3,989 stories from Newcity Stage
Recreational fencing is an apt metaphor for the kinds of relationships where friends unrelentingly challenge each other.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre are coming together to celebrate National Tap Dance Day.
Director Max Truax's production of Heiner Muller's "Medea Material" takes the text, as translated and adapted by Sarah Tolan-Mee, and uses it as the basis for the ensemble's explorations int…
Yasen Peyankov's translation and trimming of the script plays up the comedy, letting it flow from the Chekhovian checklist of dreadful character traits.
"I'm not gonna make anybody question anything. You're gonna have some dumb fun times, that's it."
"The Sound of Music" is, above all, a coming-of-age story.
Melissa Ross' "The Luckiest" is a fully compelling, emotionally potent play.
"How can we approach the choreography without assuming something about it? When we assume something, we miss what is really happening."
Two Mexican American brothers who've grown up separately in the United States are together on the run, hoping to make it across the border to Mexico and escape the unfriendly confines th…
The piece is given the category of "Southern Gothic Fable," a moniker that deserves unpacking.
Calm has essentially been a nonstop road comic since 2019.
Many teens will find catharsis and perhaps gothic glamor in the suffering of these teens.
A real minefield of a drama, focusing on how the macro issues of race, class and gender affect the micro world of workplace relationships.
Married couple Jean and Henry plan to adopt the child of an underprivileged teenager, Emma, but they rescind.
A performance series and gallery exhibition of individual artists and performance groups.
Shakespeare raised questions on agency, motivation, and how much control we truly command over our lives.
Denise is a petite and energetic stand-up comic perhaps best known for her recurring role as Quanisha on BET's "Games People Play."
A big month for new musicals
A soft sci-fi parable about whether it's possible to responsibly bring something new into the world.
A daughter holds a bundle of secrets that she feels she must keep, but which uproot her relationship with her family.
This one-act opera highlights a remarkable and largely-forgotten chapter of history: Blacks fighting in the Revolutionary War in exchange for their freedom.
May dance and performance highlights
Paramount Theatre will rock you to the core with their impressive production of "Rock of Ages."
Whether he's going big, going geeky or going weird, Higley is always looking to take his comedy to new and hilarious places.
"Moulin Rouge" is eye-popping. There are constant wows.
