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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Theatre for One creates a one-on-one connection between artist and audience by Marissa De La Cerda

Court Theatre unveils a digital experiment in microtheater. Before the pandemic, seeing a play often meant sitting in the dark and fading away amongst the crowd …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PM
Friday, June 5, 2020

Stanzas in place by Marissa De La Cerda

The Chicago Poetry Center gives CPS students virtual literary lessons. Just one week after Chicago Public Schools (CPS) went remote, the Chicago Poetry Center (C…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:00PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter breaks out of the box at Steppenwolf by Marissa De La Cerda

The bestselling novel about a young Latinx woman's struggle to find her identity is now a play. In 2017, young Latinx people entered the mind of Julia Reyes, the…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Sugar in Our Wounds recenters forgotten stories of Black queer lives by Marissa De La Cerda

The first in a trilogy, Donja R. Jones's play tugs the heartstrings at First Floor Theater. I try not to show any emotion when I attend plays as a critic and not…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

There’s more to trauma than meets the eye in This City is Killing Me by Marissa De La Cerda

Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago. Social worker Jonathan Foiles has written about Chicag…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:15PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Destinos sets a course for greater representation of Latinx stories by Marissa De La Cerda

Now in its third year, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates artists at home and abroad. If there's ever an opportunity to see the full ra…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Urban Theater Company re-creates the house music scene from Back in the Day by Marissa De La Cerda

But the dance sequences undermine the attempts to address serious issues. The house music scene that dominated Chicago in the 80s comes alive again at the Chopin…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards