Friday, May 12, 2023
Antonio Edwards Suarez puts in a career defining performance in this insightful meditation on race and identity.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, April 24, 2023
The old music is an impressive collection of folk standards. The new play is a trio of voices working their way through a familial landscape.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 8, 2023
A young Andy Warhol hones his artistic vision while working on a tavern sign for a tough-as-nails saloon owner in this Odd Couple origin story of a fable.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, January 17, 2023
Theatre EVOLVE presents an endearing coming of age tale set in the former Soviet Union that features music spanning the entirety of the Cold War.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 9, 2022
A perfectly executed production of Christopher Demos-Brown’s powerful “American Son.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, November 3, 2022
"Mark of Kane" offers an insider’s look at the mostly uncredited talent responsible for Batman’s creation. A well-crafted origin story, you do not have to be a comic book lover to enjoy …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 31, 2022
The production never fails to engage the audience with incredibly vivid images of an endless and deadly land with a border no thicker than a piece of rope.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, September 19, 2022
The Factory Theater presents a world premiere comedy that attempts to answer the question of whether or not women can have it all.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 16, 2022
Northlight Theatre opens their season with a well-crafted and entertaining “trashy” buddy comedy.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
The Black Ensemble Theater presents a celebration of the life and times of Langston Hughes.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, August 15, 2022
Paramount Theatre stages an intimate production of the Tony award-winning musical "Fun Home."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, April 26, 2022
Paramount Theatre will rock you to the core with their impressive production of "Rock of Ages."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, March 2, 2022
Billed as a parody of the 1956 film “The Bad Seed,” the plot focuses on eleven-year-old Carson who will do whatever it takes ito become the reigning Drag Queen of his private school.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 2, 2022
Race, gender and self-expression intersect in Donja R. Love’s impressive 1963-era play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, January 20, 2022
City Lit brings to stage a wonderful adaptation of the original classic Western.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, January 19, 2022
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Veteran Hollywood actor Eric Roberts and rising star Harsh J. Gagoomal explore the roles of oppressor and victim in this world premier online production by Hammaad Chaudry.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, March 16, 2021
Vivian J.O. Barnes' prescient play is a mediation on the emotional toil Black women face when taking up positions of power in large, static institutions.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, November 10, 2020
The stories of Chicago's famous Robert Taylor Homes residents come alive in the new documentary-style play by the late PJ Paparelli and Joshua Jaeger.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMSunday, October 4, 2020
Lisa Langford's comedy delving into race and trauma is adapted for radio, with illustrations.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:15PMSunday, September 20, 2020
Director Hèctor Àlvarez's minimalist, edgy film adaptation of Young Jean Lee's play is a testament to the understated power of the source work.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:33AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
Martin McDonagh's bedtime fable set in the grips of a totalitarian state is a familiar and oppressive nightmare.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMMonday, February 24, 2020
The secret of this new musical's success is its strong female leads and an impressive catalog of songs.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMMonday, February 10, 2020
Technologically adventurous and emotionally empathetic, the local premiere of Christina Telesca Gorman's play connects even as it diagnoses distance.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMMonday, January 20, 2020
This spooky meta musical from Kyle Jarrow ("SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical") and Duncan Sheik ("Spring Awakening") cares more than it scares.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMFriday, December 20, 2019
First directed by Stephen Schwartz, this musical, based on the writings of Studs Terkel, explores the nature of work in contemporary America.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMMonday, November 11, 2019
Chicago Shakes delivers a vision of their namesake's most well-known tragedy anchored in today’s headlines.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMMonday, October 28, 2019
This charming theatrical anthology is probably best enjoyed only by those fans most committed to its namesake.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMThe local premiere of Leah Nanako Winkler's play is a busy and beautiful examination of small town life and the loneliness that breeds in its shadows.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:15PMMonday, October 14, 2019
BoHo brings “Big Fish” back to Chicago in a production that favors characters over visual effects.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM 
