/AP)

‘Man of the People’ celebrates the larger-than-life story of Paul Robeson

By Rick Kogan

June 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

This new jazz poetry opera comes to Chicago's Hamilton Park District, remembering a towering musical...