4,000 stories from Newcity Stage
Brown Paper Box Co.'s production of Stephen Karam's teen drama struggles to reach its potential.
This Norwegian moral drama at Strawdog Theatre Company finds two prodigals returning home from America. Getting Ibsen's play to cross the gulf of time and space to Chicago, however, proves a…
Steppenwolf's Chicago premiere of Clare Barron's play doesn't so much tread water as sink to the bottom of the shallow end.
The Comrades pit historical accuracy against the possibilities of progress in this Chicago premiere from Jessica Dickey.
It's all these quite big concepts of philosophy and intersectionality and identity, but it's also fun and lighthearted as well.
In producing this Howard Barker play, Red Tape raises some red flags.
Sondheim's biggest flop looks even worse in 2018 than it did in 1981.
Marriott Theatre's production of "Ragtime" is a stunning spectacle grounded in social realities.
Despite claims to the contrary, Raven Theatre's latest feels like a product of simpler times.
In the shadow of nuclear armament, this behind-the-scenes political comedy lacks exactly what its leads are at risk of destroying: life itself.
The moral of House Theatre's trigger-happy retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" gets lost in the fray.
Pride Films and Plays WWII-set musical has all the aesthetic hallmarks of its time period with the noteworthy exception of its subject: the gay men who served.
A profile on actor and arts activist Tony Santiago, program manager of Chicago Arts Access and co-founder of The Chicago Theater Accountability Coalition.
Four premieres and a newly reimagined classic set the stage for an exciting month of theater.
"I really believe in the honesty of being on stage"the word 'being' being key. If there's a character to imbue that it is at the very heart of the performer as opposed to something placed on…
It's a big month for ballet with Balanchine, Baryshnikov, and ABT gracing Chicago stages.
The humor in First Folio Theatre's "Women In Jeopardy" sadly comes at the expense of its characters' dignity.
Will Davis' continues his streak of queering American archetypes and narratives with this Chicago premiere by his longtime friend Basil Kreimendahl.
This world premiere piece at MPAACT celebrates the multitudes of black women.
Steep Theatre presents the world premiere of Calamity West's haunting true-crime story about unsolved homicides in Bavaria after World War I.
Definition Theatre Company's followup to their incendiary production of "An Octoroon" is a small, sweet tale about the forces that keep families together.
"It's fun to think that a body flying through the air or colliding with another can suddenly pull in someone who's biting into a sandwich at the cafe two stories above, give them an experien…
Ann Filmer and 16th Street Theater take on one of America's most time honored professions: soldiering.
For all its performance chops, Drury Lane's production of "Joseph" is unremittingly tone-deaf.
Directed by Michael Shannon, Brett Neveu's adaptation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" presents a confounding series of escalations fueled by self-righteousness and ignorance.
