SOUL MATES FROM 167 YEARS AGO "Oh, we have paid for our children's place in the world. We have paid again and again." This assertion of achievement rings terribly true after two and a half h…
SCRIPT ABOUT VIDEO GAME USAGE NEEDS FIXES Early in Leveling Up at Steppenwolf Theatre, professional gamer Ian (Clancy McCartney) makes it clear that he prefers playing video games all day ra…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Gospel of Lovingkindness" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Gospel of Lovingkindness" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★ύ…
The Chicago premiere of the historical musical drama Dessa Rose officially opens March 9. Presented by Bailiwick Chicago, the production began previews March 6.
THE FORCE OF FORGIVENESS What's too ugly or scary to process, let alone to confront, in real life is grist for the mill of theater, such as how a gun appears and death comes out of nowhere. …
'In love as in politics, one partner must rule. One of them must be the hammer, the other the anvil.' Venus in Fur, Chicago native playwright David Ives' 'smart, sexy, sinister comedy' Vogue…
By Suzanne Karr Schmidt As a relatively recent Midwesterner, I associate Chicago with outdoor festivals, pop-up art shows and street theater. And while the Berghoff's Oktoberfest and the Chr…
There might be something worth salvaging here if Playwright Aaron Sawyer is willing to hand his script over to an editor and then a director with a fresh set of eyes. But as produced here, i…
Here were your theater-going options at Chicago's major theaters on Saturday, Feb. 15: At the Goodman Theatre, you could have seen either "Luna Gale" by Rebecca Gilman in the Albert space or…
It will always be "an odd opera out" among the late Mozart masterpieces that precede and surround it, but "La clemenza di Tito" (The Clemency of Titus) is also much more than a checklist tit…
STEPS THAT SOAR Produced by Moya Doherty, the dynamo behind Riverdance, director John McColgan's well-crafted spinoff just launched its U.S. premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre before con…
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RECOMMENDED Melissa Thodos and company have had several fruitful collaborations over the years, most recently with celebrated Broadway director Ann Reinking. Their winter concert reprises th…
The Chicago premiere of the historical musical drama Dessa Rose begins performances March 6. Presented by Bailiwick Chicago, the production will officially open March 9.
Jazz, sex and murder, Chicago has it all, but here's why you really need to see it this week.
Louise Pitre is daringly vulnerable in the take-charge lead role.
NOT SO INCOMPLETE The Incomplete Guide to Everything features scenes culled from more than 50 years of The Second City performances, right up to sketches that are part of the soon-to-end mai…
BAPTISM IN WORDS Seminar, Theresa Rebeck's utterly engaging one-act, is all about the wonders and terrors of writing. Both in the author's dazzling dialogue and the fascinating issues she co…
Billy Zane, star of James Cameron's international blockbuster Titanic and critically acclaimed for his portrayal of Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago, has been cast as Captain von Trapp, com…
Former Chicago improv comedian Jordan Klepper is the newest member of “The Daily Show’s” correspondent team, the Comedy Central show announced Monday. &nbs…
What elevates this opera are incredible production values, even by the Lyric's high standards. And the haunting AntonÃn Dvořák score conducted by Sir Andrew Davis completes the ul…
Asskicking Amazons attempts to be many things. Unfortunately it attempts them in generally heavy-handed fashion. Its combination of social commentary, exploitation-flick trappings and soap-o…
A touring production of "Annie" will play Chicago for two weeks in November, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday.Â
HAPPY IN THEIR SECOND HOME It's its second annual homecoming, the much-anticipated, event-filled Alvin Ailey American Theater arrives at the Auditorium Theatre, as well as to community venue…