Crossing Over: A Review of The Crucible at Steppenwolf for Young Adults
The nuances of Arthur Miller's timeless classic feel at odds with the current cultural climate of glaring partiality.
The nuances of Arthur Miller's timeless classic feel at odds with the current cultural climate of glaring partiality.
Akvavit Theatre delivers Ibsen's "Ghosts" with a few gory twists.
Hell In A Handbag continue to improve on their signature formula of camp excess and memorable performances.
The Chicago Premiere of Oscar Winner Tarrel Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy" illuminates the internal and external conflicts of young black life.
Pranita (Jain) Nayar, executive artistic director of Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, is testing the bounds of the highly formal dance style she has worked in for over thirty years: the …
How an individual or community feels like they do belong, or want to belong, but at the same time there might be something about that belonging they don't want to participate in. You can tak…
Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts' popular musical comedy stretches thin in its second act.
A fresh take on one of Shakespeare's most socially construed works.
Some of October's offerings, from "The Choir Boy" to "Dracula."
The inaugural theater festival celebrates the work of Latinx artists from around the world with a special emphasis on local theater companies.
Dance in October, from the exploration of dance and soccer at MCA Stage to a broad swath of dance styles at Elevate Chicago Dance.
Stage Left's season opener is unnervingly plausible dystopian fiction.
Lyric Opera opens their latest season with this stunning collaboration with future resident dance company The Joffrey Ballet.
Georgette Heyer's beloved novel receives a lively adaptation at Lifeline Theatre.
...the company visibly honed in on choreography that ranges from small"an almost imperceptibly slow decent by dancer Rena Butler from standing to sitting in a chair"to massive, with the comb…
William Finn's semi-autobiographical and deeply personal musical explores the life of the mind while under siege from within.
George Orwell's best-selling dystopian novel receives an urgent adaptation at AstonRep.
The world premiere adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel revisits a mysterious double murder and the young woman at the center of the crimes.
The stage adaptation of John Buchan's novel, made famous by Alfred Hitchcock, plays south by southwest of Chicago at Glen Ellyn's McAninich Arts Center.
John Synge's mythic epic receives its first Chicago production in over a century.
Steppenwolf's season opener sends unclear signals of the road ahead while offering memorable performances from two of its most celebrated ensemble members.
This epic follows Abraham Lincoln's daily interactions and dreams leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, fluidly and superbly.