"The Dance of Death" serves as a middle point of the fiftieth-anniversary season and is "a strain of work Steppenwolf has always been drawn to""turn-of-the-century dramas which "feel absolut…
Dance highlights in the months ahead
Trap Door Theatre presents Ukrainian playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's uncompromising take on Russia's ongoing brutalization of Ukraine as seen through the experiences of a group of refugees in…
Behind the scenes of Nitti's Supper Club presents "Who Killed Eddie O'Hare? A True Crime History Mystery Musical" at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse.
Justin Purcell's sleight-of-hand act at the Chicago Magic Lounge rates higher on skill than charm.
In between songs, the actors engage in dialogues and soliloquies that flesh out the narrative, which delves deeper into the backstory of the Phantom than the Lloyd Webber version.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
The largest puppet theater festival in North America returns to warm up crowds with a vast array of artistry from around the globe, including an adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Ha…
Isaiah Bailey brings power, humanity and personal truth to the North American tour of "The Phantom of the Opera."
Robert Falls may have stepped down as artistic director at the Goodman Theatre three years ago, but suddenly he's everywhere on the Chicago theater scene. He directed a critically acclaimed …
A one-night stop in the Windy City.
Just when you thought the holidays were over, Philip Barry's classic romantic comedy comes into view.
The work of this world-class company at Studebaker Theater is required viewing.
"Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns" is a happy combination of witty dialogue, lovely Victorian costumes and four-part harmony Christmas caroling, with a touch of Gilbert & Sulliva…
Chicago theater mainstay E. Faye Butler has directed a joyous "Sister Act" musical that'll keep you smiling all the way back home.
Here's hoping that Thornton Wilder's quietly powerful one-acter from 1931 develops into a Chicago holiday tradition.
Blake Montgomery wins the audience over as Charles Dickens in this one-person play, where the celebrated author diverts from his 172nd annual reading of "A Christmas Carol" to throw a holida…
If you feel like a little malice for the holiday season, catch the triumphantly feminist drama that coined a term prevalent in modern politics.
The Chicago-centric version of the holiday classic, set the winter before the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, turns ten.
Manual Cinema's adaptation of Dickens' Victorian ghost story sees a reluctant Chicago aunt recreating her late husband's annual Christmas Carol puppet show for their family. We asked the tea…