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Four places where relationships sunk
Let's face it, only a few of us have relationships that call for a complete stranger installing a plaque at the site where …
How do you mend a broken heart? Twitter has some answers.
Break ups suck! Do you have a break up playlist, TV show, book or any other break up ritual you practi…
American Blues Theater takes a page from the Edward Snowden story in its latest.
"You're a traitor to me." Everything about Roan @ the Gates, the magnificent sho…
Two standout performances anchor Raven's production of the Ibsen classic.
In the Chicago premiere of this Henrik Ibsen adaptation, Raven Theatre and director Lau…
It's Gershwin for the win in Drury Lane's production.
You don't have to know the classic 1951 movie musical to be disappointed by this 2015 stage version, but it…
Audrey Cefaly's story of a photographer and an agoraphobe goes far beyond Madison County.
Audrey Cefaly's new play, receiving its world premiere at 16th Street T…
Theatre Above the Law produces an Elaine May deep cut.
The Boys in the Band at Windy City Playhouse isn't the only 1960s counterculture show in town. Theatre Abo…
A Valentine's Day bar guide based on relationship status
Valentine's Day can be a complicated time of year, especially if your relationship can't be defined in t…
The action in Mart Crowley's landmark gay play surrounds the audience at Windy City Playhouse.
The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking work in American theater …
"Honor incarnate" meets a dirtbag in Puccini's opera, with tragic results.
A Letter from Butterfly Dear Chicago Reader:…
Single people can celebrate February 14, too!
When I tell people Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday, they expect me to be a hopeless romantic, or to say some…
A journalist turns her breakup into art and politics with a breakup zine.
No matter how cynical and anti-consumer culture you may be, Valentine's Day is often a …
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/7 to Sun 2/9.
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Bertie Wooster isn't the dimmest bulb onstage in First Folio's Wodehouse romp.
If your patience with upper-class twits being bailed out by their underlings is th…
An exhibit accompanying Theatre Y's latest production puts motherhood front and center.
In Theatre Y's most recent production of Juliet"the company's third time …
Marin Alsop takes on a newly created role at the music festival.
Marin Alsop is stepping into the newly created position of chief conductor and curator at the Ra…
David Cromer's production for Steppenwolf taps into our current conspiracy-theory culture.
The lobby of Steppenwolf Theatre should have been filled with the ping…
Roger Bean's jukebox musical has pleasant songs, but no point to its journey.
There is no story in Roger Bean's jukebox musical, nor are there any characters, on…
Broken Nose examines the high-stakes world of global finance.
You'd think by now we'd need no more convincing: bankers are crooks, the financial system is a top-…
A self-defense class reveals hidden vulnerabilities in Liliana Padilla's world premiere.
Last summer, Selina Fillinger's drama Something Clean asked us to consid…
Steven Dietz's family drama doesn't give us enough reasons to care.
Steven Dietz's family drama lacks high stakes.
Nothing is as it seems to be in How a Boy Fall…
An "empathy coach"' tries to fix a toxic workplace in A Red Orchid's latest.
Jess McLeod directs the Chicago premiere of Do You Feel Anger?, Mara Nelson-Greenber…
Underscore Theatre Company survives in a challenging landscape for new-works festivals.
New musicals are inherently fragile. Festivals devoted to them, exponenti…
The Duke Ellington revue is pure fire and joy.
I'm no fan of imperatives, but on occasion one simply must make an exception. To wit: Stop reading this.…
The Evanston native's new book of poetry explores love, loss, and pain.
In the world of Elaine Kahn's poetry, the truth is never stable. Lovers perform quotidian…
