The university's American Music Theatre Project will debut the Chicago Musical Theater Writers Workshop, offering instruction and support in musical theater writing for local writers and com…
Q Brothers Collective and Chicago Shakes reimagine "Julius Caesar" as a "hip-hopera," where if you want to get by, you better be superfly.
The eighth edition of the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival features work ranging "from movement-driven experimental work to deeply rooted historical dramas."
"The Blood Countess" reveals the story of Erzsébet Bathóry, a Hungarian countess who was tried and convicted for allegedly killing hundreds of young girls.
The new play at the Studebaker is based on a series of interviews between British biographer Peter Evans and Ava McGovern.
"Starting a company of all women is not just about dance. It's about sisterhood. It's about community."
Promethean Theatre Ensemble puts on a play that presents the surprisingly heroic efforts undertaken to preserve Shakespeare's greatest works.
The new work by U.K.-based playwright Cameron Raasdal-Munro tells the story of a gay sex worker who must navigate his relationship with a homophobic gangster father.
The top-shelf production is tightly directed and beautiful, but leaves too much space unexplored.
"Big White Fog," to which "A Raisin in the Sun" owes much, provides an invaluable snapshot of a community struggling with its own identity.
October offers a sweet haul of dance options.
Kimberly Dixon-Mays' contemporary play at Lifeline Theatre features a story interwoven with references from the Br'er Rabbit African American folktales.
Liam Scarlett's adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera feels timeless in the vein of Hollywood's golden era.
Drury Lane's adaptation adds a refreshing update to Frederick Knott's classic "whodunit."
Goodman's new play, crammed with Chicago details, stars Jenna Fischer and Francis Guinan.
Northlight Theatre's new production takes us back to the 1950s, when sitcom pioneer Gertrude Berg was tasked with an impossible choice.
Jared Goudsmit skillfully directs Richard Dresser's 1995 satirical take on organizational existence.
Three performances by Chicago artists this weekend grow joy and find ways through grief via the body, music, ritual and remembrance.
A magic mansion with major funding enters a city where the art form already flourishes.
American Blues Theater's new production is a bravely experimental dark comedy with a less-than-coherent plot.
The comedian reaches new creative heights with his one-man show "Grandiloquent," coming to the Athenaeum Center.
The season preview concert overlapped with Taste of Chicago, creating a sometimes amusing Ivesian auditory collision.
This season marks multiple milestones for the Joffrey Ballet: it's the company's seventieth season and also its thirtieth year since it relocated from New York to the Third Coast. With its t…
Deeply Rooted turns thirty, and Hubbard Street brings more Fosse. Now that's a fall season!
This experimental adaptation connects music, storytelling and ambiance to craft a truly immersive theatergoing experience.