Review: In ‘Mothers’ at Gift Theatre, tensions in a mommy’s group. Then bombs start to fall.
Structurally, playwright Anna Ouyang Moench’s work almost feels like two plays — a social comedy and a dystopian horror.
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Review: ‘Dog Man: The Musical’ celebrates the creativity of kids — and their kind of jokes
The musical’s peppy score and breezy pace suit the target audience of elementary schoolers.
Katy Sullivan takes on ‘Richard III’ with her own brand of strength at Chicago Shakespeare
Katy Sullivan will be the first woman with a disability to play the title role in a major U.S. production of Shakespeare's "Richard III."
Later this week, Chicago becomes the puppet capital of the world for the International Puppet Theater Festival
Theater, music, dance, comedy: Chicagoans have many reasons to be proud of their city's performing arts scene. But even arts aficionados may not know that the term "puppeteer" originated in...
Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Goodman Theatre is a play to make you believe kindness can win
There's a moment early in the Goodman Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" when Ebenezer Scrooge's lone relation — here, gender-swapped to a niece, Frida (Dee Dee Batteast) —...
Review: Funny, moving ‘Who’s Holiday’ at Theater Wit is the Malört of holiday shows
After spending a boozy hour in Cindy Lou Who's trailer, you'll never again see the classic Dr. Seuss tale the same. It turns out that the Grinch is not only...
Review: ‘Household Spirits’ at Theater Wit is a very real ghost story about grief
Playwright Mia McCullough's dark, witty new play, "Household Spirits," is a ghost story through and through, but the mental health struggles, addiction and grief that haunt its characters are every...
Review: ‘Seagulls’ from Oak Park Festival Theatre turns over Chekhov’s play to a young indie band
Playwright and composer Beth Hyland's "Seagulls" is Chekhov set on a modern college campus in Ohio, where the older characters are banished offstage and it's all about the angsty young...
Review: In ‘Wolves’ at Redtwist Theatre, the terror may already be inside the door
Don't try to find a moral in this story, warns the narrator of "Wolves," Steve Yockey's dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood now playing at Redtwist Theatre. If you...
Review: All-Asian American cast shines in ‘Baked! The Musical’ at Theo
When a bright-eyed valedictorian finds herself short of tuition for Harvard University, the logical next step is to open an underground business selling edibles out of her parents' bakery, right?...