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The central romance feels overly familiar, but this touring production's ensemble creates a magical environment.
Your affection for Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flahe…
Remy Bumppo revisits Caryl Churchill's 1982 play with a stellar ensemble.
The decision by the New York Times editorial board to endorse both Amy Klobuchar and El…
Collaboraction celebrates its current neighborhood while focusing on social justice in this performance series.
Collaboraction is in its 23rd season, but in some…
In its 31st year, Chicago's longest-running alternative theater festival celebrates old friends and new voices.
When Rhinoceros Theater Festival (or in more comm…
National Disability Theatre member on the art of advocacy
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Atina Diffley's memoir about fighting Koch Industries becomes a compelling solo show with Saltbox Theatre Collective.
Atina Diffley grew up on a farm, but dreame…
Pegasus Theatre Chicago celebrates 33 years of fostering teen writers.
Pegasus Theatre Chicago has weathered some storms over the years. But one thing has remain…
The touring musical version of Tina Fey's 2004 film about queen bees lacks sting.
The drama and intrigue of female friendships has filled works from the sublime …
Four plays in 2019 recast history"collective and personal"with searing defiance.
To pick the most memorable moments or productions in Chicago theater any year is…
Theo Ubique's staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.
As the populist question goes, "If work's so great, how come they have to pay you to do it?" That…
The beautiful Lincoln Park Conservatory setting is just one reason to see this returning production.
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is only nominally a holi…
Steven Strafford's Crumpet is delightful, but the material feels dated.
In the season opener of Abby McEnany's new Showtime series, Work in Progress, McEnany run…
An 80-minute 'ad-rap-tation' tells Scrooge's story without missing beats.
The "ad-rap-tation" of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, created by the Q Brothers C…
Strawdog's family-friendly holiday show returns for a second year.
Hanukkah shows are hard to find, relatively speaking, but there are two running locally right …
The inaugural show from Chicago Immersive is empathetic and wise.
Immersive holiday shows in Chicago usually mean Halloween fare"haunted houses lend themselves n…
Hell in a Handbag's franchise decks the halls with campy good feelings.
Trivia time: what Golden Girls character still believes in Santa? You don't need multiple…
December performing arts aren't just about the holly jolly.
THEATER PICKS (KERRY REID) Good Grief…
A rag doll yearns for a forever friend in this new musical.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's Dolly isn't the only rag doll hoping for a forever home. In Eleanor'…
Harmony France and Christina Hall trade off the two roles in this warmhearted story based on real events.
Since Firebrand's production of Always . . . Patsy Clin…
Lee Edward Colston II's play leaves it all on the table"and the floor.
"Go back to where you started, or as far back as you can, examine all of it, travel your r…
The House Theatre's annual tradition remains one of Chicago's best seasonal offerings.
It took me nine years to get out to the House Theatre's annual nonballetic…
Steppenwolf's latest collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo has too much story, not enough song.
Steppenwolf's long association with Ladysmith Black Mambazo,…
The central characters feel like an afterthought in Barbara Gaines's contemporized version.
Setting Romeo and Juliet in a contemporary urban setting inevitably d…
Aguijón Theater's production of Nilo Cruz's drama is searing and sharp.
Nilo Cruz's plays often center on people suffering displacement and trying to find dis…
In its 108th main-stage revue, Second City tries to get a handle on our crazy times.
A year ago, Second City unveiled Algorithm Nation or the Static Quo, a grim …
