4,000 stories from Newcity Stage
In an effort to bring its subject into the 21st century, this stylized adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's 1928 novel loses much of the original's austere power.
Elinor Cook's story of female friendship may not be perfect but real things rarely are.
Red Clay Dance partners deploys art and activism to build self-agency and effect positive change with residents of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
The cast shows they both have the interest and the talent to delve into the lives of these complex, confused characters and reveal the humor, horror and humanity within each of them.
Erin Kilmurray's queer feminist cabaret/variety show extravaganza, celebrating its 10th season, is a raucous, righteous balm for the weary soul.
Some of the summer dance highlights for August.
This sci-fi original is part classic murder-mystery, part probing workplace drama.Â
Part Go-Go's concert, part 17th century romance and part fantasmagorical fashion show, this local premiere is a love story we desperately need.
"In my heart of hearts, I've never left. I never will leave."
Steppenwolf's revival of Sam Shepard's classic play is only as potent as the sum of its parts.
This Tony Award winner mines its parochial material for outstanding humor, showing these small-town residents as far more open-minded than their mostly big-city counterparts.
Nary a month goes by in our fair city without a fresh plate of premieres.
This morbid tragicomedy is unable to land its punchlines.
Dave Malloy's "staged concept album" is a smorgasbord of delectable melodies, familiar stories and eerie feelings.Â
The annual event series sets the example of how a festival can evolve alongside its art form.
The local premiere of this family drama from Hansol Jung bares its soul and its teeth.
Purportedly about a boy and a nun, Tom Dudzick's play needs more of either or less of both.
The Chicago acting studio's new owners honor the past, look to the future and remain present.
All month long Chicago is serving up hot-off-the-grill premieres featuring all your favorite fixins.
Led by Mary Zimmerman, this pitch-perfect revival is the ideal accompaniment to a summer night.
This production of Shakespeare's patriarchal anxiety dream finds truth in jest.
Lauren Gunderson's 2015 play comes off as the awkward love child of Jane Austen and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
The annual free series of dance performances in neighborhood parks makes the long-awaited fair weather all the sweeter.
Sitting on the fence between camp and cautionary tale, this rock opera unveils a world of love and lust that is more finger-to-finger than face-to-face.
We greet summer with daily outdoor dance events...and a few in the comfort of AC.
