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In choreographer Maggie Vannucci's "Grit," running March 6-8 at Steppenwolf's 1700 theater, dance isn't just an art, it's an endurance sport.
Here's some advice: Go see "Titus Andronicus" at Redtwist Theatre. It's a shocking, energetic and muscular version of Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, filled with gore, excellent stage violen…
First performed in 1985, "A Lie of the Mind" is a three-act play that acts as the closing chapter for a quintet of Shepard plays that explore the breakup of the modern family.
Yoke the oxen. Hunt for buffalo. Avoid dysentery! Prepare for a Wild West adventure in "Kitty James and Destiny's Trail to Oregon," a raucous comedy based on the classic "Oregon Trail" compu…
Audiences will laugh, gasp and feel the sting of this challenging material. Although the new year has barely begun, "One Party Consent" is already a must-see highlight of the season.
March dance highlights
Brookelyn Hébert's portrayal of Henrik Ibsen's celebrated femme fatale is an old-school, eyeball-grabbing star turn, one that every theater lover will relish.
Some might be expecting to see given that Broadway in Chicago's signature genre is musicals, this is a non-singing "Clue: On Stage." For this new, believe it or not, national tour incarnatio…
Time itself is the great betrayer, revealing who and where we really are.
Gwydion Theatre's pared-down, gripping production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Greenhouse is a homecoming of sorts: oddly enough, the play premiered in 1882 in Chicago, in an auditorium…
Sadieh Rifai is a playwright to watch and this is a play worth seeing. A little trimming and shaping would make it better.
The sixtieth anniversary of the death of playwright Lorraine Hansberry is the catalyst for the first-ever Court Theatre production of "A Raisin in the Sun." The Chicago-born Hansberry was th…
Two doomed lovers trapped in an endless cycle of lust and revulsion.
Ginger Krebs makes dance-based performances that point out the absurd and discomfiting wallpaper of everyday contemporary life with humor and a charming undercurrent of awkwardness. This wee…
From what little I have seen of them, the Lazy Susan Theatre Company is an ambitious, young group that has all the talent requisite for great theater. And, for a play that was written by sev…
"Debate" is pre-scripted docudrama"an outward sketch of history, rather than an inward exploration of its implications and effects.
"Native Gardens" updates a tried-and-true formula with a cast that exudes chemistry"and that's something everyone can agree on.
Anderson's sense of humor characterizes the work of her eponymous company, which returns to Chicago with a new piece February 21-23 at Color Club. The piece, entitled "WEALTHcare: an episode…
Elliot Esquivel plays Jeff, the graveyard-shift security officer at a drab New York apartment building. He's at the center of the action in this 2001 Kenneth Lonergan play about the difficul…
A Harold Pinter work starring Helen Hunt, plus four other theater shows to see.
If you approach the play for what it is, a left-wing provocation delivered with all the nuance of a wrecking ball, it works just fine, rubbing our collective nose in the sheer monstrousness …
With a little something for young adults, a little something for a more mature audience and lots of inside jokes for Shakespeare buffs, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged]"…
Dance highlights to heat up the winter months.
The reopening of Lookingglass this winter with "Circus Quixote" is a joyful event, and comes after a lot of soul-searching.
Porchlight Music Theatre once again gives a reason for venturing into the cold Chicago winter night in this wonderfully executed production of "Fun Home."
