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From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
In 'Roots in the Alley,' the latest collaboration of playwrights and CPS students, an underworld voyage teaches girls about their Guatemalan origins
Philip Dawkins' play, now in its world premiere at Raven Theatre, imagines evolving friendship of theater greats Tennessee Williams and William Inge.
We could just say the play can be called brainy, which is both its strength and its weakness.
It's time to make big plans. Here are some cool things to check out in the coming week: SCREEN SCENE The 34th Chicago Latino Film Festival takes place April 5-19 at AMC River East, 322 E. Il…
When it comes to romantic comedies, the 1990 movie "Pretty Woman" is as close as it gets to an adult fairy tale.
The 2018 installment of the annual throws the spotlight on the city's teeming dance scene, with dozens of classes, performances and special offerings.
he English play "hang," receiving its American premiere in a superbly acted Remy Bumppo production, leaves its audience hanging for a good while as the dialogue slowly oozes out bits of info…
Just as in the Julia Roberts - Richard Gere film, we are transported to a world where the fairy tale happy ending is inevitable.
NBC's live staging of the biblical musical, with John Legend in the title role, could be ideal Easter Sunday entertainment.
Like an exhilarating party, touring show plays the hits with verve and shake-your-body percussive power.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
In striving for universal truth, "A Taste of Things to Come" serves up a dish that is bland and generic.
Wendy Robie, Kate Fry bring subtlety " if not much chemistry " to the mother-daughter lead roles in dark drama from writer of "Three Billboards ..."
With only modest revisions, contemporary issues become part of stage adaptation of the 1967 film about an interracial coupleÂ
The company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2017-18, has never looked better, delivering pinpoint precision, unflagging verve.
Superbly prepared by Duain Wolfe these 114 singers brought a suitably nuanced and restrained approach to this masterwork.
Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz presents an updated version of his one-man show, designed "for a thinking audience."
Goodman's Ibsen adaptation skewers both the money-obsessed myopia of the Right and the practical indifference and grandiose extremism of the Left.
In all, ten full productions as well as three New Stages developmental productions are among the offerings.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Director Robert Falls elicits powerful, authentic performances from his stellar ensemble.
Already progressive with its emphasis on sisterhood over romantic love, the show also now boasts a Kristoff of color.
Its final production turned out to "We're Gonna Be Okay," which closed on March 4.
Even though the story is set in the 1950s, it still holds relevance today, according to director Kevin Newbury.
