A mashup of a mother's memories of crossing the border with the "Wizard of Oz" is a masterpiece in the making. "Somewhere Over the Border" reminds us that the world is full of common folks j…
Chicago dance heats up in June with high-energy rhythms and big, splashy productions.
A portrait of a fifteenth-century serial killer that you can both hate and secretly cheer for.
Over the last seventy years, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has proved an impressively durable cultural touchstone. Playwright Aaron Sorkin retains the earlier play's many sordid elements and adds …
In Chicago she'll be fine-tuning how all the material best fits together and setting her sights on splitting it all into two separate (but solid) hours.
When Israeli actor Yehezkel Lazarov as Tevye intones the iconic line about villagers "trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune" without breaking one's neck, our gaze takes in the presen…
She is called Afong Moy by the white men who presented her in a "museum" beginning in the mid-nineteenth century.
Recreational fencing is an apt metaphor for the kinds of relationships where friends unrelentingly challenge each other.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre are coming together to celebrate National Tap Dance Day.
Director Max Truax's production of Heiner Muller's "Medea Material" takes the text, as translated and adapted by Sarah Tolan-Mee, and uses it as the basis for the ensemble's explorations int…
Yasen Peyankov's translation and trimming of the script plays up the comedy, letting it flow from the Chekhovian checklist of dreadful character traits.
"I'm not gonna make anybody question anything. You're gonna have some dumb fun times, that's it."
"The Sound of Music" is, above all, a coming-of-age story.
Melissa Ross' "The Luckiest" is a fully compelling, emotionally potent play.
"How can we approach the choreography without assuming something about it? When we assume something, we miss what is really happening."
Two Mexican American brothers who've grown up separately in the United States are together on the run, hoping to make it across the border to Mexico and escape the unfriendly confines th…
The piece is given the category of "Southern Gothic Fable," a moniker that deserves unpacking.
Calm has essentially been a nonstop road comic since 2019.
Many teens will find catharsis and perhaps gothic glamor in the suffering of these teens.
A real minefield of a drama, focusing on how the macro issues of race, class and gender affect the micro world of workplace relationships.
Married couple Jean and Henry plan to adopt the child of an underprivileged teenager, Emma, but they rescind.
A performance series and gallery exhibition of individual artists and performance groups.
Shakespeare raised questions on agency, motivation, and how much control we truly command over our lives.
Denise is a petite and energetic stand-up comic perhaps best known for her recurring role as Quanisha on BET's "Games People Play."
A big month for new musicals