"The Normal Heart" is an important addition to the collective consciousness regarding the historic event of the AIDS crisis and a strong start for the next evolution of Redtwist Theatre.
Yando, who played Scrooge in The Goodman Theatre's "The Christmas Carol" for sixteen years and is known for playing complicated, dark characters, will take on the prickly Severus Snape in th…
We're finally getting to see a couple productions postponed during the pandemic, plus an ever-expanding Destinos festival.
From the first roll of a snare drum to the Liberty Bell sounding the final signature on the Declaration, the Marriott Theatre absolutely nails "1776."
Lights, curtains and a seated audience are the trappings of the trade, but Para.Maris putting up its first ever evening-length show in a traditional venue. It's an unusual path for this top-…
Collaboraction began in the late nineties as a tiny, itinerant, non-Equity theater company, performing low-budget productions of contemporary American plays. Over the years the company has g…
Lyric Opera's free pre-season preview concert in Millennium Park has gone from a September extravaganza to a more modest August concert called "Sunday in the Park with Lyric."Â
The big guns of theater and opera are all out this September.
Festivals, puppets and Brendan Fernandes, bigger than ever.
This is what theater needs to be in our time: a mirror not just to nature but also to the media landscape that surrounds us. Invictus has crafted a memorable production of an important and i…
The performances are real, and the play doesn't feel like a gimmick but a true portrayal of how life works. It's like cubism in story form"the variations are altogether at once.
"The Virgin Queen Entertains Her Fool" is a bawdy, witty, fast-paced tragicomedy, brilliantly acted and expertly plotted.
There's no time wrong for "King Lear," and if you haven't seen a live performance, American Players Theatre's production is a great place to start.
Chicagoans will get a sampling of what makes Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project so unique this Saturday, when all ten companies in the current cohort present a small sampling of their work a…
"Back to the Future: The Musical" attempts to flesh out the film's representation of both the 1950s and the 1980s with a post-millennial overlay.
It's not every day that a show begins with the contagious 1996 hit "Space Jam" and ends with me crying"but it's also not every day that Chicago audiences get to experience the remarkable ran…
It began with Robyn Mineko Williams wanting to learn more about her grandmother. Her grandmother's home is the setting for Williams' "Hisako's House," a deeply personal dance performance Wil…
As an illusionist, Jon Tai performs a truly impressive feat that makes the audience gasp; as a storyteller, though, the amicable and unassuming Tai comes off as less than magical.
Expressive dance capably performed in a natural setting, a free price tag and a forty-five-minute run time make "Portal" an exceptional choice for summertime family fun.
Jonathan Alsberry is choreographing the finale for this year's "Dance for Life," an annual fundraiser to alleviate the cost of health care for dance professionals. Danced by artists across c…
Kokandy Productions' take on Wonderland with "Alice by Heart" is as zany as its premise and brings Wonderland to life with creative set design, rock concert lighting and a cast that is not …
The next time you attend a live performance, and the performers motion to the back of the house, clap extra hard for the noble lighting designer, who works in darkness so that others may shi…
August is a great month for some light theatrical entertainment. Like, um, King Lear.
Uptown Music Theater must face the challenge of presenting one of the world's most beloved musicals and compete with audiences' expectations. Does Uptown deliver? The answer is an emphatic y…
"I feel my creative voice comes out more clearly when we're in a space where you can't control all the elements. You can't control the little kid running up and grabbing your leg or the guy …