Tuesday, 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 01:00PMTuesday, September 17, 2019
In its regional premiere, this 2015 Tony Award winning musical comedy takes aim at the Bard himself.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMonday, September 16, 2019
Helmed by Paramount artistic director Jim Corti, this production has plenty to holler about.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMMonday, September 9, 2019
This ever-relevant Tony Award-winning musical gets a solid storefront production in Waukegan.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, June 24, 2019
Hedwig makes a triumphant return to close out the company's inaugural season in their new Evanston digs.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:25PMWednesday, May 29, 2019
An out-of-this-world premiere that is more small step than big leap.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMTuesday, May 21, 2019
Comedian Adam Strauss takes audiences on a psychedelic quest to cure his OCD.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:37PMTuesday, April 2, 2019
This explosive political drama reflects the all-too-recent past as well as our current political moment.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMTuesday, March 5, 2019
This world premiere is indeed memorable though perhaps not for the reasons its creative team intended.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2019
Paramount Theatre makes a strong case to take a drive to Aurora with their production of this Tony Award-winning musical comedy.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMMonday, January 21, 2019
Based on the cult horror franchise of the same name, this 2003 musical is a bloody good time.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMSunday, December 2, 2018
There are just not enough laughs to sustain the premise of this self-consciously Mormon-centered musical.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMTuesday, October 30, 2018
Leaning into the conventions of classic noir, The Factory Theater offers this bloody, violent tale of crooked cops and sideways plots.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMThursday, September 13, 2018
Marriott Theatre nods, in rhythm and time, to a moment and a movement with this revival from the late Neil Simon.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:35PMThursday, May 3, 2018
The Tony Award-winning musical gets its regional premiere at Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
A classic cat and mouse game starring a disgraced former president and a has-been talk show host comes to life at Redtwist Theatre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:00PMFriday, March 23, 2018
Some things are scarier than monsters in this production from The Cuckoo's Theater Project.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMTuesday, February 13, 2018
Berlin in 1931 has never felt closer to home in Paramount Theatre's production of Kander and Ebb's classic.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMonday, January 8, 2018
Black Button Eyes Productions delivers a macabre antidote to saccharine holiday fare with the Chicago premiere of this musical based on the life of Edgar Allen Poe.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PM 
