125 stories by "Mary Wisniewski"
Playwright and actor Ashley Robinson was performing in Wicked when he saw Brokeback Mountain the film. Now he's written a play adaptation.
The musical version of the classic novel makes its world debut at City Lit Theater, a comedy-adventure-romance mixed with dueling and song.
Elizabeth Auman discusses TimeLine Theatre Company's new home, built for performance, and the journey that led them there.
In Wilson's 1982 play, the playwright imagined a recording session for prolific early-blues recording artist Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and her band in Chicago in 1927.
The West Side native and interdisciplinary artist is taking on a new challenge"acting and singing in his own production that draws from gospel hymns, blues, funk and poetry.
Gary Houston and Shelby Marie Edwards star as two leads who develop an improbable intellectual chemistry in this play by Kurt McGinnis Brown.
David Byrne and Mala Goankar's show explores the science of perception, taking audience members through experiments involving sight, vision and taste, while telling a story of a life from it…
John Reeger's witty new play set during the golden age of television follows a variety-show performer forced to choose between career success and political conscience.
The production moved its planned spring run to Chicago after Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center. It's a tonic in a troubled time.
David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar's immersive theater project combines neuroscience experiments, art and storytelling.
A noisy start and a murky finish are among the choices that obscure "Miss Julie"'s timely relevance for a divided America.
The lead character in this U.S. premiere at Chicago Shakes is not the playwright, but his wife, Agnes. The play is about her union with the Bard and the family they create, as well as Will's…
Conor McPherson's adaptation of August Strindberg's play conveys something true about human relationships"that love and hate are both forms of intimacy, and often intertwined.
"Confederates" has powerful themes and performances that anchor a drama but struggles to unify its dual narratives.
Anna Ouyang Moench's father-daughter drama unfolds through birdwatching and climate anxiety.
This is the North American premiere of David McVicar's production of the opera, inspired by the Pier Paolo Pasolini film "Salò" and set in a grey world reminiscent of fascist Italy under …
Robert Falls may have stepped down as artistic director at the Goodman Theatre three years ago, but suddenly he's everywhere on the Chicago theater scene. He directed a critically acclaimed …
"Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns" is a happy combination of witty dialogue, lovely Victorian costumes and four-part harmony Christmas caroling, with a touch of Gilbert & Sulliva…
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.
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…
