288 stories by "Catey Sullivan"
This year, queer performers dismantle digital boundaries while creating their own spaces.
As Pride Month unfurls amid plague and long-overdue global upheaval, yo…
Restructuring at the top causes an exodus"again.
Friday's resignation of seven playwrights from Chicago's Tony-winning, 46-year-old Victory Gardens Theater"annou…
The company's interest in the marginalized led them to Mask-er-Aid.
Since founding Uprising Theater Company in 2014, Iymen Chehade and Maren Rosenberg have worke…
Her show at Steppenwolf is off for now, but the 'difficult' SNL vet still has plenty to say.
Two weeks ago, Saturday Night Live alum and west-side native Nora Du…
James Ijames puts the audience on trial in this TimeLine production.
Of all the inescapable truths that James Ijames bombards his audience with in Kill Move Para…
Underscore Theatre Company survives in a challenging landscape for new-works festivals.
New musicals are inherently fragile. Festivals devoted to them, exponenti…
The Duke Ellington revue is pure fire and joy.
I'm no fan of imperatives, but on occasion one simply must make an exception. To wit: Stop reading this.…
Lisa Loomer's docudrama examines the landmark abortion rights case.
In 1984, my roommate drove across two states so she could get a legal abortion. It took a wee…
Jason Narducy and Brett Neveu's portrait of a 1983 teen punk band needs more edge.
The opening tune Jason Narducy penned for his autobiographically inspired musi…
Trent James lights up Wednesdays at the Chicago Magic Lounge.
The intersection of comedy and magic has ballooned since the art form's vaudevillian heyday. Case i…
Lookingglass produces the first in J. Nicole Brooks's planned quartet of Chicago plays.
Playwright-actor-director J. Nicole Brooks wasn't yet in kindergarten whe…
Lucas Hnath's drama feels overheated but undercooked at Redtwist.
Toward the back end of Lucas Hnath's 90-minute series of overheated monologues, Todd, a nursing…
Eli Newell's self-directed holiday play at Raven asks us to suspend too much disbelief.
If there's a workable drama within the rambling, under-rehearsed confines…
A contemporary gender-flipped take on the Greek tragedy blames everyone else.
In Aaron Mark's one-man, 90-minute Another Medea, Marcus"a gay, cis male contempora…
The longtime cabaret producer turns her own children's book about a lonely rag doll into a new holiday musical.
Some artists hone their craft at college or conse…
The biography is prosaic, but this touring bio musical captures the dark harmonies of the folk-rock superstars.
Even when it's as jubilant as the pots-and-pans p…
Sugarplums, sparkle, and a stellar cast can't quite overcome a treacly script.
In commercializing Jane Austen's enduring appeal, playwrights Margot Melcon and La…
Generational and racial divides light the fuse at Writers Theatre.
In 2015, Yale University was rocked by student activists demanding change within an organizati…
Jane Martin's story of a pregnant rape victim kidnapped by antichoice extremists wallows in both-sidesism.
For decades, there has been speculation as to the iden…
Court Theatre
Under artistic director Charles Newell, Court Theatre is all over the place in the best possible way.…
Red Clay Dance
Unlike musicians, dancers never put their instruments down. That's especially true of Red Clay Dance, where the intersection of art and activism f…
Muntu Dance Theatre
Muntu's ambitions are vast, both in terms of space and time. Helmed by executive director Sekou Tepaka Lunda Conde, the 47-year-old South Sho…
Trap Door Theatre
It's not uncommon for newbies to leave Trap Door wondering what just hit them.…
Three one-acts from the fight for women's franchise provide a cutting history lesson with Artemisia.
If nothing else, this trio of one-acts that explore the uphi…
A new musical about mental illness provided its creators a chance to confront their own struggles.
Mental illness as woman: It's a trope that keeps on giving. Fr…
