Friday, April 10, 2026
In Wilson's 1982 play, the playwright imagined a recording session for prolific early-blues recording artist Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and her band in Chicago in 1927.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, April 8, 2026
The West Side native and interdisciplinary artist is taking on a new challenge—acting and singing in his own production that draws from gospel hymns, blues, funk and poetry.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:59AMMonday, April 6, 2026
Gary Houston and Shelby Marie Edwards star as two leads who develop an improbable intellectual chemistry in this play by Kurt McGinnis Brown.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 30, 2026
David Byrne and Mala Goankar's show explores the science of perception, taking audience members through experiments involving sight, vision and taste, while telling a story of a life from it…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 12, 2026
John Reeger’s witty new play set during the golden age of television follows a variety-show performer forced to choose between career success and political conscience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 9, 2026
The production moved its planned spring run to Chicago after Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center. It's a tonic in a troubled time.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, March 4, 2026
David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar's immersive theater project combines neuroscience experiments, art and storytelling.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 20, 2026
A noisy start and a murky finish are among the choices that obscure "Miss Julie"'s timely relevance for a divided America.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 18, 2026
The lead character in this U.S. premiere at Chicago Shakes is not the playwright, but his wife, Agnes. The play is about her union with the Bard and the family they create, as well as Will�…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 11, 2026
Conor McPherson's adaptation of August Strindberg's play conveys something true about human relationships—that love and hate are both forms of intimacy, and often intertwined.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, February 9, 2026
“Confederates” has powerful themes and performances that anchor a drama but struggles to unify its dual narratives.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, January 30, 2026
Anna Ouyang Moench’s father-daughter drama unfolds through birdwatching and climate anxiety.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, January 29, 2026
This is the North American premiere of David McVicar’s production of the opera, inspired by the Pier Paolo Pasolini film “Salò” and set in a grey world reminiscent of fascist Italy un…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, January 7, 2026
Robert Falls may have stepped down as artistic director at the Goodman Theatre three years ago, but suddenly he’s everywhere on the Chicago theater scene. He directed a critically acclaime…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, December 18, 2025
“Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns” is a happy combination of witty dialogue, lovely Victorian costumes and four-part harmony Christmas caroling, with a touch of Gilbert & Sul…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, December 10, 2025
If you feel like a little malice for the holiday season, catch the triumphantly feminist drama that coined a term prevalent in modern politics.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 26, 2025
Selina Cadell’s production of the screwball comedy delivers solid Shakespeare—clear and easy to understand without dilution.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, November 14, 2025
The musical version of the Bard of Avon's pastoral comedy is fun, but Shakespeare is the crust of this pie, not the filling.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, October 30, 2025
This “Godspell” doesn’t shy away from modern politics and leans left.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 20, 2025
Driven by the hard-hitting music of guitarist and song writer, Tom Morello, Revolution(s) debuts at Chicago’s Goodman Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMThursday, October 9, 2025
The new dystopian play is the kind of in-your-face, challenging theater that A Red Orchid can do so well.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 6, 2025
The university’s American Music Theatre Project will debut the Chicago Musical Theater Writers Workshop, offering instruction and support in musical theater writing for local writers and c…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, October 1, 2025
"The Blood Countess" reveals the story of Erzsébet Bathóry, a Hungarian countess who was tried and convicted for allegedly killing hundreds of young girls.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 25, 2025
The top-shelf production is tightly directed and beautiful, but leaves too much space unexplored.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 19, 2025
Goodman's new play, crammed with Chicago details, stars Jenna Fischer and Francis Guinan.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 4, 2025
It’s hard to imagine now that a tan suit was seen as a presidential scandal.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, September 3, 2025
“Ashland Avenue,” the story of a Chicago television salesman, will lead off the Goodman’s centennial season. The play’s world premiere stars Chicago theater favorite Francis Guinan a…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, August 21, 2025
APT's new and marvelous production directed by Shana Cooper, “The Winter’s Tale,” shows how time and grace can heal what seems irreparable.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
A terrific night of theater—full of humor, history, strong emotion and magnificent music.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, July 25, 2025
When Gavin Dillon Lawrence was visiting his hometown of Washington, D.C. more than ten years ago, he took a photo of his oldest son as he got a haircut at a Black-owned barbershop. When Lawr…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 17, 2025
We don’t know why the U.S. State Department decided that female Ethiopian acrobats were a threat to national security.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM 
