Zanies comedy club now offers the "Ultimate Bucket List Experience," which gives funny dreamers the chance to create a killer act while being mentored by a top comic, and perform it in a rea…
Hyland's "Seagulls" is a Chekovian philosophical reflection on self and society, but with a twenty-first-century twist, an experience that can be compared to no other.
A gorgeous presentation of a Sondheim classic.
This dance-driven melodic fable of a mysterious village in the Scottish highlands that appears once a century is pure enchantment, as the current Music Theater Works production reminds us.
Clear your first two weekends: November is front-loaded with dance from mixed-rep to immersive storytelling.
The talented cast sells every song and bawdy joke for all they're worth, and you'll have a good, silly time.
Aszure Barton, who embarks this season on a three-year stint as resident choreographer for Hubbard Street, is reviving "return to patience," a piece she created in 2015 for students at the J…
Chicago's reputation for comedy has primarily been rooted in having the best improv scene on the planet. But the city has also spawned a rich stand-up history, and the first-ever 312 Comedy …
"Household Spirits" is a ghoulishly good show, with witty one liners, relatable character development and a creepy twist ending.
The team behind "Tambo and Bones" want you to squirm. They want you to feel pain and sorrow and woe"and laugh at the same time.
Molly Shanahan and Mad Shak know that when she says "Bodies are so much more than what is visually perceived," she means not only that the vast interior world of individual experience is hid…
A taut psychological thriller that waits until the very end before releasing its tension.
Paramount Theatre's 2023-2024 BOLD Series continues with this honest piece of theater that searches for the humanity in America's founding document.
Louis Armstrong completely filled the world he lived in. He was a one-of-a-kind singer and trumpet player. But it was his life as a cultural star, whose story tracks big movements of the twe…
For "S45," Michelle Kranicke and Paige Cunningham-Caldarella invited three choreographers to join them in taking a section of Merce Cunningham's "Suite for Five" as a jumping off point for a…
Appropriate for all ages, "Lucha Teotl" grabs you from the start and makes you never want to tap out!Â
Resurrection Mary, the Iroquois Theatre fire ghosts, local lore galore. And like Halloween itself, some real chills are part of the fun.
The play is based on Juan Ramirez Jr.'s mother's experience making her way through "hot desert days, cold nights on the cement floor and holding onto hope in the social climate of the eighti…
Gwydion Theatre, a company making its local debut, has chosen its first Chicago play well and executed even better.
"We're trying to find that balance of how much of the personal, how much of the cultural and how much of the overall impact that the man had. We can't ignore his impact on music. We also can…
Ruhl's "Eurydice" combines ancient storytelling and classic characters with Nietzschean undertones of self-actualization to create a truly moving experience.
This production takes you into the world of Mary Shelley in the most visually stunning way.
"The Nacirema Society" could have been an edifying experience for viewers, as well as an entertaining one. That road hasn't been taken, and the result is a comedy whose laughs lack deeper re…
Two plays featuring seven women each and a gender-swapped Sondheim give October feminist flavor.
By the end of TimeLine Theatre's "The Lehman Trilogy" I was left wanting to learn more about this family that, for better or worse, had a big hand in shaping the course of history.