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Richard Henzel (as Shaw) and Sam Pearson (Gene) in "Shaw vs. Tunney" by Grippo Stage Company at Theater Wit.

Review: ‘Shaw vs. Tunney’ explores a formative friendship but offers little for modern audiences

June 9, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

Watching Grippo Stage Company's "Shaw vs. Tunney" feels like flipping through someone else's family photo album — even if the snapshots of long-gone relatives are historically significant, as is the...

Debra Rodkin and Jacqueline Grandt in Redtwist Theatre's production of "Agnes of God."

Review: ‘Agnes of God’ at Redtwist Theatre doesn’t shy away from a difficult story

June 6, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

In John Pielmeier's 1979 drama "Agnes of God," now playing at Redtwist Theatre, faith collides with reason and past abuses haunt the present when a young Catholic nun is investigated...

Arielle Leverett, Jenise Sheppard and LaKecia Harris in "From the Mississippi Delta" at Lifeline Theatre.

Review: ‘From the Mississippi Delta’ by Lifeline and Pegasus Theatre has a lot of civil rights-era ground to cover

May 5, 2023 at 6:09 a.m.

The action in "From the Mississippi Delta" takes place in the deep South and Minnesota, but Chicago is name-checked in the opening lines of Endesha Ida Mae Holland's autobiographical play,...

Nadia Pillay, Kaleb Jackson, Eric K. Roberts and Terreon Collins in Theatre Y's production of "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915."

Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present’ is a brave beginning for Theatre Y in North Lawndale

April 26, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.

After several years of working to relocate from Lincoln Square to North Lawndale, Theatre Y finally has a new home: a four-story building at 3611 W. Cermak, a block south...

Ashli Rene Funches and Aja Singletary in "Is God Is" at A Red Orchid Theatre.

Review: ‘Is God Is’ is a dark revenge tale in its Chicago premiere at A Red Orchid Theatre

April 17, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

Given the piles of bodies strewn about the stage at the end of "Is God Is," it would be easy to mistake the scene for the finale of "Hamlet." But...

The cast of "A Soldier's Play," in Chicago at the CIBC Theatre.

Broadway star Norm Lewis says you have to find a sense of hope in ‘A Soldier’s Play’

March 30, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Play," a murder mystery set on a segregated U.S. Army base in 1944, had an unusually long path to Broadway following its premiere by the Negro...

Michael Sherwin (Stork) and Monique Marshaun (Renee) in "Babel" from Redtwist Theatre.

Review: In ‘Babel’ at Redtwist Theatre, expecting couples face eugenics and AI in a dystopian future

March 28, 2023 at 2:23 p.m.

Like much dystopian fiction, Jacqueline Goldfinger's "Babel" takes factual elements of a society's past or present and imagines how they might play out in the future. In this case, the...

Naomi Rodgers performs "What's Love Got To Do With It" in the Broadway tour of "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical" at Nederlander Theatre.

They both play the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in ‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’

March 6, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

When the North American tour of "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical" comes to the Nederlander Theatre in March, Chicago audiences will meet not one, but two Tinas: Naomi Rodgers...

Ben Veatch, Brittney Brown and Amber Washington in "The Kelly Girls" at The Factory Theater.

Review: ‘The Kelly Girls’ is set in Northern Ireland and explores what drives people to violence

February 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The word "radicalization" doesn't appear in Shannon O'Neill's "The Kelly Girls," but the concept looms large in this politically charged family drama, now in its world premiere at The Factory...

Felicia Oduh in "Alaiyo" at Definition Theatre.

Review: Black Americans wrestle with their identity in ‘Alaiyo’ at Definition Theatre

February 9, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

In the opening scene of Definition Theatre's current production, "Alaiyo," budding young writer Ariel is metaphorically adrift at sea, where she declares that words wash over, around and through her....

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