Review: ‘Punch’ on Broadway is about the possibility of forgiveness
James Graham's play is based on a 2022 memoir, "Right From Wrong" by Jacob Dunne, who inadvertently killed a man in a fistfight outside a Nottingham pub.
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Review: In ‘Ava: The Secret Conversations,’ Elizabeth McGovern shows she understands her subject
The "Downton Abbey" actress both wrote and stars in this show about Hollywood's Ava Gardner. It's a brave and complicated piece of theater.
Review: In this latest ‘Waiting for Godot’ on Broadway, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter provide their own kind of absurdism
The British director Jamie Lloyd is the theater's most savvy translator of pop culture right now, and certainly is aware of how his casting will be perceived. Excellent adventure, indeed.
Column: If I gave out the Jeff Awards, these would be my 2025 winners
The 57th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards for Chicago theater are Monday night, here's what I think should win.
Review: Explosive ‘Mr. Wolf’ bangs hard on the door at Steppenwolf Theatre
With stellar direction by K. Todd Freeman, this is an intense play about a broken family attempting to come back together after a daughter's abduction.
Review: ‘Big White Fog’ at Court Theatre brings Black theater history out of the mist
Asked to list the most important Chicago playwrights, few of today's Chicagoans would mention Theodore Ward. A trip to Hyde Park for this remarkable South Side family drama at Court...
Milwaukee Repertory Theater gets an $80 million rebuild as it swims against the tide
Construction is nearly complete in a renovation of its theater complex in downtown Milwaukee. How has this regional theater thrived while others have fallen behind?
Review: ‘Art’ is back on Broadway with an all-star cast, but it’s James Corden’s play
In this latest production of Yasmina Reza's slick, savvy, star-friendly satire, Scott Ellis directs James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale as dudes talking about a painting that one...
Review: ‘Ashland Avenue’ stars Jenna Fischer in the story of a Chicago of an earlier time
Playwright Lee Kirk's entertaining new dramedy is now in its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre.
Review: ‘The First Lady of Television’ tells the story of an early-days TV star with a backbone
This world premiere play in Skokie recounts the important story of the courageous, Emmy-winning Gertrude Berg, but it only has 75 minutes to tell it.