1,044 stories by "Kerry Reid"
This year's lineup offers a smorgasbord of online options; plus honoring Felicia P. Fields and remembering Edward S. Weil Jr. and Sally Banes
As the numbers of t…
Private equity firm ZMC acquires the comedy institution, while AICE advocates for representation.
This has been a helluva week for Second City news. On Wednesday…
But the comedy games continue online; plus Raven announces a new-play development commission.
When venerable comedy institutions in Chicago get shout-outs, Comed…
Theatre Above the Law and A Red Orchid Theatre dive into the physics and magic of being alive together.
For the past year, I've been making the same (extremely b…
Chicago writer and theater artist David Blixt uncovers a trove of previously unpublished novels by the original Lois Lane.
In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch ran a…
"We need to not only be trusted, but also championed."
In my last column, I wrote about Brian Loevner and the white paper he's created through his company, BLVE …
They're bringing kids and families together through storytelling, crafts"and a viral 80s dance video.
When the COVID-19 lockdown first hit in March, a lot of co…
Brian Loevner thinks arts organizations should consider new ways to survive"and close.
This is the first of two columns that will examine the ideas of "cultural …
Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection.
Even before the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last w…
Three plays by teen writers offer historical twists, absurdity, and some on-the-nose social commentary.
Nothing about this past year has been normal. (You're wel…
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez's workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
If you're not working retail this Chris…
Charles Dickens and Ike Holter are unlikely twin spirit guides in two online shows.
"Ring out the old year, ring in the new, ring-a-ding-ding," says Shirley MacL…
Getting back to normal isn't going to happen. And in many ways, it shouldn't.
On Monday, March 16, I walked into a theater for the last time in 2020. It was at T…
The Goodman joins the national #Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence initiative; plus a new documentary on the August Wilson Monologue Competition and an award for a dance documentarian
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A Dickens chestnut and a spoof of 1970s celebrity specials join the online holiday theater lineup.
For a lot of performing arts organizations, the holiday seaso…
A departure at PrideArts, an arrival at Second City, and the closing of the Frontier and Understudy; Kristiana Rae Colón wins a new prize.
In late June, Pride…
Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.
Since its founding in 2012, Otherworld Theatre has been a haven for theater fans wh…
Stages are dark, but Chicago theater and dance companies still keep a light on.
This unholy year is winding down (or so we're told), and as we veer between image…
The good, the bad, and the ugly of our politics are on display in two streaming shows.
The long national nightmare of the past four years may not be over, but as…
Matthew-Lee Erlbach wants to cut the creative sector in on a new deal; the Equity Jeff Awards go virtual.
When he was a kid in Rogers Park, Matthew-Lee Erlbach s…
Invictus's streaming production brings new angles to Marsha Norman's real-time drama.
Embarrassing Theater Critic Admission: I've never seen Marsha Norman's 1983…
Black women deal with loss in new digital plays by Perceptions Theatre and Black Lives Black Words.
Starting a theater company any time is tough. Starting one ri…
The Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons.
After the uproar around Bill Burr's recent SNL monologue taking whit…
Thinking about The Boys in the Band, Broadway, and Chicago
Last weekend, I watched Ryan Murphy's Netflix production of The Boys in the Band, adapted from Mart Cr…
Rastus and Hattie and Run the Beast Down bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
How do you write dramas about dystopia and alienation in the middle of a pa…
