In Long Way Home, the theater group Q Brothers Collective creates a contemporary mix on Homer's epic The Odyssey: instead of hyper-masculine white men slaying mythical creatures or stirring …
Lyric Opera entered into a swap agreement in 2006 to cover $40 million in bonds. The fixed rate that Lyric's paying is 3.8 percent, while the variable rate it's getting in return is now 1…
If you still haven't seen two of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2017 season, or if you just want to see them again, you're in luck: "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Hello, Dolly!" are coming to Chi…
A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN OF SORTS Bold, eclectic and experimental, Lyric Opera's new production (co-produced with Portland Opera) of Gounod's Faust comes across as rather jumbled, a mishmash, a ho…
Saturday "Cyrano": BoHo Theatre presents a new adaptation of the classic French romance about a big-nosed poet who turns to the power of his pen. Through April 15 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Bel…
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, must decide the fate of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned and accused of treason in 'Schiller's Mary Stuart.'
RIDICULOUS REVENGE It's so well-intentioned that the results are doubly deplorable. Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Plantation!, a world premiere by ensemble member Kevin Douglas staged…
LITERAL LEAPS INTO THE FUTURE It's all over — but this review of record is as much a promissory note as a remembrance. Worth noting as much as seeing, Winning Works, the Joffrey Bal…
Called 'Art on theMart,' the permanent large-scale lighting installation will be a digital canvas spanning across nearly 3 acres of its river-facing façade. The project was announced S…
At the Lifeline Theatre, the soon-to-be-departing artistic director Dorothy A. Milne gave the usual little curtain speech about cellphones and emergency exits, winding up to her climax: "And…
A ROYAL CATFIGHT GETS A ROYAL PRODUCTION Coulda, woulda, shoulda: It's the greatest confrontation between rival monarchs that never happened — the 1586 face-off between the "Virgin" Qu…
Following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, student survivors wasted no time mobilizing their fight for gun control through the Never Ag…
Less than two years after revelations of abuse led to the closing of Profiles Theater Co. and the creation of the advocacy group Not in Our House, "six Chicago-based actresses report an exte…
Ike Holter has written a major, seven-play series about the strife and humanity to be found in his home city of Chicago. You may have even seen some of them. You just likely didn't have the …
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago, which recently celebrated its 21st anniversary, will welcome legendary singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson …
