53 stories by "Catey Sullivan - For The Sun-Times"
"Lettie" paints an exhausting picture of just how difficult it is to stay on the straight and narrow.
Running in repertory with "Letters Home," "Ghosts of War" continues Griffin Theatre's commitment to telling the story of veterans, in their own words.
Under director Victor Malana Maog's new staging at Drury Lane Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein's lush score has never sounded more beautiful.
Performing "The Rosenkranz Mysteries," the titular magician is a mix of Khalil Gibran, Will Rogers and the Victorian-era fascination with spiritualism
Like an exhilarating party, touring show plays the hits with verve and shake-your-body percussive power.
With only modest revisions, contemporary issues become part of stage adaptation of the 1967 film about an interracial coupleÂ
Director Robert Falls elicits powerful, authentic performances from his stellar ensemble.
While it's easy to poke fun at retrogressive ridiculousness, "Taste" doesn't shy away from the malevolent aspects of the 1950s and 1960s.
In Philip Torre's brooding, ghoulish Sweeney Todd, director Fred Anzevino has a baritone worthy of the epic role.
Co-directed by Frank Maugeri and Lindsey-Noel Whiting and penned by Seth Bockley, the 75-minute production has as much pageantry as it does story.
The musical, currently playing at Black Ensemble Theater, is a regular party of a show, and a must-see for Berry fans.
In American Blues Theater's production of "Six Corners," some nagging holes in the story line are too disruptive to the plot.
Masterful staging in Aurora gives us a Sally who's easy to love and a Kit Kat Club of fading grandeur.
The ensemble cast in this dark comedy is fantastic throughout
In director Nick Bowling's beautifully rendered production, the musical is equal parts powerful storytelling and achingly gorgeous harmonies.
Women from sketch, improv and stand-up discuss their challenges at "The Future Is Female."
It's one of the funniest revues Second City has produced in the past 20 years. And it is also deeply enraging.
There are several numbers delivered with great feeling and vocal aplomb, worthy tributes to the man and his music.
Nataki Garrett's cast is remarkable, both as an airtight ensemble and in the actors' ability to breathe life into their respective characters.
When Firebrand's punk rock musical "Lizzie" opens in previews Nov. 11, it will mark the first time more than five years that a new Equity musical theater house has launched in Chicago. With …
Finding youngsters who can shred a guitar solo or nail a percussive backbeat involves criss-crossing the country and seeing hundreds of hopefuls.
In the deliciously chilling words of Nelson Algren, "Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring." It is all the more an October sort of city when October is actually looming in the im…
In the hospital room of playwright Halley Feiffer's world, a parent's pending demise is brutal, messy and an impetus for sex.
Agree or disagree with him, Brown's conversation is vital.
The show is steeped in the eerie darkness of a world lit by fire and filled with primeval gods, but falls short in terms of effective storytelling.
