3,991 stories from Newcity Stage
The latest from Lyric Opera examines the consequences of national and international conflict on the lives and well-being of children.
Come for the legacy, stay for the songs.
While not quite a knockout, this Midwest premiere puts femme rage at the center of a cathartic story.
The highly anticipated citywide initiative has the potential to attract new audiences to the theater and steer regular theatergoers to new companies.
The four day festival at Links Hall looks at how we confront, arm ourselves against, appropriate and perhaps move beyond violence.
A temporary reprieve from the bleakness of February.
Memory and history entwine in this world premiere at the Goodman.
Dance and performance beat the February blues with festivals and performance that range from multidisciplinary to classical.
The hits keep coming: August Wilson's blues-tinged vision of Chicago in the twenties, a locally-set sequel-of-sorts from the playwright of "The Madres," and a rock musical from the company t…
Double standards and double helix collide in this timely history play.
Porchlight Music Theatre's production of this 2014 Tony Award winner executes efficiently and leaves its audience in stitches.
Whether you're a casual fan of the franchise or you can make a convincing case for Jar Jar Binks being a Sith Lord, this is the play you're looking for.
This WorldStage Production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater renders trauma, memory and youth in its own exquisite language.
Part of the International Puppet Festival, this "one person" show from Compagnie Non Nova disturbs as much as it delights.
Imagination contends with plot in this co-production from Adventure Stage Chicago and Rough House Theater.
Wrenched guts and broken hearts abound in this production of Suzan Lori-Parks' play.
Prolific playwright Ike Holter turns his incisive gaze toward the Chicago storefront theater scene in this meta dramedy at Steep Theatre.
Duty and autonomy collide in this earnest investigation of modern parenting.
Windy City Playhouse's revival of Michael Frayn's backstage comedy is exactly what it satirizes: a soulless execution of entertainment industry mores.
The latest from wordsmith Will Eno concerns the limitations of language.
Based on the cult horror franchise of the same name, this 2003 musical is a bloody good time.
What is broken and what can be fixed are essential and uneasy questions in this local premiere from playwright Hansol Jung.
Written more than four hundred years ago, this play about collective resolve against singular authority remains urgently contemporary.
This world premiere from Vanguard Arts Collective suggests that the best tool for fighting sexual assault is...more sexual assault.
The world is a mess. Go spend a couple of hours with the March women. You'll be glad you did.
