The West Side native and interdisciplinary artist is taking on a new challenge"acting and singing in his own production that draws from gospel hymns, blues, funk and poetry.
Three pieces will premiere in Hedwig's program, which incorporate objects to reveal how human bodies are conversant with and transformed by the designed world.
Gary Houston and Shelby Marie Edwards star as two leads who develop an improbable intellectual chemistry in this play by Kurt McGinnis Brown.
Elshieky discusses the trajectory of his comedy career, from his early days podcasting in Libya to making his break on "Conan."
avery r. young's Afro-surrealist opera, two Jazz Age tales and a new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney are among April's top productions to see.
April dance is in full bloom.
David Byrne and Mala Goankar's show explores the science of perception, taking audience members through experiments involving sight, vision and taste, while telling a story of a life from it…
The producer discusses his Broadway career, from the tragic origins of "Rent" to the tragedy in D.C. that led to this spring's "Hamilton" production in Chicago.
Through the Festival and year-round at Red Clay's studio, Vershawn Sanders-Ward celebrates and nurtures the creativity of Black female artists.
A pure product of Chicago's collaborative theater culture, this new play from Her Story Theater digs deep into the nature of art and truth.
Lookingglass Theatre's spectacle-heavy play is nice to look at, but offers viewers too little to chew on.
Theo Ubique turns small-scale staging into a big-hearted musical escape, where director L. Walter Stearns immerses the audience in the world of the Man in Chair's imagination.
Matthew Ozawa's multidimensional staging of "Butterfly" that premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2023 is now being presented at his home company of Lyric Opera, where he is chief artistic direc…
Full-spectrum emotionally gratifying theater, signed and sealed in a love letter to pop culture.
The quick-witted host of the podcast "Never Not Funny," Pardo brings his improvised stand-up to Zanies Rosemont for a special matinee show.
Writers Theatre presents a tale about the struggle for liberty and love amidst political oppression.
John Reeger's witty new play set during the golden age of television follows a variety-show performer forced to choose between career success and political conscience.
The Goodman Theatre's production is an enchanting exploration of the self, by way of Oscar's life and his Dominican American family's fukú (curse) connected to the brutal dictatorship of …
The production moved its planned spring run to Chicago after Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center. It's a tonic in a troubled time.
Playwright Spencer Huffman's religious drama"and New Theatre Project's first production in a conventional theater space"boasts some excellent performances in a story that doesn't quite satis…
David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar's immersive theater project combines neuroscience experiments, art and storytelling.
There is clear urgency and a call to action in Carrie Hanson's piece, which is even more relevant now, six years after its making.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's new production pays homage to comedies of the early twentieth century.
Factory Theater's overlong production has its moments, but it struggles to pull us into its sci-fi scenario.
The Athenaeum Center's audience included priests, nuns of various orders, and even the Pope's brother for this tale of a nineteenth-century French peasant girl who claimed to have visions of…