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A simple, elegant Shakespeare adaptation
Though advertised as an adaption of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale by Evan Jackson (who also directs), this pro…
It's a moving depiction of crippling homelessness and how solutions feel completely out of reach.
The world premiere of this Northlight Theatre-
commissioned wor…
"Am I the only Latinx sharing stories right now? Where are the rest of us?"
After the rush of winning the 2013 Moth GrandSlam storytelling competition faded, Li…
Midnight Circus and Aloft Circus Arts have created their own intimate version of the big top in the city's lofts and churches.
"We used to have a rhino on Ringl…
Dutch Masters and The Undeniable Sound of Right Now ask how much has really changed in politics and music.
Jackalope and Raven Theatres are firing up the waybac…
"If you're doing something associated with puppetry in Chicago, you have to think about Blair."
If anybody knows puppets"like really knows puppets"it's Blair Th…
Kerry Reid's top picks for spring theater
Three new shows this season celebrate defiance and derring-do, from the poetic grit of Saul Bellow to the feminist sas…
It's been a rehearsal room, a performance venue, a puppetry workshop, and a space for experiments of all kinds.
Links Hall was originally Link's Hall, named for…
La Guiablesse was imagined by and starring a white woman who choreographed the piece for her city's most talented black dancers.
On a steamy summer evening in 1…
Sarah Ruhl's contemporary farce crosses the line from self-awareness to self-parody.
Playwright Sarah Ruhl is on the record as not loving the words "quirky" or "…
Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer winner should be required viewing.
When people talk about "Trump's America," they mean two things at once. In general, the phrase is simp…
Court Theatre's production is one of the highlights of the season.
"I found god in myself and I loved her fiercely." African-American feminist poet and playwrigh…
More than 5,000 tattoo enthusiasts and artists from the U.S., Asia, Europe, and South America gathered in Rosemont.
Tattoos, because of what they stand for, are…
Soon it'll be warm enough to want to spend time outside again.
When you read this, I have no idea what the weather will be like. Maybe it'll be snowing.…
A poet uses fashion like an open mike.
"I always think of this coat and vest combination as being almost 'ninja' in feeling," says Jenene Ravesloot, who was pho…
Could a design contest help replenish Chicago's affordable housing stock?
Those iconic, boxy beauties known as Chicago bungalows were the starter homes for a ge…
Karim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.
At the beginning of this discursive one-man show, a Silk Road Rising/Stage Left coprodu…
Take an illustrated journey through the Reader's online comments.
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"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."
Based on S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary of the same name, this 2012 Broadway musical focuses on an …
Against a background of Springsteen songs, they realize that baby, they were born to run.
It's time to induct Bruce Springsteen into the Queer Icon Hall of Fame.…
Theo Ubique's production is a sweet, sweet piece of Iowa cheese.
Hermetically sealed inside the idyllic heartland like a Kraft Single, The Bridges of Madison Cou…
It's escapism you can feel good about.
In Thomas Nashe's novel The Unfortunate Traveller, the young servant-soldier Jack Wilton swashbuckles his way through the …
But the performances in this touring production are fresh and assured.
This 2016 musical based on Chazz Palminteri's 1989 solo show (which itself became a Robert…
Farm-to-table isn't just for restaurants anymore.
Field & florist, which opened in 2017 in a charming basement in Wicker Park on Division just east of Damen,…
The music's fabulous, but the story's thin.
Jackie Taylor, the founder and leading light of the Black Ensemble Theatre, has spent her career penning and producin…
