"Gone with the Wind"'s Hattie McDaniel's artistry and life were complicated, much like history. That's why TimeLine's production suits them so well. We get to imagine what things were like f…
A murder trial transcript that went missing, not to be found until 2004"decades after the murder of Emmett Till. The Black Chicago teen whose unfathomable death in 1955 sparked the Civil Rig…
This is an inventive and gorgeous retelling of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights."
Brent Askari places Warhol just ahead of the revolution in Iran (then Tehran) in the 1970s to get Polaroids of the Shah's wife for a portrait commission.
Michael Gene Sullivan's new play is a lively reminder that those who came before are not just names to memorize in grade school. Their legacies, infamous or not, follow us in ways seen and u…
You will be dazzled by the shimmering costumes a la Bill Morey, the incredible talent of the ensemble and enamored by Angela Weber Miller's multifaceted set.
Now the new executive director of the League of Chicago Theatres, Ford's love of the theater shines on in a unique way.
Manual Cinema's amalgamation of puppetry, mixed between shadow and light, is the perfect homage to this beloved Victorian ghost story.
During the holiday season there are traditions all over the world. I hope that Strawdog's Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins maintains its place as a Chicago seasonal perennial. Now in its fif…
Equal parts imaginative holiday magic, Dickensian gothic style, and honest-to-goodness humanity.
Int. messy Chicago apartment, unseasonably hot end of November. Being a theater critic can be so isolating when you don't fit the story being told. Most of the time, I […] The post Mon…
The show is everything you'd imagine for a staged version of Buddy the Elf's coming-of-age story. You can practically taste the gooey gumdrop goodness from any seat in the house, even if you…
Death is an often unwelcome teacher. It descends into our lives suddenly, without warning, or takes its sweet time. No matter when it finds us, Grief is right behind Death, […] The post A …
"Measure" is one of those bizarre Shakespearean plays that resides in the space between comedy and tragedy"something that few of the Bard's works do. Yet you will find yourself mesmerized wi…
As someone whose older sisters are over a dozen years her senior, Sancocho (presented by Visión Latino Theatre Company as part of the fifth Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater …
This play is super-duper-ultra queer. And I'm here for it.
Eve L. Ewing's 2019 collection of poems deep dives into the archives of the 1919 Chicago Race Riots"the most noted moment of the country's Red Summer.
This psychological thriller lends itself wholeheartedly to the macabre.
Chicago doesn't have much in the way of immersive theater experiences like Sleep No More in NYC. So when Windy City Playhouse debuted Leslie Liautaud's Southern Gothic in 2018 it […] The p…
Never before has my Catholic upbringing been helpful in seeing theater. And yet, my mind couldn't help but wander back to catechism class during Refracted Theatre Company's inaugural product…
Many of our city's theatrical leaders agree that Chicago is at the forefront of defining the future of the American theater.
madeleine george's modern-day Greek comedy "Hurricane Diane" could not have come at a better time.
Every piece of art has a timeliness. When it is born and put into the world, it becomes part of its identity for better or worse. For Godspell, that time has come and gone. First staged in 1…
For fellow nineties nostalgia seekers, "Cruel Intentions" is one of those quintessential teen drama romps. Chock full of nineties music you will be compelled to sing along (but seriously ple…
Rarely do you get such rich storytelling in just over ninety minutes.