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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Patrick Stewart attends the LA Premiere of "Star Trek: Picard," in Los Angeles. The award-winning actor best known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of "Star Trek" has a deal with Gallery Books for a "revealing and heartwarming look" into his life and times, the publisher announced Tuesday, June 30. A title and release date will be determined later. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Patrick Stewart, stage giant also of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ fame, dies at 86

By Mark Kennedy

October 29, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas...

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 29, 2026 at 11:56 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...

Lucrecia Ortiz in "Port of Entry" by the Albany Park Theater Project in August 2023. (Eric Strom and Sarah Joyce)

Chicago Theater Report: New leaders for Albany Park Theater Project and a cast for ‘Sunday in the Park’

By Chris Jones

June 23, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Also in theater news this week, the national tour of "Water for Elephants" arrives in...

Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College has created its first original laser light and music show in over 30 years. The new show is based on the music of Chappell Roan. (Cernan Earth and Space Center)

Cernan’s first original laser show in 30 years offers celestial version of Chappell Roan songs

By Myrna Petlicki

June 19, 2026 at 2:24 p.m.

Cernan Earth and Space Center's first original laser light and music show in over 30...

Cory Goodrich and cast in "Nunsense" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. (Caitlin Dennis)

Review: The immortal ‘Nunsense’ resurfaces at Drury Lane Theatre

By Chris Jones

June 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This familiar show is very funny under the direction of E. Faye Butler and in...

Richard Young and Sam Strange in "Champions of Magic," currently at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago. (Ricardo Hererra)

Review: ‘Champions of Magic’ brings big, fun, family-friendly illusions to the Studebaker Theater

By Chris Jones

June 18, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

Audiences get witty, homemade versions of David Copperfield-style illusions — replete with Rube Goldberg-like contraptions,...

Comedian Tom Dreesen, left, born and bred in Harvey, visits the restaurant Gibsons on Rush Street in Chicago and talks with with Steve Lombardo, one of the restaurant’s owners, on Aug. 15, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Comedian Tom Dreesen, from suburban Harvey and Sinatra’s opening act, has died at 86

By Rick Kogan

June 17, 2026 at 7:59 p.m.

Comedian Tom Dreesen, from south suburban Harvey, grew up poor and first found comedy when...

Sam Burger and Charlotte Weeks act out a scene during an improv comedy class at the CIC Theater below The Western Bar & Kitchen on June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

CIC Theater builds its way towards a new home for improv, ‘one disaster at a time’

By Ryan P. C. Trimble

June 17, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

The longtime Chicago comedy theater's director, Farrell Walsh, and a partner have opened Western Bar...

Courtney Ricki Green and Jin Park in "Untitled Vampire Play" at Lookingglass Theatre. (Justin Barbin)

Review: At Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago vampires seduce a city

By Chris Jones

June 16, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Let me make an unsolicited suggestion to triple the Lookingglass Theatre box office. Instead of...

Neala Barron and cast in "Octet" at Raven Theatre. (Joe Mazza)

Chicago Theater Report: ‘Octet’ moves to Goodman, Idina Menzel coming to Lyric

By Chris Jones

June 16, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

Also this week in theater news, A Red Orchid Theatre will bring back "Birds of...

Gary Cole and Audrey Francis in "Catch as Catch Can" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: In ‘Catch as Catch Can’ at Steppenwolf, a lot of the audience probably didn’t

By Chris Jones

June 15, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Mia Chung's play uses three actors (Gary Cole, Tim Hopper and Audrey Francis) to play...

The cast of "Leopoldstradt" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: Skillfully staged ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Writers Theatre needs to find its heart

By Chris Jones

June 15, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Tom Stoppard's final play caps a career of brilliant plays with a semi-autobiographical story about...