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Loy Webb's parable occasionally uses a heavy hand, but lands an emotional gut punch.
Loy Webb's new play is subtitled "A Parable," and on those terms, it succeed…
Choreographer Michelle Kranicke and architect David Sundry's latest collaboration has echoes of 1980s postmodernism for the age of social media.
Michelle Kranick…
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Prop Thtr offer directors a chance to adapt between venues.
Tara Aisha Willis and Olivia Lilley both moved into prominent posi…
Zeitgeist happens: we didn't exactly plan it this way, but nearly all the profiles and features in this special Fall Theater and Dance Issue reflect on boundaries, identity, and marginalizat…
With two major shows opening this fall, the designer's career is booming"but he's focused on making audiences connect emotionally with the world of the play.
Bac…
Deborah Zoe Laufer's existential comedy has charm, but not much staying power.
For those of us who roll eyes at the accoutrements of Big Woo, Bari in Deborah Zoe…
The Broadway hit lands for a brief but lovely touring interlude.
The Band's Visit, which cleaned up with ten Tony Awards in 2018 (including nods for David Yazbek…
A two-night series at Steppenwolf gives Muslim artists a chance to reclaim their narratives.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations estimates that between 300…
At Writers Theatre, Gary Griffin stages a rich and rewarding revival of the popular fairy-tale mash-up.
In Look, I Made a Hat, the second volume of his lyrics an…
Theatre Momentum's newest experiment blends music with an improvised one-act play.
Theatre Momentum, which under the leadership of Tony Rielage lays claim to bei…
Yippie Fest builds on the bones of Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins.
If you can remember the first Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins festival 30 years ago at the no…
Christopher Shinn's play about a potential scandal on Election Night feels muted in Intrinsic Theatre's staging.
It's not Christopher Shinn's fault that living i…
The body-positive burlesque-inspired hive of performance queens fills the Den.
It was supposed to be a one-off event in an artists' loft space. But the buzz kept…
The dancing star of this world premiere keeps the story of Black women in dance on pointe.
The story of Black women in classical dance is obscure enough that any…
Babes With Blades take a stab at Amy Tofte's feminist sci-fi thriller.
At one point in the 1999 sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, Sigourney Weaver's exasperated commun…
The Neo-Futurists host a marathon reading of the special counsel's report.
If you haven't read the (redacted) 448-page published version of the report by special…
Macbeth> gets a boozy but hilarious makeover in this exhilarating show.
The moral implications of Drunk Shakespeare, in which a performer gets deliberately p…
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 …
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…
An intellectual debate escalates into the unwinding of tightly-coiled fears.
Steven Levenson's family drama, set in the months immediately before and after the 2…
The play's the thing wherein to catch the conscience of the queen in Timothy Findley's 2001 drama "Elizabeth Rex," now in an al fresco staging with Oak Park Festival Theatre. Fitting, since …
The play's the thing wherein to catch the conscience of the queen in Timothy Findley's 2001 drama "Elizabeth Rex," now in an al fresco staging with Oak Park Festival Theatre. Fitting, since …
There is method to the mess in this Red Tape Theatre production.
The YouTube video of Pussy Riot's brief provocation"about 48 seconds"at Moscow's Cathedral of Ch…
Forget the fiery passions and howling heartbreaks of youth. If you want to stare into the real abyss of human rage, loss and despair, try figuring out how to take care of the people who rais…
Back before Tinder and OKCupid, making a suitable match " for single men in possession of a good fortune and the single women depending upon finding them " was a fraught proposition. One mig…
