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Jonathan Lee-Rey, executive artistic director of Asian American comedy troupe Stir Friday Night, center, and the audience watch Tony Castro perform stand up comedy during a showcase called hAAPI hour, a play on happy hour and Asian American/Pacific Islander, at HAIBAYÔ, 1132 W. Argyle St., on Oct. 23, 2026, in Chicago. The team will be performing during iO's 45th anniversary festival, IO45. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Improv teams old and new celebrate 45 years of iO Theater

By Ryan P. C. Trimble

October 30, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

iO Theater, Chicago's home for longform improv, is turning 45 this year and throwing a...

The cast of "A Few Good Men" at the conclusion of a preview performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in the Lincoln Center for the Arts in New York. (Emilio Madrid)

Review: Potent ‘A Few Good Men’ on Broadway needs a lawyer we can believe in

By Chris Jones

October 29, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

"You can't handle the truth" is writer Aaron's Sorkin's most famous line in his play...

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...

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville, talks with the cast of David Byrne’s “Theater of the Mind,” which opens March 11 at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. (Boris Martin)

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’

By Myrna Petlicki

March 2, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne's 'Theater of the Mind'...

Actor Nick Offerman prepares to throw the ceremonial first pitch before the Chicago Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Aug. 17, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Nick Offerman will star in Goodman Theatre show; Teri Hatcher coming to Chicago Shakespeare

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Nick Offerman will star in the musical "Iceboy!" at the Goodman. Separately, Teri Hatcher will...

The cast of "The Shape of the Bones" by The New Theatre Project at Theater Wit. (George Hudson)

Review: Devastating ‘Shape of the Bones’ has us in its grip from the first moment

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

New Theatre Project is staging the first U.S. production of Spencer Huffman's play about a...

"Touch & Agree" by Juel D. Lane, part of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Winter Series at the Harris Theater. (Michelle Reid)

Review: Hubbard Street Dance brings joy and healing in Winter Series at the Harris

By Lauren Warnecke

February 27, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

The company's first performance of choreographer Juel D. Lane's “Touch & Agree" joins two other...

John R. Lazzara, here in the lobby of the Drury Lane-Martinique in Evergreen Park on Sept. 15, 2000. Some of his recent improvements to the theater include adding a wedding chapel and a gazebo out front. (Gerald West/baiduhai)

Column: At the Drury Lane-Martinique in Evergreen Park, John R. Lazzara owned the spotlight

By Chris Jones

February 25, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

The larger-than-life theater owner died recently at the age of 76. Though he came into...

Ashley Neal, Tara Mallen and Keith Kupferer in "Pivot" at Rivendell Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Pivot’ at Rivendell Theatre boasts an experienced cast in a dark Midwestern comedy

By Chris Jones

February 24, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

Keith Kupferer and Tara Mallen co-star in a new dark comedy about a young couple...

Ava Lane Stovall, David Moreland and cast in "Jekyll & Hyde" by Kokandy Productions in its original production in the Chopin Theatre. (Evan Hanover)

Kokandy’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ will get a new run on the Magnificent Mile

By Chris Jones

February 23, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Broadway in Chicago and Kokandy Productions said that the musical "Jekyll & Hyde" will return...

Eyma as Bernadette Soubirous and the cast of "Bernadette, The Musical" at Chicago's Athenaeum Center. (Provided by Bernadette The Musical)

Review: ‘Bernadette, The Musical’ is a sincere story of faith at the Athenaeum Center

By Chris Jones

February 21, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

The musical tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the daughter of a poor French family...

Joffrey Ballet dancers Amanda Assucena, José Pablo Castro Cuevas and Hyuma Kiyosawa in "Voluntaries" as part of "American Icons" at the Lyric Opera House. (Cheryl Mann)

Review: With ‘American Icons,’ here’s why the Joffrey Ballet is different

By Lauren Warnecke

February 20, 2026 at 12:58 p.m.

There’s little new in this 2026 program. Instead, the Joffrey has dug up a range...

Claire Kaplan in "Top Girls" at Raven Theatre. (Joe Mazza)

Review: In a top-notch ‘Top Girls’ at Raven Theatre, women never have easy choices

By Emily McClanathan

February 20, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1982 feminist masterpiece from Thatcher-era Britain remains sharp-edged and all too timely.