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Review: A parody of Agatha Christie, ‘A Fine Feathered Murder’ is heavy on farce and light on plot

June 28, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Kooky characters, bawdy humor and poultry of unusual size: all are on offer at "A Fine Feathered Murder: A Miss Marbled Mystery," a world premiere by Hell in a Handbag...

Ace Young, left, and Diana DeGarmo rehearse a scene from the musical "Skates" at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago on May 20 2022.

‘Skates’ musical taps into Chicago’s roller rink nostalgia, and stars ‘American Idol’ couple Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young

May 24, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

A wave of '70s and '90s nostalgia comes to Chicago this summer when "Skates," a new musical that channels the halcyon heyday of roller rinks, premieres at the newly renovated...

Review: In the new musical ‘Somewhere Over the Border’ by Teatro Vista, the ‘Wizard of Oz’ story gets a new kind of magic

March 11, 2024 at 1:22 p.m.

Dorothy's fantastical journey down the Yellow Brick Road to find her way home in L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" may be one of the most quintessentially American...

Actor Richard Thomas is Atticus in the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ tour. This new adaptation ‘takes Atticus down off his pedestal a little bit.’

May 16, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Actor Richard Thomas first read Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" in middle school — an experience shared by several generations of American schoolchildren since the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was...

Review: ‘Rasheeda Speaking’ by Shattered Globe Theatre is about a toxic workplace, both the fumes and the coworkers

May 8, 2022 at 11:44 a.m.

Toxicity in the workplace takes both literal and figurative form in "Rasheeda Speaking," a dark comedy by late Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson, now playing at Shattered Globe Theatre. AmBer...

Review: ‘At the Vanishing Point’ at Gift Theatre explores how the past and present are linked by memory

May 3, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Playwright Naomi Iizuka mines the metaphorical connections between photography and memory in "At the Vanishing Point," now in its Chicago premiere at The Gift Theatre. Structured as a series of...

Review: ‘Carmela Full of Wishes’ invites audiences at Chicago Children’s Theatre to see the world through her eyes

April 24, 2022 at 1:16 p.m.

With the help of a fluffy dandelion, a child's vivid imagination takes flight in "Carmela Full of Wishes," a world premiere stage adaptation of the book by Matt de la...

Review: ‘Spay’ by Rivendell Theatre is a powerful story about opioid abuse and families, as well as a real-world proposed remedy

April 17, 2022 at 12:20 p.m.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, the Edgewater storefront theater that champions stories by and about women, has returned to live performances with the world premiere of "Spay." Written by Madison Fiedler, a...

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