Tuesday, July 30, 2024
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is held so closely by so many people that it’s a tall order for anyone to adapt Middle-earth into another art form. Take Amazon’s origina…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PMWednesday, July 24, 2024
As Steppenwolf Theatre’s world premiere production of Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road nears the end of its run, Steep Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Hunter’s 2022 d…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:05PMI suspect more people would find poetry accessible if, instead of reading it on the page, they experienced it in live performance—especially one on par with Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre’s …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:43PMFriday, July 12, 2024
After 30 years leading the Chicago institution, the longtime director will step down.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMMonday, May 13, 2024
The new play, written by Grey House's Levi Holloway, is running at the theatre Shannon co-founded, A Red Orchid.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMWednesday, May 8, 2024
In the first scene of Mothering the Movement, seven members of Free Street Theater’s youth ensemble riff on what mothers mean to them. On opening night, it was clear that some had their ow…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:50AMThursday, March 14, 2024
The two artists are collaborating on a new play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, about the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Katy Sullivan will be the first woman with a disability to play the title role in a major U.S. production of Shakespeare’s “Richard III.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMTuesday, January 23, 2024
For a typical Chicago theatergoer attending A Red Orchid Theatre’s local premiere of In Quietness (directed by ensemble member dado), the community it depicts likely seems as alien as it i…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:44PMMonday, January 15, 2024
This year's festival will have productions from five continents, most shows intended for adults.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMThursday, December 7, 2023
Fast becoming a staple of Chicago’s alternative holiday entertainment scene, The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque is back for a seventh year of tinseled twerking and tasseled twirling. …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:07AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
“A Christmas Carol” urges us to open our hearts to our fellow passengers through this life. May even the most cynical among us take heed.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:35AMTuesday, November 28, 2023
After spending a boozy hour in Cindy Lou Who’s trailer, you’ll never again see the classic Dr. Seuss tale the same.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMThursday, November 9, 2023
In Jen Silverman’s 2018 play, Witch, the devil goes down to a quiet English village and finds a lot more than he bargained for, including a supposed witch who is surprisingly resistant to …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:18AMFriday, November 3, 2023
The four sisters in Teatro Vista’s ¡Bernarda! often complain about the heat, but the stifling Spanish summer is no match for the passions roiling under their mother’s roof. This stylish…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:45AMWednesday, November 1, 2023
There’s another member of the household that none of them can see. Clara has never left the house since her suicide 13 years ago.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMTuesday, October 31, 2023
These young actors give some winning performances despite the wobbly character development in the script.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMFriday, October 6, 2023
As I emerged from Redtwist’s black box theater, I knew I’d be thinking about this one for a while.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMMonday, October 2, 2023
The new musical stars James Monroe Iglehart as the famed musician, and begins its pre-Broadway performances this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMTuesday, September 19, 2023
“Baked!” is a sweet, funny, coming-of-age show about a bright-eyed valedictorian who finds herself short of tuition for Harvard.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMThursday, September 14, 2023
While this offbeat world-building is entertaining, I was left uncertain of why “Cat’s Cradle” is being revived in 2023.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMMonday, September 11, 2023
This is very much the story of one family and its experience of coming to America in search of a better life.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
Monday, August 7, 2023
Jacqueline Williams is Calpurnia in the national tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and the Evanston native still considers this story to be as important as ever.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, August 2, 2023
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's music and the story of her cherished relationship with Marie Knight are revived for a new generation at Northlight Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMMonday, July 31, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
While changing little of the text, director Peter G. Andersen transforms several of the key relationships, shaking up the power dynamics and exploring complex layers in a play written more t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMTuesday, July 25, 2023
Despite my quibbles with the production, this bite-sized “Beauty and the Beast” is a good candidate to help youngsters catch the theater bug.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:15PMMonday, July 3, 2023
The nostalgic workplace comedy captures the absurdities of working at a Midwestern discount department store chain.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, June 21, 2023
Matthew C. Yee's Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon challenges Asian Americans stereotypes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMWednesday, June 14, 2023
If you missed the first Chicago run of “Hadestown” last year, June marks your chance to catch this tale of Greek gods and star-crossed lovers.
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