Chicago Theater Report: Puppet Festival shows, Idina Menzel at the Lyric and other upcoming hot tickets
Along with a sneak peek at this year's Puppet Festival, we have news about a...
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La Grange’s LATTE Theater takes ‘Charlotte’s Web’ production on the road
LATTE Theater Company of La Grange is introducing a new wrinkle to its fall production...
Review: Stacked decks in ‘Adirondack Chair Circle’ at Steppenwolf Theatre
Steppenwolf is staging the world premiere of a predictable moral satire that's mostly designed to...
Invictus Theatre postpones show as artistic director steps away
The theater company is postponing its February production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...
Review: ‘Così fan tutte’ by Lyric Opera is all comic love games until Mozart surprises us
Here's the thing. Every so often, there is a moment of silence, a nod from...
Review: In ‘Mary Jane’ at Northlight Theatre, the mother of a sick child searches for answers
Amy Herzog's play comes from the writer's own experiences and gives a very real sense...
Willie Round’s ‘Lawndale King’ recounts the history that MLK made in North Lawndale
Willie Round's work, about Martin Luther King Jr.'s eight-month stay in a Chicago apartment in...
Patti LuPone talks about her concert ‘Matters of the Heart’ at the Auditorium Theatre, and some Mamet memories
The Broadway singer and actress sings love songs by Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Sondheim and...
Review: ‘Stereophonic’ is a play about a ’70s band and the price you pay for genius
In a story by David Adjmi with songs by Will Butler, we watch a band...
‘Stereophonic’ arrives in Chicago, telling the story of a band through its songs
Now on its first national tour, David Adjmi’s play has music by Will Butler of...
Review: Everything you ever needed to know about the sex lives of puppets, plus Manual Cinema’s latest
I would have thought the title of "The Sex Lives of Puppets" was the reason...
‘Ted Lasso’ writer and actor brings pre-Broadway show to Steppenwolf
Tickets go on sale later this week for "The Movement You Need: An Evening with...
Review: In ‘Salome’ by Lyric Opera, devastating excess is the point
Original director David McVicar's famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping...