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Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood breathe fire into Steppenwolf's revival.
If you've been banging around the Chicago theatrosphere longer than 25 seconds, you…
Too many hot-button topics pile up in Dandelion Theatre's world premiere.
Dandelion Theatre presents the world premiere of Brynne Frauenhoffer's plaintive, often…
A daughter struggles to reconnect with her estranged activist father in Dominique Morisseau's drama.
Nina (Jazzma Pryor) and her estranged father, Kenyatta (Marc…
Inside the world of an academic game development program.
Last month, DePaul University hosted its annual game development showcase at the Richard M. and Maggie …
Lights! Costumes! Props! They're all here at the Design Museum of Chicago
A new exhibit at the Design Museum of Chicago pushes visitors through the theater's pro…
Mary Zimmerman's production sings, though the gender politics creak.
You can say this for director Mary Zimmerman's staging of Meredith Willson's multiple Tony w…
Marriott's new musical hits standard narrative notes, but the songs soar
Daniel Zaitchik's new musical (he wrote the songs and the book) is a sweet little show t…
A binary-busting love story weds a 16th-century romance and the music of the Go-Go's.
When the Go-Go's debuted the irresistibly catchy titular song in 1984, MTV …
Steve Scott's bare-bones production is storefront Shakespeare at its best.
William Shakespeare's 1606 tragedy is often regarded as the Mount Everest of English d…
"Many of these veterans feel alone, and to have strangers reach out and thank them is powerful."
A sewing machine whirrs and an iron pumps out steam. A small ban…
Felines are the toughest stand-up audience in town.
It's pretty hard to impress a cat. They are notoriously apathetic and play by their own rules.…
Folks Operetta revives a lost hit from pre-World War II Berlin.
This operetta by composer Paul Abrahám and librettists Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda, a…
Pride Films and Plays' new musical gleefully skewers the modern gay-dating scene.
Looking for a good time? One night of fun that you will likely soon forget?…
An architecture critic and a housing reporter visit a new exhibition in Milwaukee.
Eviction has become a prominent topic of academic research, public debate, jou…
The beauty of the sometimes less-visible modern family
When queer people choose to start a family, major life decisions like where to live and attend school req…
From allosexual to zaza and zir, terms you won't find in your Funk & Wagnalls
Allosexual Used within the asexual community to mean someone who is not asexua…
Your guide to some of the biggest LGBTQ events this weekend
From Bronzeville to Boystown and
beyond, here are some of the events closing out this anniversary P…
Theater on the Lake kicks off its season with a free three-day seminar for the Chicago theater community.
As this cold, wet June wore on and no schedule had been…
In the title role, Will Lidke is a nova of charisma.
It hasn't always been blindingly obvious that Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a riff on Plato's "Symposium." Bu…
But the dance sequences undermine the attempts to address serious issues.
The house music scene that dominated Chicago in the 80s comes alive again at the Chopin…
The gears keep spinning, but we never get anywhere.
I suppose it would be difficult not to make a mechanical engine the central metaphor of any play about Ada By…
Selina Fillinger's drama gets in some good shots in at quick-fix concepts of closure, healing, and even justice.
The 2016 Brock Turner rape trial, which ended wi…
Unlimited eggs, mimosas, and drag performances for the whole family
Yesterday two kids, brothers who both look younger than ten, were at Pokémon Go Fest. Today …
