Thursday, November 13, 2025
Topher Payne's work is about two young gay men who must decide how far they will go to combat their oppression.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, November 10, 2025
Invictus Theatre Company addresses the psychological ramifications of slavery in this gripping drama.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, November 7, 2025
The historic 1971 discussion between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni is enhanced with song, dance and spoken word poetry.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, October 29, 2025
BrightSide Theatre restages the cult classic musical in a production directed by Jeffrey Cass.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, October 24, 2025
Heads roll and blood overflows at The Factory Theater this Halloween season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 20, 2025
A new play based on the hit movie blurs fantasy and reality to kick off the spooky season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, October 3, 2025
Q Brothers Collective and Chicago Shakes reimagine “Julius Caesar” as a “hip-hopera,” where if you want to get by, you better be superfly.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, October 1, 2025
The new play at the Studebaker is based on a series of interviews between British biographer Peter Evans and Ava McGovern.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 26, 2025
The new work by U.K.-based playwright Cameron Raasdal-Munro tells the story of a gay sex worker who must navigate his relationship with a homophobic gangster father.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, September 22, 2025
Drury Lane's adaptation adds a refreshing update to Frederick Knott's classic “whodunit.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, September 8, 2025
This experimental adaptation connects music, storytelling and ambiance to craft a truly immersive theatergoing experience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 5, 2025
If you want to learn about a real-life tale of communion, go see “Come From Away.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, August 28, 2025
GglassFest is for those who are looking to go beyond the finished product, to be a part of the messiness and the journey of making theater and feel that their presence matters.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 31, 2025
Marketed as a “provocative riff on ‘Waiting for Godot’ and ‘The Exodus,’” the play adds another feather to the cap of Tim Rhoze, artistic director of Fleetwood-Jourdain and direc…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, July 30, 2025
Intense, inspirational and joyful, “Bille Jean” is the feel-good hit of the summer.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 24, 2025
This is the Shakespeare you want to see on a cool summer evening.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, July 18, 2025
“Queen For A Day” thrives on a kind of elegant chaos, where glamour and grief collide.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 10, 2025
Politics and anxiety drive Part One, subtitled “Millennium Approaches,” and Part Two, “Perestroika,” diverges into the supernatural and presents an original take on Hebrew theology. …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, June 16, 2025
The eighty-minute play combines clowning, acrobatics, juggling and dance to tell a nuanced narrative.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, June 5, 2025
Is being the princess the worst job in England? Head over to Theo Ubique to find out.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, June 2, 2025
“Neighborhood Watch,” a play in the style of a sitcom by Rehana Lew Mirza and directed by Kaiser Ahmed, explores what happens when two Muslim men move into a majority white Virginia subu…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, May 29, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
“Gorgeous” by Rivendell and Raven Theatre is heartbreaking, hilarious and engrossing, a hit to kick off the summer season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, May 7, 2025
Celebrated British writer Lolita Chakrabarti teams up with three-time Jeff Award-winning director Ron OJ Parson for an updated presentation of “Hymn” (2021), about two estranged brothers…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, May 5, 2025
Hilarious, thrilling and thought-provoking, “Bust” is a must-see for those who seek the examined life.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWhile “A Tale of Two Cities” paints a captivating and capricious visage of both Paris and London, the place to be this spring is Chicago to witness this modern revamp of a beloved classi…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, May 2, 2025
“The Infinity Play” has no rules yet breaks them anyway, and Brennan and Curious Theatre Branch are like courageous explorers who’ve travelled into the unknown to bring back delicacies…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, April 24, 2025
Funny, thought-provoking and well-written, "A Jukebox for the Algonquin" is not just a “play about old people” but a contemplation on how to find joy among sorrow.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, April 18, 2025
In Mamet’s usual acerbic style, we learn that in a world of high-stakes competition there are no friendships. Each act is like a Socratic dialogue, brutal refutations of the virtues of kin…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, April 11, 2025
Prepare to be transported to an anthropomorphic wonderland in "Beatrix Potter Tea Party," presented by Chicago Children’s Theatre and running through April 20 at Raven Theatre. Created and…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 13, 2025
Themes of isolation and sexuality combine with light body horror in “Pussy Sludge."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM 
