Both actors playing Elphaba and Glinda fell in love with “Wicked” at a young age and long have hoped to play these roles.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMKatie McLean Hainsworth is quite good as Miss Holmes — suitably cerebral and stiff, with understated physical tics that suggest a constantly active mind.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM“My Brother Langston” truly shines when the spotlight is on Langston Hughes’ own words.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMActors and audience members take a three-mile journey through the streets of North Lawndale in Theatre Y’s “Laughing Song: A Walking Dream.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45AMNerds of many stripes will feel at home entering the magical portal that is Otherworld Theatre, a Wrigleyville-based theater company that specializes in science fiction and fantasy. Fancy a …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:45PMThe nostalgic period drama by Ken Ludwig is based on the real-life romance of his parents, who wrote to each other for three years during World War II before meeting in person.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:54PMAt the play’s heart are a flawed patriarch straining against an inequitable society and resilient family members fighting generational trauma.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:08PMThe reopening for this storied youth theater borrows from "Feast," “Home/Land” and others, scenes staged with music.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:01PMMadeline Sayet moved to England in 2015 to pursue a doctorate degree in Shakespeare, a journey that led her to question her identity and place in the world.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:55PMIf “The Play That Goes Wrong” had a raunchier older sister, it might look like “A Fine Feathered Murder.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe show co-stars “American Idol” alumni Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, and features a cast of Chicago theater veterans and newcomers.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMBrian Quijada transforms this tale into a different kind of American story: that of a young woman from El Salvador making the dangerous trek to the United States.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMThe current play opened in New York in 2018 and became the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMJoel Drake Johnson's play centers on a middle-aged Black woman who returns to her job at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after days off to recover from an illness attributed to chemicals from…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PMPlaywright Naomi Iizuka frames single moments in the lives of ordinary people, transforming them into images rich with meaning and memory.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWith the help of a dandelion, a child’s imagination takes flight in this world premiere adaptation of the book by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:16PMNoah is fresh out of the hospital after overdosing on heroin, Harper is her sister and legal guardian of the son Noah bore in high school. Looming over both women is the legacy of their moth…
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