3,999 stories from Newcity Stage
"What I know for sure, is that I am walking in my calling, living in my purpose, and growing as a human being through my art."
Aura CuriAtlas blends dance and acrobatics to tell stories without words, from everyday situations to abstract flights of fancy.
Spirituality and survival are at the heart of dance and performance art this January.
This big-budget musical adaptation of the beloved film written by Tina Fey is less than fetching.
A provocative and powerful new play by Clare Barron, told with equal parts joy and seriousness.
First directed by Stephen Schwartz, this musical, based on the writings of Studs Terkel, explores the nature of work in contemporary America.
An endearing world premiere musical for kiddos and kiddos at heart.
"Theater should be an intimate experience. It's supposed to feel dirty and rough."
A devastating tug-and-pull, a love letter and a eulogy to enthallers the world over.
By the end of this melodious but ultimately vapid production you too might feel as if you've been kicked in the head.
This well-intentioned seasonal sitcom misdials.
The real mystery of this 1986 Tony Award winner is why it's being revived in 2019.
This play reveals the power of theater when pared down to its rawest, most primal elements.
The show features percussive dance backed by a five-piece jazz band.
Those hoping for a memorable production of Beckett's existential classic will have to do what his infamous protagonists have done for decades: keep waiting.
While temperatures may be dropping outside, things are heating up inside our city's many theaters.
How an intimate piece found newness in a full-fledged stage production...and back again.
Lucy Vurusic Riner's evening-length dance explored shifting moods and emotions drawn by the phases of the moon.
Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon add a new entry to the Jane Austen universe with this heartwarming holiday tale.
A new entry into the hallowed tome of Great American Plays arrives in Chicago.
Featuring Francis Guinan in his TimeLine debut, Githa Sowerby's unjustly neglected 1912 play is a bracing tonic against the notion of "the good old days."
This terrific two-hander is both a jukebox musical and a tribute to female friendship.
In showcasing black and African culture stripped of any specificity, the question posed by this production becomes: who is this really for?
December dance brings both big holiday spectacles and thought-provoking pieces in Steppenwolf's black box theater.
A contemporary and timeless vision from the premiere source for classical Greek theater.
