Thursday, October 5, 2023
Ruhl’s “Eurydice” combines ancient storytelling and classic characters with Nietzschean undertones of self-actualization to create a truly moving experience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 2, 2023
By the end of TimeLine Theatre’s “The Lehman Trilogy” I was left wanting to learn more about this family that, for better or worse, had a big hand in shaping the course of history.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 28, 2023
The play asks the question: What do you do if simply existing makes you a criminal, a fact that no amount of merit can override?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, September 25, 2023
“Blues for an Alabama Sky” is about supporting a women’s right to the same freedom of choice as the other half of humanity, with all the joy, hardships and pitfalls that come with it.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, September 20, 2023
Agatha Christie's “The Mousetrap,” now on stage at Citadel Theatre, locks you in with knife-wielding maniacs, blood-curdling screams, zippy dialogue and brain-tingling riddles.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, September 19, 2023
Combine equal parts family drama and youthful enthusiasm with a dash of stoner comedy and you get “Baked! The Musical,” delivered piping hot at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 14, 2023
“Taste of Soul” has a little something for everyone. For those who grew up with soul food and music, it’s a delightful trip down memory lane.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, September 13, 2023
“Mic Father Like Son” is full of charm, wit and shtick, an appealing performance for those in the mood for a goofy comedy with a lot of heart.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, September 12, 2023
Paramount Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors” has it all—fantastic singing, fleshed out characters, hit songs and a hyper-detailed set. If you’re in the mood for the macabre, this i…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, September 8, 2023
For twelve years, Kokandy Productions has been presenting high-quality musicals designed for wide appeal and shallow pockets. Known for producing Chicago premieres of cult-status film proper…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, September 7, 2023
“The Innocence of Seduction,” the third in a comic book-themed trilogy written and directed by Max Pracht, begins just before the implementation of the Comics Code.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
The television show “Dance Moms” has gained wide popularity for featuring overbearing mothers obsessed with their child’s (re: their) dreams of grandeur and stardom, but none of these …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, August 17, 2023
“The Light” by Loy A. Webb is a seventy-minute one act play about a young Black couple who struggle with a revelation from the past that threatens to break up their budding relationship.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, August 15, 2023
I agree with real-life director L. Walter Stearns’ note in the program, that “This show has a little something to offend everyone.” The goal is not to offend for the sake of offending,…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, July 25, 2023
If you’re in the mood for a raunchy rock concert but want to get to bed at a decent time, then check out “Rock of Ages.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
Metropolis Performing Arts breathes new life into their production of “Xanadu,” directed by Kevin Wiczer, with choreography by Kristine Burdi and musical direction by Kenny McMullen.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, July 11, 2023
In an underwater seascape of jewel tone colors and sparkling glass coral reefs, the residents of Bikini Bottom go about their day as usual—a school of sardines flitter around in pink 1960�…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 6, 2023
“The Buddy Holly Story” is a heart-warming story wrapped around a rock concert that slips smoothly from song to song and compels the audience to tap their feet, clap their hands and sing…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, June 26, 2023
The story centers on the teen-to-young adult journey of a man called Youth, an aspiring musician who journeys from the U.S. to Europe in search of identity, stewarded by a fourth-wall breaki…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 20, 2023
“Personality” is based on the life of famed singer, Lloyd Price, one of those names that you may not have heard of, but with whose music you are no doubt familiar.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 13, 2023
The story of two first generation, Asian-American renegades on a spree of crime and passion through the backroads of the Midwest.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, June 2, 2023
The narrative unfolds like viewing a picture up close and slowly stepping backwards to get the big picture. Through a series of short vignettes unfold the lives of townsfolk living in a Poli…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, June 1, 2023
“Tango” addresses the social stigmatization toward gay people in the context of modern-day Singapore.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, May 24, 2023
Court Theatre continues their series of plays by Sophocles about the last days of Oedipus reimagined as a Pentecostal church service. There is lots of singing, with each cast member displayi…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, May 18, 2023
The Raven Theatre is transformed into the basement apartment of a three-flat in the 1960s on the South Side of Chicago, where a Black grandmother works tirelessly to protect her home and gra…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
A show that portrays “real” Muslim characters who spend half the show in their undergarments, twisting and contorting in all manner of sexual positions, and the other half having deep co…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, May 15, 2023
What does an early twentieth-century Arctic explorer and a modern-day single mother/struggling musician have in common? Almost nothing! And yet they make for the most charming companions in …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, April 17, 2023
The show centers around waspy, middle-class suburbanites, The Healy family, each of whom are suffering from a different existential crisis.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, April 7, 2023
Adapted from the 1928 satire “The Suicide” by Russian playwright Nikolai Erdman, “Dying For It” tells the story of patriotic proletariats trying to find meaning in an egalitarian, ne…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, April 6, 2023
“A Town Called Progress,” a new comedy written by Trina Kakacek and directed by Anna C. Bahow, explores a hypothetical scenario in which communism, feminism and utopianism are given an h…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, April 5, 2023
Jim Mallon spent years at Harrigan’s on Halsted drinking copious pints of Guinness while pursuing a dream, to have his life’s story documented in some significant way. Mallon’s dream i…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM 
