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Left, Brian Parry as the middle-aged John and John Arthur Lewis as the novice therapist Ian in the Dublin-set "Shining City" at Redtwist Theatre. Nina Metz gives ★★★ to bot…
Even as Chicago digs out from the blizzard, Chicago's long-moribund commercial theater scene seems to be getting a sudden and welcome shot of heat. Two new shows, "White Noise" and "Working,…
THEATER REVIEW: "Burn the Floor" ★★½ Through Feb. 13 at Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; $16-$80 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com. Wednesday's performance c…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Boys Room" ★★★ Through Feb. 20 at Victory Gardens at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $20-$50 at 773-871-…
Both the Drury Lane Oakbrook and the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire have cancelled all their Wednesday performances.
Second City says its mainstage revue, "Spoiler Alert! Everybody Dies," will be performed as scheduled Tuesday night.
Steppenwolf Theatre is cancelling Tuesday night performances of "Sex with Strangers" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," along with the Wednesday matinee of "Virginia Woolf." At this poin…
Mark L. Montgomery stars in "Short Shakespeare! Macbeth," running through March 5 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier; $16-$20 at 312-595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com "Fair is foul …
THEATER REVIEW: "reasons to be pretty" ★★½ Through March 13 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway; Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes; Tickets: $35-$40 at 773-549-1815 or www.pr…
"Ghosts of Atwood" runs through Feb. 17 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.; tickets $15-$23 at 773-404-7336 or www.mpaact.org Every so often a play comes along that captu…
THEATER REVIEW "Sex With Strangers" ★★★ Through May 15 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted St. Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes; tickets: $20-$73 at 312-335-16…
In the light of the recent flap over the long preview period of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," Nina Metz takes a Chicago-centered look in Sunday's Tribune at how previews are disclosed (or…
Michaela Petro in "Carmilla" by WildClaw Theatre at the Storefront Theater | REVIEW by Nina Metz (Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo) The Tribune's Chris Borelli probes the horrors of WildClaw.…
Sean Cercone, the executive director of Chicago Muse, the musical-development organization formed out of what used to be Theatre Building Chicago, said late Friday afternoon that he is "no l…
THEATER REVIEW: "The New Electric Ballroom" ★★½ Through March 6 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1513 N. Wells St.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 312-943-8722 …
Nina Metz reviews the new Infamous Commonwealth Theatre production of "A Doll's House," which has been transported to 1960s Manhattan.
THEATER REVIEW: "Being Harold Pinter" runs through Jan. 29 at the Goodman's Owen Theatre; 312-443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org. Then Feb. 4-13 at Northwestern University's Struble Theatre …
Kerry Reid reviews "4:48 Psychosis" ★★★ (left, a play about suicide), and "Poverty: The Musical" ★★½ for the Tribune this week in On the Fringe. (Both shows …
Jason Robert Brown is working on a new musical, expected to bow at the Northlight Theatre at the end of the 2011-12 season. "We putting the finishing touches on our agreement," said BJ Jones…
THEATER REVIEW: "Funk it Up About Nothin'" ★★★ Through Feb. 13 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier; Running time: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Tickets: $20-30 at 312-595-5600 …
"Les Miserables" is Wednesday through Feb. 27 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre; tickets are $18-$90 at www.broadwayinchicago.com. When I first saw "Les Miserables" in London nearly, ahem, 25 y…
"John Leguizamo Warms Up" is Feb. 1-12 at the Royal George Theatre Center, 1641 N. Halsted St.; $40-$45 at 312-988-9000 and www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com The actor-comedian-monologist John L…
THEATER REVIEW: "Madagascar" ★★★ Through Feb. 20 at Next Theatre in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $25-…
Chad Kimball as Huey and Montego Glover as Felicia in "Memphis" on Broadway in 2009. Broadway in Chicago says it has booked a two-week engagement of the first national tour of the bluesy Bro…
A pair of executive directors of Chicago theaters have moved on, both for personal reasons. Mary Ruth Coffey has exited American Theater Company. She'd just been on the job since September. …
