Emily McClanathan

As a bookworm who used to live in Rogers Park, I’m a longtime fan of this theater, and Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel is one of...

Taffeta (Julian “joolz” Stroop) conjures the ghosts of Abe Lincoln (Matt Martin) and Elmer Ellsworth (Shea Petersen) to spin a tale of love, loss and self-acceptance.

Hell in a Handbag's motley company rattles off irreverent parodies of some two dozen songs from “Cats,” “Les Misérables,” “Mary Poppins,” “My Fair Lady” and more.

Now at the Broadway Playhouse, Harry Lennix stars as the playwright in the years leading up to his Century Cycle.

Nostalgic parents and young theatergoers alike will find plenty to smile about in the spring production at Chicago Children’s Theatre.

Trading in a real type of sexual orientation, Erica's story, now on stage at Theater Wit, is treated with warmhearted openness.

Leah Nanako Winkler’s 2022 play, now in its Midwest premiere at About Face Theatre, focuses on the love and joy in protagonist Lane’s life.

The classic story of the boy who never grew up is being told for a new generation through a national tour of the musical, directed by Lonny Price.

This world-premiere play has a fine blend of science fiction, family drama and Biblical allusions, but it never really goes anywhere.