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Black Ensemble Theater's celebration of the history of funk dazzles with defiant joy.
Now onstage at Black Ensemble Theater: a hard-charging, gotta-dance, groovi…
Macbeth> gets a boozy but hilarious makeover in this exhilarating show.
The moral implications of Drunk Shakespeare, in which a performer gets deliberately p…
Guillermo Calderón's meta soap opera toggles between farce and sincerity.
There is a great deal to like about Haven's Kiss by Guillermo Calderón, directed …
Which restaurant to avoid in 1857, which bar to visit in 1979, where to buy cheap carpet in 1994
The first Chicago guidebook I ever read was written by a New Yor…
Beatrice and Benedick are better apart than together in Oak Park Festival's production.
Chemistry is everything in romance. The folks at Oak Park Festival Theatr…
Wakandacon returns for its second year with programming to reimagine Black futures in fictional universes and beyond.
Wakandacon is back for its sophomore year a…
Alistair McDowall's thriller at Steep plants seeds of money, violence, sex, death . . . and Dungeons and Dragons.
A woman's search for her missing sister becomes…
The acts are up close and personal, but the magic feels real at the Chicago Magic Lounge.
You've heard of going through the looking glass? The Chicago Magic Loun…
A comedian requests a roast in lieu of a wake in Harry Wood's debut play.
In lieu of a traditional funeral service, a young comedian asks for a livestreamed, no-…
Perfect casting in the title role saves First Folio's production from a conceptual misstep.
Shakespeare's Henry V is very much a play of words not action, this d…
American Blues Theater's production finds some honesty amid the musical cliches.
Boy, oh boy, the residents of tiny Gilead, Wisconsin, need some hope. Good thing…
Midsommer Flight's free outdoor production proves to be a relevant romance.
A weekend marked by extreme heat and storms makes the cataclysm at the outset of The …
Eclipse Theatre Company can't resolve the ancient problems with Christopher Durang's early comedy.
Eclipse Theatre Company presents Christopher Durang's badly da…
Love, Chaos & Dinner offers a delicious feast of comedy, thrills, and music.
Teatro ZinZanni's Chicago premiere of Love, Chaos & Dinner is a delightfully…
Black Button Eyes gives Dave Malloy's gleefully haunting song cycle an absorbing production.
Black Button Eyes Productions presents the Chicago premiere of Dave …
Amanda Harth and Runwayaddicts have set up a space to talk about how our city does fashion differently.
"Streetwear in Chicago" evokes such names as Leaders 135…
The stakes are too low in this musical about the life span of a gay relationship.
Three versions of lovers Daniel and Greg"in their 20s, 30s, and "50s and older"…
Since losing both legs at the age of 19, Kris Lenzo has dedicated his life to athleticism,
performing, and advocating on behalf of people with disabilities.
In …
The show's real power lies in how it acknowledges the complicated intergenerational conversations between queer artists of color.
Thirty minutes after I left "Ab…
About Face Youth Theatre turns 20 with this contemporary look at LGBTQ history.
About Face Youth Theatre's company-created work explores the lives of LGBTQ young…
An adoptee seeks comfort and safety in lupine identity in Hansol Jung's latest.
Never doubt the emotional layers possible from an expertly crafted, exquisitely m…
David Cerda's latest classic makeover for Hell in a Handbag is a winner for summer camp.
David Cerda's camp parody of Mervyn LeRoy's 1956 film The Bad Seed, abou…
Thirty-four years later, the blockbuster musical still packs a potent political message with the melodrama.
Given its blockbuster history, it may be hard to reme…
Cloudgate Theatre's production is too precious and preposterous.
Atmosphere is everything in Cloudgate Theatre artistic director Kristin Idaszak's new Strange He…
Windy City Playhouse's latest immersive ambulatory production offers a penetrating analysis of class privilege.
Two college guys, unlike in privilege, in Provide…
