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Jon Michael Hill (as Naz) and Glenn Davis (Junior) in in "Purpose" on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in New York. (Marc J. Franklin)

Steppenwolf Theatre will return to London with ‘Purpose’

By Chris Jones

October 28, 2026 at 6:55 a.m.

The Steppenwolf Theatre production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” a play loosely based on the family...

The grand salon inside The Hand & The Eye in Chicago on April 3, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: Halloween bash at Hand & Eye, pressure mounts to reopen Mercury

By Chris Jones

October 27, 2026 at 1:06 p.m.

Also in theater news this week, a final extension for "Strange Loop" and a Cabaret...

Dancers Amanda Maraist, left, and Hanna DiLorenzo perform in the “Slow Dance” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Oct. 13, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

‘Slow Dance’ show at the MCA is an invitation to just ‘be.’ Don’t mind the live bodies.

By Lauren Warnecke

October 27, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Depending on when you walk through the new exhibition at the MCA, you're likely to...

Nora Dunn performs during "The Paper Machete" at the Horseshoe Tavern in Chicago on March 10, 2012. She stars in an upcoming show by Victory Gardens. (William DeShazer/baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: Nora Dunn to headline Victory Gardens return, Goodman has record-breaking summer

By Chris Jones

August 4, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Also in theater news, J. Harrison Ghee will play the title role of Mary Todd...

Brittany Burch and cast in "Marble" by Gift Theatre at the Copernicus Center. (Joe Mazza)

Review: In Gift Theatre’s ‘Marble,’ sex dreams do their damage on a pair of Irish marriages

By Chris Jones

August 4, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Gift Theatre delivers its usual intense, Chicago-style production of this Irish play that has not...

The ensemble in "Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular" at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Danny Kaan)

Review: ‘Les Misérables’ becomes ‘The Arena Concert Spectacular’ — and what other musical could?

By Chris Jones

July 28, 2026 at 9:30 p.m.

Look down! This glorious crowd-pleaser by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg has been scaled up...

A view of the lobby for The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier, as the new theater space opened in 2017. (Nancy Stone / baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: A visit from the Umbilical Brothers and a 40th birthday for Chicago Shakes

By Chris Jones

July 28, 2026 at 6:08 p.m.

Also, Yuriy Sardarov will star in a new off-Broadway play written by and starring Laura...

Artistic director BJ Jones, left, and executive director Tim Evans at the new home of Northlight Theatre in Evanston, July 21, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Northlight Theatre cuts a fresh ribbon in its former Evanston hometown

By Chris Jones

July 29, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

The longtime Chicago-area theater company has proven itself as a survivor, and now it has...

José Luis Maldonado, from left, stars as Figaro, Christine Steyer, who developed the concept and script,
plays the Countess, and Carl Ratner is the stage director of the Bellissima Opera & Song's adaptation of “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Nineteenth Century Charitable
Association in Oak Park. (Working In Concert)

Bellissima Opera & Song to stage adaptation of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

By Myrna Petlicki

July 27, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

Bellissima Opera & Song will present adaptation of 'The Marriage of Figaro' at Nineteenth Century...

Evan C. Dolan, Jessie J. Potter, Alex Syiek, Sophie Grimm and cast in "White Christmas" at Paramount Theatre in Aurora, a musical with seven nominations for Equity Jeff Awards. (Boris Martin)

For the 2026 Equity Jeff Awards, (almost) everyone is a nominee

By Chris Jones

July 22, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

This year's theater award nominations for Chicago's largest Equity theaters put the Goodman Theatre, Chicago...

Diana Marilyn Álvarez, Catherine Rodríguez O’Connor and Stone TeSelle in "Hair," by Kokandy Productions in the Chopin Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: A not-so-mellow ‘Hair’ from Kokandy Productions

By Chris Jones

July 22, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

This intense new production of "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" strips away any sense of...

Stage manager Laura D. Glenn has been appointed to the ensemble of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. (Joel Moorman)

Chicago Theater Report: New Steppenwolf member, new Broadway tours coming to Chicago

By Chris Jones

July 21, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

Broadway in Chicago has announced several new touring shows, including "The Who's Tommy." And "Octet"...

Joey Fatone in the North American tour of “&Juliet,” in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. (Evan Zimmerman)

Joey Fatone of *NSYNC is in the touring musical ‘& Juliet’ — and he sings an old rival’s song

By Nina Metz

July 20, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Talking to the former boy band member about being a theater kid and auditioning for...