90 stories by "Emily McClanathan"
After spending a boozy hour in Cindy Lou Who's trailer, you'll never again see the classic Dr. Seuss tale the same.
In Jen Silverman's 2018 play, Witch, the devil goes down to a quiet English village and finds a lot more than he bargained for, including a supposed witch who is surprisingly resistant to se…
The four sisters in Teatro Vista's ¡Bernarda! often complain about the heat, but the stifling Spanish summer is no match for the passions roiling under their mother's roof. This stylish, …
There's another member of the household that none of them can see. Clara has never left the house since her suicide 13 years ago.
These young actors give some winning performances despite the wobbly character development in the script.
As I emerged from Redtwist's black box theater, I knew I'd be thinking about this one for a while.
The new musical stars James Monroe Iglehart as the famed musician, and begins its pre-Broadway performances this month.
"Baked!" is a sweet, funny, coming-of-age show about a bright-eyed valedictorian who finds herself short of tuition for Harvard.
While this offbeat world-building is entertaining, I was left uncertain of why "Cat's Cradle" is being revived in 2023.
This is very much the story of one family and its experience of coming to America in search of a better life.
In the second half, this show about soul music, food and memories takes a personal turn.
Jacqueline Williams is Calpurnia in the national tour of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and the Evanston native still considers this story to be as important as ever.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's music and the story of her cherished relationship with Marie Knight are revived for a new generation at Northlight Theatre.
This is a show about never giving up. Sure, it's geared toward kids, but not exclusively so.
While changing little of the text, director Peter G. Andersen transforms several of the key relationships, shaking up the power dynamics and exploring complex layers in a play written more t…
Despite my quibbles with the production, this bite-sized "Beauty and the Beast" is a good candidate to help youngsters catch the theater bug.
The nostalgic workplace comedy captures the absurdities of working at a Midwestern discount department store chain.
Matthew C. Yee's Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon challenges Asian Americans stereotypes.
If you missed the first Chicago run of "Hadestown" last year, June marks your chance to catch this tale of Greek gods and star-crossed lovers.
While Shaw fans likely will appreciate this world premiere, it doesn't make much of a case for broader audience appeal.
This play is part whodunit and part psychological thriller, with a dash of philosophical discourse.
Music plays an important role in Endesha Ida Mae Holland's autobiographical play.
After several years of working to relocate from Lincoln Square to North Lawndale, Theatre Y finally has a new home a block south of the Pink Line's Central Park stop.
In the small storefront A Red Orchid calls home, the violence of "Is God Is" is always in your face and content warnings are plentiful.
The Book of Mormon is back in Chicago, slightly rewritten since it last played here in 2018 but still the same wildly irreverent take on that most quintessential of homegrown white American …
