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.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMWhile Shaw fans likely will appreciate this world premiere, it doesn’t make much of a case for broader audience appeal.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMThis play is part whodunit and part psychological thriller, with a dash of philosophical discourse.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMMusic plays an important role in Endesha Ida Mae Holland’s autobiographical play.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMAfter several years of working to relocate from Lincoln Square to North Lawndale, Theatre Y finally has a new home a block south of the Pink Line’s Central Park stop.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMIn the small storefront A Red Orchid calls home, the violence of "Is God Is" is always in your face and content warnings are plentiful.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:55PMThe Book of Mormon is back in Chicago, slightly rewritten since it last played here in 2018 but still the same wildly irreverent take on that most quintessential of homegrown white American …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:00AMHeading into opening night of Dying for It at Artistic Home, I wasn’t sure what to expect from Moira Buffini’s adaptation of The Suicide, a 1928 satire by Soviet playwright Nikolai Erdma…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:03PMThe play is much more than a crime drama, it sheds light on the history of segregation and racism in the U.S. Army and broader American society.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMThe play raises important questions but is less successful in its attempt to capture the human cost of striving for utopia.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:22PMNaomi Rodgers and Zurin Villanueva lead the North American tour of the biographical jukebox musical, arriving at the Nederlander Theatre in March.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMSimon Stephens’s play Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle is set up as a classic story of culture clash: a quirky, talkative woman from New Jersey strikes up a conversation with a reserv…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:55PM“The Kelly Girls,” in its world premiere at The Factory Theater, is a politically charged family drama that takes place during the early years of the Troubles.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM“Alaiyo” is billed as a choreopoem, a loosely defined genre often incorporates elements of poetry, dance and music.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AM“What I would like to be remembered for is for bringing joy to our patrons and to our actors and directors and designers,” said executive director David Rice.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMChicago's big, ongoing festival presents an excellent opportunity to sample a vast range of artistry from around the world. Not just for kids.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PMI’ve now seen the North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen twice in Chicago, and both times I’ve come up short trying to feel the emotional connection that so many fans have with this sho…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:17PMIn Larry Yando's hands, it's Scrooge’s transformation from hardhearted miser into “as good a friend … and as good a man, as the good old city knew” that makes makes this a classic.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMOn paper, the 2003 holiday movie comedy starring Will Ferrell seems like a great candidate for a screen-to-stage adaptation.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMIt is a universal truth that mothers must meddle in their children’s love lives, and the Syrian American family in Omer Abbas Salem’s new play is no different.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMMichael Curry designed part of the look of the original Broadway production with Julie Taymor. The touring show is in Chicago for the fifth time.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMAccompanied by a live band, the cast performs with such charisma that many audience members were clapping along — and some were dancing.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMTeenagers tend to be reckless, sure, but few would gather in a spooky tree house to summon the spirit of Colombian drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar. But then, most aren’t […] The post Mi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:19PMThis story about human connection across differences provides a hopeful, aspirational glimpse at our better selves.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMTwo-hander plays starring Latinas are having a moment in this year’s Destinos Festival.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMTwo couples settle into side-by-side suites, only for one half of each pair to discover that their ex-spouse is staying next door.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:12AMEventually, it becomes clear that the source of their conflict is that both mother and daughter are trying to protect one another.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMWhat if the person you love—the one you want to spend the rest of your life with—were to confess a secret so bizarre, so disturbing, that it makes you question […] The post Stranger th…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:28PMThe multimedia production blends puppetry, cinematic techniques and original music to tell this sweet, quirky story.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMLarry Yando has been a prominent presence on stages in Chicago and beyond for many years, including as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Goodman’s annual production of A Christmas Carol (this […] …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:04PMBoth actors playing Elphaba and Glinda fell in love with “Wicked” at a young age and long have hoped to play these roles.
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