3,951 stories from Newcity Stage
Benanti bridges the gap between Broadway and stand-up in this playful one-woman show.
Presented by the youth and community-focused Albany Park Theater Center, the production is completely sold out for good reason: this is drama that glows red hot with passion and authenticity.
In Shakespeare's comedy, the characters go to the forest and become more fully human. The same thing happens when you see theater in the woods at Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Kokandy Productions revives the "tribal love-rock musical" at Chopin Theatre.
In Franklin's new piece, little chapters explore various ways people experience vulnerability, relating to physical, emotional, social, relational and existential challenges, and to identity.
On stage at American Players Theatre, Wisconsin native Thornton Wilder's play is an old-fashioned but well-made farce that was later adapted into the 1964 Broadway hit.
These recent transplants represent a new generation of theater artists who have chosen this city based on its reputation as a place open to brash, bright young thespians willing to do their …
Authentic Chicago Ensemble production spans everything from coyote-masked interpretive dance to a thriller with hitmen, trapping itself in too many conflicting choices.
Sight gags go Wilde in No Dogs in the Kitchen Theatre Company’s revival of the classic comedy, overwhelming the play’s trenchant commentary on Victorian social mores.
Broadway in Chicago's musical on the suffragist movement makes feminism sing.
Now in its third year, Hsiao's walking outdoor performance in Chicago Parks is a summertime must for all ages.
The Eugène Ionesco play, on stage at American Players Theatre, is philosophically bleak, but with a comedic vaudeville feeling.
The Oak Park Festival Theatre's take on Shakespeare's classic, directed by Peter G. Andersen, is a blend of modernization and appreciation.
These two months in theater have all the touchstones of a great summer season, like music, parks and old Western novels.
The Marriott Theatre's "A Little Night Music" is an optimistic operetta.
Come to understand dance as a series of actions—actions that sit closer to everyday experience than you may have thought.
Goodman concludes their centennial with a star-studded musical comedy headlining real-life couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.
The musical adaptation presented by Broadway in Chicago is a spectacle of movement.
Tim Crouch’s 2006 melancholic memory play about loss and healing features two outstanding performances, one of them unrehearsed.
A dark comedy that runs on nostalgic references to pop culture and growing up Catholic.
It's the best time of year in Chicago with free, outdoor dance.
In this production at Steppenwolf Theatre, three gifted ensemble members transition between genders and ages to tell a family story in a new way.
Sasha Gerritson, the festival's general director, shares their plans for the summer season, titled "Bohemian Tragedy," and discusses the strategy behind it.
The final play written by Tom Stoppard is a sweeping saga that follows a Jewish family in Vienna across generations.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages the U.S. premiere of Ashley Robinson’s adaptation, presenting Annie Proulx’s love story as a play with music.
