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Olivia Lindsay and Todd Wojcik in "Blackbird" by The New Theatre Project at the Servi-Sure factory in Chicago's Bowmanville neighborhood. (George Hudson)

Review: David Harrower’s intense, difficult ‘Blackbird’ is now taking place in an actual cramped, drab break room

November 5, 2025 at 12:48 p.m.

"Blackbird" reunites a man and the woman he abused when she was 12, some 15 years later. It does not make excuses for sexual abuse, even if it explores the...

Camille Robles, Quinn Kelsey and the company of "Cavalleria rusticana," in the operatic double feature "Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci" by Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Lyric’s ‘Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci’ is an old-school opera double bill

November 3, 2025 at 10:12 a.m.

Two 90-minute operas with the same directors give some one-hit wonders a grand if occasionally formal double bill.

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock in "Little Bear Ridge Road" on Broadway at the Booth Theatre in New York. (Julieta Cervantes)

Review: In ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ on Broadway, Laurie Metcalf shows us a woman so alone on that couch

January 23, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

Her expressiveness in what her character cannot say has only deepened since this play's Chicago production at Steppenwolf.

Betsy Aidem, Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Adina Verson, Audrey Corsa and Susannah Flood in "Liberation" at the James Earl Jones Theatre in New York. (Little Fang)

Review: ‘Liberation’ on Broadway is brave enough to ask, what does feminism mean?

October 28, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.

Bess Wohl's fascinating and superbly acted Broadway play is entirely frank that this is the playwright asking question after question about her mom's generation.

Laura Bell Bundy, Kara Lindsay and cast of "Romy & Michele: The Musical" at Stage 42 in New York. (Valerie Terranova)

Review: ‘Romy & Michele: The Musical’ off-Broadway is like the worst class reunion ever

October 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

How did this off-Broadway musical based on the fun 1997 movie go so wrong?

Ava Lane Stovall, David Moreland and cast in "Jekyll & Hyde" by Kokandy Productions in its original production in the Chopin Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

Review: Thrilling new talent emerges in ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ by Kokandy Productions

October 27, 2025 at 2:19 p.m.

There are few things more exciting than watching a young talent on the level of Ava Lane Stovall, who plays Lucy.

Cayleigh Capaldi (Maria Rainer) in "The Sound of Music" at the Nederlander Theatre. (Jeremy Daniel)

Review: ‘The Sound of Music,’ the masterpiece that never leaves us, now in the Chicago Loop

October 23, 2025 at 2:06 p.m.

It's axiomatic in the commercial theater that two shows always sell: "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The Sound of Music." Why? Both are beloved works of genius that are generous...

The Goodman Theatre at 170 N Dearborn St, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Oct. 15, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

The road to 100: The Goodman Theatre grows with Chicago theater

October 22, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

From its founding in 1925 to the Robert Falls era to the future, the Goodman has been the cornerstone of Chicago's nonprofit theater.

Elizabeth Franz as Linda Loman and Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" at the Goodman Theatre in 1998. (Eric Y. Exit)

Timeline: A Chicago century at the Goodman Theatre

October 20, 2025 at 5:29 a.m.

From its founding in 1925 to the present, the big moments and most significant plays at the Goodman Theatre.

Sandra Delgado and Simona Gueglio-Saccone in "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" at Timeline Theatre. (Brett Beiner)

Review: ‘Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars’ by Timeline Theatre is Sandra Delgado’s meditations on home

November 11, 2025 at 10:19 a.m.

Sandra Delgado's impassioned new theater piece "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" makes three points about the dysfunction of the U.S. immigration system that strike me as irrefutable, whatever your political...

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