Manual Cinema's adaptation of Dickens' Victorian ghost story sees a reluctant Chicago aunt recreating her late husband's annual Christmas Carol puppet show for their family. We asked the tea…
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's play, set during the 1815 Christmas season at the Pemberley estate in England, addresses feminist issues of equality and agency.
The forty-eighth annual "Christmas Carol" returns to Goodman with a stellar cast that will rejuvenate your holiday spirit.
"This piece is being made in the midst of deep questions with the ensemble about where do we go from here? What do we do with the coexistence of these feelings of the desire to be seen? The …
Court Theatre's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" lacks good answers to this bothersome question.
Selina Cadell's production of the screwball comedy delivers solid Shakespeare"clear and easy to understand without dilution.
A new evening-length holiday show by South Chicago Dance Theatre founder and director Kia S. Smith is aimed at fostering a sense of audience connection.
Billed as "A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness," Friday night was not your typical night at the opera.
Your month in theatergoing might be committed to annual traditions, but here are a few cases for making time for new work, too.
The legendary Chicago theater maker, most known for his work at Goodman Theatre, directs a contemporary and understated version of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus."
The skill of the company is on full display in a stacked program of mic-drop numbers, old and new.
Keys' songs are masterful fusions of music and poetry, performed in a breakout performance by Maya Drake.
The musical version of the Bard of Avon's pastoral comedy is fun, but Shakespeare is the crust of this pie, not the filling.
Topher Payne's work is about two young gay men who must decide how far they will go to combat their oppression.
"A Devil Comes to Town" is a bold but ultimately undramatic experiment in storytelling strategy.
Invictus Theatre Company addresses the psychological ramifications of slavery in this gripping drama.
The historic 1971 discussion between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni is enhanced with song, dance and spoken word poetry.
Jaw-dropping vocals breathe life into a melodramatic cult favorite.
The talented cast works in a neo-commedia mode of performance called "The Style," delivering a fast-paced, riotous production.
The classic Elijah Moshinsky stagings of Mascagni and Leoncavallo's works follows the opera's season-opening mounting of Cherubini's "Medea."
Wade Schaaf's spinoff of "Romeo and Juliet" follows Lord and Lady Capulet, carrying on clandestine affairs of their own.
"Wabash & You" is based on DaSilva's own brief but memorable romance that began during her third stay in Chicago, beneath the shadow of the El.
From Mozart to the Marx Brothers, November is a vibrant month for Chicago theater.
The company's latest factory-set show explores the long-term effects of sexual trauma.
This "Godspell" doesn't shy away from modern politics and leans left.