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The Windy City continues to find creative ways of bringing the performing arts directly to audiences, not so much blowing in the wind as swinging for the fences.
The actor, playwright, fight choreographer and Babes With Blades ensemble member encourages aspiring polymaths to pursue all their interests.
In our living rooms and kitchens, we're liberated from the tyranny of the mirror.
Ever the ingenious industry, Chicago theater and performance companies continue to find new and creative ways of bringing their art directly to audiences.
Give Netflix a break with videos of past performances and live streamed living room shows by Chicago artists and companies.
In the wake of a pandemic, the company's EmpowerYouth! initiative was able to quickly adapt to the limitations and opportunities of the New Normal.
The Seldoms' founding artistic director wants to get you talking more about climate change.
"The design process is like breaking down elements. What's exciting in theater is you get to do it on real people and see it in real time."
"It's good to reflect back and look at everything and see if we're at the root and purpose. Now we have a lot of time for planning and to interrogate some things."
Dreams, deception, dirt, and more this month at theater.
In the wake of COVID-19, Theater Wit brings the local premiere of Mike Lew's play directly to their audience.
"The piece is so rich that the most important thing for me to say is 'Once Upon a Time.'"
The great test facing the fearful protagonists of this rarely produced Tennessee Williams play"simply going outside"is disturbingly pertinent at this moment.
"Contemporary opera is our way to make the audience aware of contemporary problems and to open our minds to see possible solutions to those problems."
The Nigerian-based choreographer makes his U.S. debut at the Dance Center of Columbia College, considering problems from both physical and spiritual planes.
If the road to hell is truly paved with good intentions, chances are Mayor Jane Byrne, the subject of this world premiere, was part of the construction crew.
Heidi Schreck's play is nothing short of revolutionary but the true measure of its success will be how we carry the baton and keep the conversation going.
Somehow inane and tonally dissonant, the only tragedy in this play is that it doesn't end sooner.
Martin McDonagh's bedtime fable set in the grips of a totalitarian state is a familiar and oppressive nightmare.
Based on the award-winning book by local author Erika L. Sánchez, adapted by Isaac Gómez and starring ensemble member Karen Rodriguez, SYA's production finds the stars all aligned.
March is a month for big-name companies and a wealth of fresh new work.
Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, the local premiere of James Ijames play asks for only one thing: that we listen.
The regional premiere of Leslye Headland's play promises a "sexy psychological thriller" but leaves its audience waiting for take off interminably.
Lydia R. Diamond's play of privilege and all it entails returns to Chicago fresher than ever.
