3,991 stories from Newcity Stage
Even the formidable leads of this Northlight Theatre production cannot rescue it from Martin McDonagh's bone-deep cynicism.
An ancient Underwood typewriter, a dress form, stacks of books and Victorian-inspired garb set the scene for intimate character development and a tinge of claustrophobia.
Shanahan and Mad Shak dancers, Kristina Fluty, Jeff Hancock and Megan Klein generate an innovative movement vocabulary that defies convention and stretches aesthetical constructs.
Court Theatre's production of this classic sixties film turned stage play has many virtues not the least of which is the young talent on display.
Theater and art in general feed on attention and die of neglect.
Intelligence minus sympathy and compassion equals arrogance in this Goodman Theatre production.
Lyric Unlimited produces this astounding limited run of Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce's new opera.
An internet meme turned first rate feminist farce gets its Chicago premiere at Theater Wit.
Some things are scarier than monsters in this production from The Cuckoo's Theater Project.
Hubbard Street Dance's 40th anniversary season and the Auditorium Theatre's "Made in Chicago" series intersect with a special program dedicated to Hubbard Street's first and only resident ch…
Death may not be the final frontier according to Neil Tobin but this solo performance is sure to get on your last nerve.
Despite being untethered from any kind of context, Theo Ubique's final production at No Exit Cafe transcends.
This Gift Theatre world premiere asks uncomfortable questions about the visibility and value of black lives.
Trevor Dawkins and The Neo-Futurists explore the highs and lows of hero worship in this vigorous world premiere.
What City Lit's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel"transported nearly one hundred years into the future"picks up in contemporaneous reference it loses in tact and taste.
Sensuality and disgust drip through the opening of "Lie Through My Skin," setting an ambivalent tone that becomes increasingly surreal as the piece unfolds.
BoHo Theatre's production of Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play makes the transition from paper to performance with excessive fuss.
Mia Chung's new play at Sideshow Theatre Company is an inventive and imaginative contrast of totalitarian nightmare and democratic indulgence.
This local premiere at First Floor Theater? is a poetic day-in-the-life of a young man searching for meaning in his family history.
About Face Theatre's latest is a heartfelt and hilarious exploration of queer history.
Lyric Opera's newest production must have made a deal with the devil because it truly has it all.
Fernandes's show, an installation and performance project in collaboration with design firm Norman Kelley and the Joffrey Ballet Academy is a quietly elegant look at the pleasure of pain in …
Playwright Kevin Douglas' followup to "Thaddeus and Slocum" at Lookingglass Theatre Company capitulates to the very audience it could be reaching in this comedy about America's heritage of r…
"Formosa" hovers between pure dance and historical exegesis, with movements that are pedestrian and formal and images that are deictic and metaphorical, …by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Tai…
Lyric Opera's new co-production of "Faust" with Portland Opera brings together designers from a wide array of backgrounds to capture the strange magic of this timeless tale.
