3,996 stories from Newcity Stage
Last May, three days before the murder of George Floyd, the company announced that executive director David Schmitz was leaving. And then this May, artistic director Anna Shapiro, who took o…
Fall highlights.
In September for one night only.
As the closest the world's ever come to nuclear war, The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most consequential geopolitical events of the twentieth century and Brian Pastor chose to adapt a…
"I'm talking about most of the stuff that people are thinking about…"
Commercial corridor revitalization can aspire to more than shops and restaurants, and it's exciting to see an arts organization anchor a block.
The first thing you'll notice stepping into the theater at Paramount is the electricity…. It's the hum of anticipation.
Ms. Pat has lived through enough drama to fill ten lifetimes.
Live theater and opera make a comeback in a dramatic way.
Jacob Jonas the Company reached a widening web of collaborators across the globe. The result is a collection of three-to-ten minute finely tuned gems, visually arresting with gorgeous musica…
Lynch has carved out quite an impressive career, having scored a Tony nomination, a string of albums and Comedy Central specials that have marked him as one of the top musical comics of toda…
Set in 1986 in the Aburi Girls Boarding School in Ghana, five teenagers gossip and primp as they prepare for beauty pageant auditions the following day. The social hierarchy of "mean girls''…
"It felt like a black hole and I was slowly maneuvering my way inch by inch. But it allowed me to have space to learn what happened in the past. We've been here twenty-five years and it's no…
Chicago theaters throw open their doors this month. Here's what to catch indoors and out.
Journalist Eddie Arruza's hard-boiled radio drama is a well-crafted love-letter to the genre, but feels out of touch with the times.
The outdoor performance promises to make up for a year-plus of constrained and isolated living with larger-than-life pomp and spectacle.
"This is a partnership which we hope will have an indefinite future. For this house to be able to offer the city a regular diet of opera and ballet changes the feel of what the opera house r…
Dance and drama in July.
The festival is a testament to the resourcefulness and survival skills of the theater community at a tough moment.
A new show that blends surrealist poetry, improvisatory opera techniques, new music and dance.
Medina Theater Collective's inaugural production about daily life in Palestine is smart, tender, at times funny and a consistently compassionate script.
"The thought about doing something that maps the richness, the ecology of our performing arts field"and literally with the geography on the map"began to excite me."
Theater and dance performances to experience in June
