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Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
Is Chicago theater back? That was the sentiment at photographer Joe Mazza's studio. Inside, this year's Players, from theaters small and large, aired a spirit of optimism.
The largest puppet theater festival in North America returns to warm up crowds with a vast array of artistry from around the globe, including an adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Ha…
Isaiah Bailey brings power, humanity and personal truth to the North American tour of "The Phantom of the Opera."
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 …
A one-night stop in the Windy City.
Just when you thought the holidays were over, Philip Barry's classic romantic comedy comes into view.
The work of this world-class company at Studebaker Theater is required viewing.
"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…
Chicago theater mainstay E. Faye Butler has directed a joyous "Sister Act" musical that'll keep you smiling all the way back home.
Here's hoping that Thornton Wilder's quietly powerful one-acter from 1931 develops into a Chicago holiday tradition.
Blake Montgomery wins the audience over as Charles Dickens in this one-person play, where the celebrated author diverts from his 172nd annual reading of "A Christmas Carol" to throw a holida…
If you feel like a little malice for the holiday season, catch the triumphantly feminist drama that coined a term prevalent in modern politics.
The Chicago-centric version of the holiday classic, set the winter before the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, turns ten.
Manual Cinema's adaptation of Dickens' Victorian ghost story sees a reluctant Chicago aunt recreating her late husband's annual Christmas Carol puppet show for their family. We asked the tea…
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's play, set during the 1815 Christmas season at the Pemberley estate in England, addresses feminist issues of equality and agency.
The forty-eighth annual "Christmas Carol" returns to Goodman with a stellar cast that will rejuvenate your holiday spirit.
"This piece is being made in the midst of deep questions with the ensemble about where do we go from here? What do we do with the coexistence of these feelings of the desire to be seen? The …
Court Theatre's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" lacks good answers to this bothersome question.
Selina Cadell's production of the screwball comedy delivers solid Shakespeare"clear and easy to understand without dilution.
A new evening-length holiday show by South Chicago Dance Theatre founder and director Kia S. Smith is aimed at fostering a sense of audience connection.
