Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Lydia R. Diamond's play of privilege and all it entails returns to Chicago fresher than ever.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMWednesday, February 19, 2020
Things go to pieces in this production of Shakespeare's bloodiest play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMFriday, February 14, 2020
Windy City Playhouse continues its streak of emotionally engaging immersive theater with Mart Crowley's groundbreaking 1968 play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Beth Steel’s play is itself a labyrinth of occasionally confounding design.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMMonday, February 3, 2020
Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Kevin Artigue's play speaks truth to power in an age when power rarely speaks the truth.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMIF you plan to see this musical THEN you might want to prepare for a nonsensical (and misogynistic) vision of so-called female empowerment.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMAn evening of toe-tapping bliss that delivers a commendation worthy of the Duke's talent.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMThursday, January 30, 2020
Isaac Gomez's latest play centers confidently and lovingly on the generational effects of colonialism and masculinity.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMWednesday, December 18, 2019
An endearing world premiere musical for kiddos and kiddos at heart.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMFriday, December 13, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
This terrific two-hander is both a jukebox musical and a tribute to female friendship.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, November 11, 2019
A new musical by local production team of Gosz & Fotos tackles the personal effects of mental illness with generosity and insight.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, November 6, 2019
No magic is required to fall in love with Katori Hall's singular play, masterfully directed by Wardell Julius Clark.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMThursday, October 31, 2019
You don't have to be a moron to enjoy John Leguizamo's new one-man show. But it does help to keep an open mind about just how little you might know about Latin American history.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMWednesday, October 30, 2019
A discussion about polygamy in modern Muslim culture gives way to an exploration of female friendship in this stirring though incomplete world premiere.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMIn this urgent and excellent devised piece, the Prop Thtr ensemble lays bare the personal costs of standing up to fascism.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:31AMMonday, October 28, 2019
You know The Sunken Place and The Upside Down, but this skin-crawling world premiere introduces something both new and old as time: The Inbetween.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMWednesday, October 23, 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Jane Martin's 1993 play retains its disturbing realities and takes on some new ones in this production at Redtwist.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Theresa Rebeck's latest takes a page from two dramas: "Hamlet" and the woman who first dared to play him.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMMonday, September 16, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
An endearing and indebted parody of iconic British parodists returns to Chicago.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:26PMFriday, September 6, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
This production of D.H. Lawrence's novel joins a recent trend of theatrical adaptations of literature that can't quite make the jump from page to stage.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMWednesday, August 21, 2019
Elinor Cook's story of female friendship may not be perfect but real things rarely are.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:09PMWednesday, August 7, 2019
Part Go-Go's concert, part 17th century romance and part fantasmagorical fashion show, this local premiere is a love story we desperately need.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:18PMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Dave Malloy's "staged concept album" is a smorgasbord of delectable melodies, familiar stories and eerie feelings.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:11PMThursday, July 18, 2019
Purportedly about a boy and a nun, Tom Dudzick's play needs more of either or less of both.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:07PMWednesday, June 5, 2019
"We have no children and no relatives we trust with money, so at a certain age we were thinking about what [our] legacy is and our bequest to the future."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AM 
