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Race, religion, finance, family, love… the show addresses all these subjects and handles them with care, tact and with hints of comedy.
Lifeline Theatre's new production of "Native Son" is brutal, powerful and relentless. Like a big, stiff drink, it hits you right in the gut, and you leave the theater reeling.
Among many impressive things about this show, chief is the way it designates when characters are speaking English and when they are speaking Farsi. It's a simple, clever premise that leads t…
It is obvious that the elements and talent are in place and that the potential is there for this to become a really killer show. Maybe by Broadway.
PARA.MAR founder and artistic director Stephanie Martinez picked the name to upend it, pushing back on broad-stroke conceptions of Latin culture.
"Black Sunday," written by Dolores DÃaz and presented by TimeLine Theatre, explores the lives of a small family struggling to live in a turbulent wasteland.
Holmes is back on the road for "The Feelin' It" tour, his first since pre-pandemic times, and is performing an entirely new hour at the Den Theatre.
City Lit is advertising its season-closing production of "Murder in the Cathedral""which is director and outgoing producer and artistic director Terry McCabe's last"as "the first full produc…
Performative intensity is a good thing, but it's not enough to carry a play. We see this clearly in "Turret," a show with too much heat and not enough light.
The needs of the many versus the actions of a few is addressed in playwright Juan José Alfonso's "An Educated Guess."
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's spring series at the Harris Theater, entitled "Of Joy," features several remounts. There will be one piece new to Chicago eyeballs: the company premiere of Joh…
Absurd black humor and poignant biographies merge to create the image of a cult that is as fun as it is comedically dysfunctional. Will you drink the Flavor-Aid? I lived to write about it, b…
"Into the Earth With You" begins in 1999 following the passing of "Grandad," a historian who raised his three granddaughters in a mountainside cabin with tough love and a firm hand.
"Panther in the Sky"Â shines a light on the debilitating effects of gun violence on families.
Under-plotted, more static than flowing, anticlimactic and sometimes over the top, "The Thanksgiving Play" is not a polished work of theater. But it is a powerful provocation, a real booby t…
With the abundantly talented Tiffany Topol as Carole King, backed by a great cast, the new production of "Beautiful" at Aurora's Paramount Theatre is irresistible.
The collection of short works promises to showcase the versatility, skill and heart of this ambitious company.
"Judgment Day," now premiering at Chicago Shakes, is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud funny play with a cast that somehow ekes comedy out of nearly every line and gesture.
Chris Herzberger has been working on the launch of the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical of "Death Becomes Her," currently underway in previews at the Cadillac Palace with a May 19 …
A poignant take on the repercussions of suicide is presented in playwright Charly Evon Simpson's "Jump."
It has been a fourteen-year dream of director Stearns for "Jersey Boys""such a popular show in its original Broadway in Chicago run that a separate multi-year Chicago company was created"to …
CRDT has a unique structure, pairing choreographers with jazz composers to develop pieces over a long period"often years"and inspired by the personal stories of the artists and their communi…
A fevered take on the summer solstice celebrations of Alexander Ekman's native Sweden, "Midsummer Night's Dream" has nothing to do with Shakespeare's comedy. It does however contain plentifu…
Veteran director Chuck Smith, our foremost August Wilson interpreter, has crafted an emotionally highly charged, exuberant, well-paced production. But even with Smith's steady hand on the he…
May starts off with a big-budget pre-Broadway show and ends with a shoestring-budget fringe festival.
