A pastoral comedy is just what the doctor ordered to ease our way out of our recent confinement. Chicago Shakespeare Theater obliges with its bright, energetic tale of souls fleeing death an…
The Joffrey Ballet's triumphal return to live performance is a multi-sensory delight that serves as a joyful homecoming for a crown jewel of Chicago's cultural scene.
Overall, this particular revue feels more improv-infused than I remember in past iterations, incorporating suggestions texted in by the audience rather than shouted out as in the past.
Reeb is an old-school comedy slayer who doesn't give audiences a second to rest between laughs.
The play is the story of shoemaker Wayland Early and his wife Della Rose, set in two times and two places: 1921 Mississippi and 1939 Chicago.
"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," the quirky three-part musical web series about the sad machinations of a supervillain, displayed an early example of what entertainment on the Internet coul…
For the past two decades, the Lincoln Lodge has become a gold-quality standard-bearer for the most innovative standup comedy the city has to offer.
"American Mariachi" is ninety minutes of musical joy.Â
The Seldoms new work explores how turf grass and cannabis have each been commodified, weaponized, and used as moral indicators.
More of the big theaters get back into the business of live shows in October
Moses Storm is one of the most innovative comic minds in America today, but considering his unusual upbringing, it's amazing he ever found a way to break through at all.
Lights up, curtains up! With any luck, feet will once again hit the boards of stages large and small this month.
With its carefree and sunny demeanor, "Elixir" could not be more different than Verdi's "Macbeth," which opened the season the week before.
Paula Poundstone is here to show the way, not only through her live performances, but also because she's become an expert on happiness.
Playwright Anne Washburn succinctly crafted a show that demonstrated the cyclical nature of human storytelling, theater and life itself all in the span of three hours.
Lyric has opened this season with a production that is delivered open-throttle by everyone involved.
Logan Square Improv has emerged as another key player on the local scene.
"There's a bit of nostalgia, a bit of pride, a lot of love," Kyle Abraham says of his new piece, set to the music of D'Angelo.
Fall highlights.
Last May, three days before the murder of George Floyd, the company announced that executive director David Schmitz was leaving. And then this May, artistic director Anna Shapiro, who took o…
Fall highlights.
In September for one night only.
As the closest the world's ever come to nuclear war, The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most consequential geopolitical events of the twentieth century and Brian Pastor chose to adapt a…