1,543 stories by "Mary"
If you feel like a little malice for the holiday season, catch the triumphantly feminist drama that coined a term prevalent in modern politics.
Selina Cadell's production of the screwball comedy delivers solid Shakespeare"clear and easy to understand without dilution.
By Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Betsy Richards. Native theatremakers have been combatting harmful representations of Native people in theatre for many years.
When the topic of artistic nudity in film and theatre arises, reactions vary widely. Some perceive it as a meaningful creative decision, while others find it jarring or out of place. At its …
The musical version of the Bard of Avon's pastoral comedy is fun, but Shakespeare is the crust of this pie, not the filling.
This "Godspell" doesn't shy away from modern politics and leans left.
Driven by the hard-hitting music of guitarist and song writer, Tom Morello, Revolution(s) debuts at Chicago's Goodman Theater.
The new dystopian play is the kind of in-your-face, challenging theater that A Red Orchid can do so well.
The university's American Music Theatre Project will debut the Chicago Musical Theater Writers Workshop, offering instruction and support in musical theater writing for local writers and com…
"The Blood Countess" reveals the story of Erzsébet Bathóry, a Hungarian countess who was tried and convicted for allegedly killing hundreds of young girls.
The top-shelf production is tightly directed and beautiful, but leaves too much space unexplored.
Goodman's new play, crammed with Chicago details, stars Jenna Fischer and Francis Guinan.
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It's hard to imagine now that a tan suit was seen as a presidential scandal.
"Ashland Avenue," the story of a Chicago television salesman, will lead off the Goodman's centennial season. The play's world premiere stars Chicago theater favorite Francis Guinan and Jenna…
Theater has always been about immersion. Actors on stage, lights shifting, the audience leaning forward"yet the limits were clear: a stage, a set, and the walls of the theater itself. Virtua…
Theater has always thrived on tension. A single pause, a shift in tone, or an unexpected twist can change the entire mood of the room. It is this delicate dance between performance and audie…
APT's new and marvelous production directed by Shana Cooper, "The Winter's Tale," shows how time and grace can heal what seems irreparable.
A terrific night of theater"full of humor, history, strong emotion and magnificent music.
When audiences settle into their seats and the curtain rises, they're transported into worlds built not just with story and performance, but with texture, music, color, and symbolism. One un…
When Gavin Dillon Lawrence was visiting his hometown of Washington, D.C. more than ten years ago, he took a photo of his oldest son as he got a haircut at a Black-owned barbershop. When Lawr…
We don't know why the U.S. State Department decided that female Ethiopian acrobats were a threat to national security.
A Walters Art Museum exhibit looks at deadly minerals used to make illuminated books.
If you have never seen "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or haven't seen it for a while, this is the one to see. And if you feel like you've seen it too many times"try again. APT's production is f…
This summer Oak Park Festival Theatre is marking its fiftieth anniversary with "Twelfth Night." Peter Andersen says that Shakespeare in the park as "American as apple pie."
