Emily McClanathan

Making friends can be scary, especially if you're one of the biggest scaredy-cats in the whole world. Sometimes it takes the help of some adorable, fluffy monsters to come out...

Good news for Chicagoans: "Wicked," the ever-popular retelling of "The Wizard of Oz," will return for a 10-week run at the Nederlander Theatre beginning later this month. Since a hometown...

Black Ensemble Theater's world premiere production of "My Brother Langston" tells the story of Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes through poetry, music and autobiographical narration, with uneven results. In the...

The streets of North Lawndale transform into a theatrical landscape as actors and audience members take a three-mile journey together in Theatre Y's "Laughing Song: A Walking Dream." The small...

In a time when one can swipe through countless photos of potential romantic partners online, the concept of falling in love with someone you've never seen sounds like the stuff...

In American Blues Theater's production of "Fences," the play that won August Wilson his first of two Pulitzer Prizes, director Monty Cole's intimate staging gives the audience a front-row seat...

The closing scene of Albany Park Theater Project's "Homecoming" celebrates the power of music in the lives of students, framed through shared memories of a beloved music teacher. As the...