Review: ‘King Hedley II’ at City Lit is August Wilson’s drama, intense and up close in a storefront theater
Under Manny Buckley’s direction, rage relentlessly simmers in this “Century Cycle” play about a formerly...
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Review: ‘Omar’ at Lyric Opera tells the extraordinary story of an enslaved scholar
This Pulitzer-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels is inspired by the memoir of...
Review: In ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway, Bill Irwin clowns it up as Molière’s hypochondriac
Had an enema recently? Did it leave you laughing? Medical humor is at the core...
Review: ‘Don Giovanni’ at Lyric Opera delivers a blast of Robert Falls’ operatic past
Director Robert Falls' signature maximalism is still with us, I am happy to report, even...
Review: Never flashy, ‘4000 Miles’ by A Short Leap Theatre lets the humanity come through
In Amy Herzog’s 2011 play, a troubled 21-year-old man shows up at his grandmother’s Manhattan...
Review: ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ at Goodman Theatre turns an apparent abduction into a teenage caper
Phanésia Pharel's new play has a lively cast of adults playing teenagers, and is not...
Chicago Theater Report: John C. Reilly is back in Chicago, Baby heads to Broadway and how to get into the Uptown Theatre
The national tour of “Dirty Dancing” in Chicago last month turned out to be a...
Review: M.A.D.D. Rhythms hoofers from past and present shine, despite technical challenges
M.A.D.D. Rhythms co-founders Bril Barrett and Martin “Tre” Dumas III performed some of the finest...
Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ staged in an American Legion post, is a play that always feels timely
Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, gets authentic surroundings in this new production...
Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at CIBC Theatre spins a true wartime story into a nutty musical
The British comedy troupe SpitLip took a real World War II caper and made it...
Steep Theatre readies its new Edgewater home
The new theater of Chicago's Far North Side is being built inside a former Christian...
Chicago Theater Report: Carrie Coon sings Christmas, ‘Come From Away’ adds shows and Milwaukee Rep makes bank
Also in theater news this week, Albany Park Theater Project will host a final season...
Lookingglass Theatre has new leaders, including David Schwimmer as producing director
The theater announced Tuesday that David Catlin and Ericka Ratcliff will be its new co-artistic...