3,991 stories from Newcity Stage
In the shadow of nuclear armament, this behind-the-scenes political comedy lacks exactly what its leads are at risk of destroying: life itself.
The moral of House Theatre's trigger-happy retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" gets lost in the fray.
Pride Films and Plays WWII-set musical has all the aesthetic hallmarks of its time period with the noteworthy exception of its subject: the gay men who served.
A profile on actor and arts activist Tony Santiago, program manager of Chicago Arts Access and co-founder of The Chicago Theater Accountability Coalition.
Four premieres and a newly reimagined classic set the stage for an exciting month of theater.
"I really believe in the honesty of being on stage"the word 'being' being key. If there's a character to imbue that it is at the very heart of the performer as opposed to something placed on…
It's a big month for ballet with Balanchine, Baryshnikov, and ABT gracing Chicago stages.
The humor in First Folio Theatre's "Women In Jeopardy" sadly comes at the expense of its characters' dignity.
Will Davis' continues his streak of queering American archetypes and narratives with this Chicago premiere by his longtime friend Basil Kreimendahl.
This world premiere piece at MPAACT celebrates the multitudes of black women.
Steep Theatre presents the world premiere of Calamity West's haunting true-crime story about unsolved homicides in Bavaria after World War I.
Definition Theatre Company's followup to their incendiary production of "An Octoroon" is a small, sweet tale about the forces that keep families together.
"It's fun to think that a body flying through the air or colliding with another can suddenly pull in someone who's biting into a sandwich at the cafe two stories above, give them an experien…
Ann Filmer and 16th Street Theater take on one of America's most time honored professions: soldiering.
For all its performance chops, Drury Lane's production of "Joseph" is unremittingly tone-deaf.
Directed by Michael Shannon, Brett Neveu's adaptation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" presents a confounding series of escalations fueled by self-righteousness and ignorance.
TimeLine Theatre Company's poignant drama addresses the limitations and repercussions of our culture's limited perception of gender.
This world premiere at Theater Wit explores the intersection of fandom and fanaticism.
Babes With Blades' suffragist drama presents a narrow vision of the movement.
Jackalope Theatre's world premiere of Lloyd Suh's delightful history play reminds us that our leaders are nothing if not grossly human.
This Cheryl Lynn Bruce-directed production burns hot and bright at Congo Square Theatre.
Small town yearning fills this Chicago premiere at Shattered Globe Theatre.
Stage Left Theatre's latest traces the lineage of slavery through Reconstruction and Jim Crow to broken windows policing and Black Lives Matter.
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble kicks off their reckoning-themed 2018 season with this allegorical domestic drama by former ensemble member William Francis Hoffman.
One goal of the work has been to queer the working definitions of public space, to challenge the imposition of narratives for operation within those spaces, and to interrogate the underlying…
