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Nice Girl Written by Melissa Ross Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark (map…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:53PMTuesday, January 16, 2018
Nevermore Book/Music/Lyrics by Jonathan Christenson at Edge …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:42AMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Spike Lee’s recent film Chiraq adapted Lysistrata to Chicago's South Side, replacing an epic Greek war with equally epic gang violence. The stakes in Lysistrata Jones? Basketball. More spe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:36AMThursday, August 3, 2017
The Food Show Created by Dan Kerr-Hobert, Caitlin Stainken Metropolitan Brewing,…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:33PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Based on real events, Not About Nightingales is Tennessee Williams’ gut-wrenching account of events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937 when prisoners mounted a hunger strike in hopes of brin…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:18PMSunday, April 23, 2017
In making her persona the star of her world premiere drama King of the Yees, playwright Lauren Yee has created a meta-format to explore her relationship with her father. This genre-melding i…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:06AMMonday, January 30, 2017
The Comrades' Prelude to a Kiss is acted with resonance and skill, along with lots of laughs, and clever use of popular music along the way. Aptly directed by artistic director Derek Bertel…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:24PMSunday, January 22, 2017
In Saturday Night Live's parody of Chicago the Musical’s “Roxie”, Kellyanne Conway (played by Kate McKinnon) reveals the real reason she joined Donald Trump's campaign. Hilarious!
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:54PMSunday, January 15, 2017
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize when it first premiered in 1990, Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés’s What of the Night? is an important, but rarely produced, work of unconventi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:33PMMonday, January 9, 2017
See our picks below the fold Chicago’s best theater of 2016 (in alpha…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:36PMWednesday, January 4, 2017
Another year, another 12 months of great theater! 2016 blessed the Windy City with inspired new works and riveting revivals from a wide range of companies – from the largest equity houses …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:36PMSaturday, December 17, 2016
Of all the plays Shakespeare wrote, The Winter’s Tale is one of the most problematic. Directed by Declan Donnellan at Chicago Shakespeare, Cheek By Jowl’s highly conceptual staging of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:12PMWednesday, November 23, 2016
The Chicago theater community will again produce a wide array of holiday plays, musicals, ballets and comedies in 2016, all to put you in a festive mood. Find the entire list of holiday off…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:24PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
"Annie" the musical is a lovely, glorious, filled-with-happiness evening. If the tour is coming to your city, be sure you don’t miss out on this feel-good, family-friendly production. High…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:36PMTuesday, November 8, 2016
Eugene Lee's *East Texas Hot Links* is a Brutal, lyrical play that immediately hits you on a visceral level. With a superb design and masterful direction, Writers Theatre has created a must…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:02PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
With *Saturn Returns*, Tif Harrison and company present a thoughtful, comprehensive look at the major life changes of one’s late twenties. If only the show weren’t bogged down by superfl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:48PMFriday, October 28, 2016
Strong cast tell fascinating story of the first black actor to play Othello that contains strong parallels to today. Recommended. (read Duan Barnes' entire review....)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:12AMTuesday, October 18, 2016
Check out Chicago theater's 2016 Equity Jeff Awards. Big winners include Chicago Shakespeare's *The Tempest*, Porchlight Music Theatre's *Dreamgirls*, Paramount Theatre's *West Side Story*,…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:08PMNow in its 48th Equity season, the Jeff Awards has been honoring outstanding theatre artists annually since it was established in 1968. The Jeff Awards Committee judged the opening nig…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:09AMSaturday, October 15, 2016
The New Colony's world-premiere *Merge* makes a promising first impression as the audience is immediately transported into a 1970’s arcade game, complete with neon tones, lights and the te…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:58PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Windy City Playhouse's "Apartment 3A" by Jeff Daniels, directed by Ron OJ Parsons is an off-kilter romantic comedy with a touch of the surreal. Recommended! (read Duane Barnes' entire review…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:21PMTuesday, October 11, 2016
Written and directed by female powerhouses Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss respectively, The Burials updates Sophocles’ Antigone with strong grace and an even stronger anti-gun credo. Smar…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:49PMSunday, October 9, 2016
With Playwright David Rabe's poetic world-premiere, Steppenwolf Theatre and director Anna D. Shapiro have created a thoughtful world-premiere with a stellar cast that explores end-of-life is…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:02PMThursday, October 6, 2016
Court Theatre's Man in the Ring, by Michael Cristofer, dances and spars at the intersection of violence and love, two things that are inextricably twined in Emile Griffith’s world. It’s …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:15PMSaturday, October 1, 2016
Lifeline Theatre's world-premiere Miss Holmes, by Christopher M. Walsh, is a refreshing female-driven portrayal of the classic detective. Katie McLean Hainsworth and Mandy Walsh are wily, ma…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:09PMSideshow Theatre's *The Happiest Place on Earth*, written and performed by Philip Dawkins for Greenhouse Theater's Solo Celebration! series, is an essential theatrical experience, a twisted …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:08PMI Do Today is a loving and lighthearted collaboration of playwright Sarah Myers, director Jacob Harvey and solo actor (and Other Theatre Company artistic director) Carin Silkaitis, who is ut…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:58PMTuesday, September 27, 2016
Victory Garden Theater's Hand to God, though gloriously gruesome and wildly over the top, is at its heart a probing study on how one deals with grief, faith, temptation and the daily struggl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:03PMSunday, September 25, 2016
Mary Zimmerman deftly directs a lavish revival of Leonard Bernstein’s classic musical, featuring a company of more than 40 actors and musicians. If you’re looking for larger-than-life st…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:16PMThursday, September 22, 2016
Adapted from the Frebcg short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Ayme, this Tony Award-nominated musical is a Chicago premiere. And with Amour, Black Button Eyes Productions and Director Ed …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:21PM 
