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Coverage and awards send a disappointing"but not unexpected"message about whose stories really matter.
Coya Paz is an associate professor of Theatre Studies in …
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 1/31 to Sun 2/2.
Will the groundhog see his shadow?…
The author of Jane: Abortion and the Underground and the Reader theater editor talk about putting reproductive justice center stage.
Journalist and playwright Pa…
Our critics suggest ten ways to fill out that slightly longer calendar this month.
Theater (Kerry Reid) Sophisticated Ladies…
MPAACT's campus drama pushes some hot buttons, but casts an ugly pall.
Playwright and MPAACT founding member Shepsu Aakhu was inspired to write this campus sexua…
Brown Paper Box Co. struggles to make sense of its parallel storylines.
Performing a show specifically written for powerhouse Idina Menzel without Idina Menzel s…
The legacy of the Museum of Science and Industry exhibition is built on cultural representation and innovation.
Little superheroes dashed out of the Black Creati…
Sean Graney's production offers a visually clever update of Agatha Christie's classic whodunit.
Sean Graney directs a revival of the most commercially successful…
Scott Weinstein's staging is far more knock-out than knockoff.
It is hard not to have low expectations for yet another revival of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's 1…
Lisa Loomer's docudrama examines the landmark abortion rights case.
In 1984, my roommate drove across two states so she could get a legal abortion. It took a wee…
Orlagh Cassidy centers this one-woman show, but the script needs more depth.
Nancy Pelosi is having her moment. From her literal clapback at President Trump to h…
Kimberly Bartosik/daela make their Chicago debut.
In 2017, when choreographer and former Merce Cunningham dancer Kimberly Bartosik began working on I Hunger for …
Jason Narducy and Brett Neveu's portrait of a 1983 teen punk band needs more edge.
The opening tune Jason Narducy penned for his autobiographically inspired musi…
Isaac Gomez's world premiere at Steep takes us over the border of trauma and truth.
If you're in the mood for some serious decolonizing after the Jeanine Cummins…
On nights when the temperature falls into single digits and icy sidewalks (clear that stuff, people!) make the public way treacherous, it's easy to find reasons to stay home.Â
But the mon…
Winter theater and dance in Chicago provides a home away from home.
On nights when the temperature falls into single digits and icy sidewalks (clear that stuff, …
Douglas Turner Ward's classic one-act kicks off their 20th season.
Derrick Sanders and Reginald Nelson arrived in Chicago in 1999 with a singular goal: to start …
The central romance feels overly familiar, but this touring production's ensemble creates a magical environment.
Your affection for Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flahe…
Her new monthly showcase at Duke of Perth creates a community for newbies and vets alike.
Gina DeLuca is a 32-year-old Chicago-based writer and live lit performe…
City Lit's docudrama captures some of the "moral muck" facing the south's first Black Congresswoman.
Clocking in at 95 minutes, City Lit's production of Voice of…
Political prisoners swallow their pride (and maybe some poison) in Rivendell's world premiere.
The gulags in Meghan Brown's world-premiere dystopian fable, The T…
Bulgarian playwright Zachary Karabashliev's ddrama shows promise, but falters.
Bulgarian playwright Zachary Karabashliev's 2008 play, about two entwined dysfunct…
A brutal homophobic assault tests the love between two women in Diana Son's drama.
To be queer and in love in a 90s play is a pitiable fate. At best, characters …
Trent James lights up Wednesdays at the Chicago Magic Lounge.
The intersection of comedy and magic has ballooned since the art form's vaudevillian heyday. Case i…
But Theatre Y's staging covers up the Romanian prison camp story with too many needless additions.
As the audience enters The Ready storefront space in Lincoln S…
