Too much of Tom Stoppard's absurdist, existential tragicomedy about two minor Shakespearean characters has been trimmed from this production, which is too bad, because the play is brilliant …
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's fifty-fifth annual stop at the Auditorium Theatre features three distinct programs over five days. So clear your calendar.
In Lazy Susan Theatre Co.'s "Madam & Steve," at Greenhouse Theater Center, the story of the true first humans is presented in an absurdist format that attempts to push the boundaries of …
Open Space Arts presents a very intimate and visceral production of the British hit "Cock."
Audiences should get there early to grab a pint on stage, poured by one of the actors from a tap behind a long, cherrywood bar enshrined under various photos, banners and rows of bottles.
Girl meets boy but boy is a giant Dairy Queen sign; an unconventional love story with a surprising amount of heart.
"The Good," a one-woman show performed and created by Jenny Magnus, is a new musical work that asks the question, "What is good?"
As part of its fiftieth season, the Dance Center of Columbia College is showcasing works by local choreographers in its new Chicago Artist Spotlight Festival. Some of the most memorable perf…
The fantastic special effects, fabulous acting and dancing and capable renditions of popular songs in "Peter Pan" will make you believe that dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.
With its engaging characters, pointed and fast-paced dialogue, unpredictable but logical storyline and luminous poetic flourishes, "Love Song" is a show that will charm the pants off even th…
April is for August Wilson.
This is a moving, beautifully written and honest play that discusses generational conflict"between old ideas of "purpose" and spirituality and new ones, between the need for truth and the ne…
April dance is in full bloom with large-scale productions on big stages.
The tradition of turning beer-soaked shenanigans into fine art continues in City Lit's "Two Hours in a Bar," running through April 21. Two one-act plays directed by Terry McCabe tell the acc…
For its seventy-fifth anniversary, the legendary New York City Ballet, founded by George Balanchine, performs its first appearance in Chicago in eighteen years. Three programs offer a sampli…
Despite his name being in the title, the protagonist of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is not the most celebrated character in the work. That would go to the Weird Sisters, the trio of cave-dwellin…
Ronnie Marmo returns in his celebratory exploration of one of comedy's most complex figures.
In Margaret Atwood's retelling of the life of Penelope, the veiled, enigmatic, ever-weaving wife of Odysseus, is reborn.
The show mixes dramatic depth with plenty of laughs as Akana recounts dealing with her sister's suicide when she was seventeen and her own mental health struggles. She promises Chicago audie…
"End Days" reminds us that the overtones of strangeness, precariousness and disequilibrium that define reality these days began exactly at the moment when the American public lost its sense …
The first delicacy one notices in RE|dance Group's new work is the quality of the light. Illuminated rectangles of varying dimensions are scattered across the black floor, casting a soft glo…
It was an inspiring bit of casting to reunite soprano Michelle Bradley and tenor Russell Thomas as the doomed lovers Aida and Radamès.
"Wipeout" is a reminder that there is no age limit on adventure, and that personal growth is a lifelong endeavor.
Jacobs-Jenkins invites audiences to rethink the concept of family in "Purpose" at Steppenwolf Theatre. "I'm interested in exploring the political dynastic family, and how there is a very thi…
It is the treatment that women receive in male-dominated industries that is the subject of "Silent Sky," written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Beth Wolf. On stage at Citadel Theatre th…