3,911 stories from Newcity Stage
Heads roll and blood overflows at The Factory Theater this Halloween season.
More than a few surprises lurk in this ship's hold, a perfect spooky season treat from City Lit.
The world premiere of Sandra Delgado's "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" finds a woman coping with significant life changes amidst dream and trippy weed-induced sequences.
A new play based on the hit movie blurs fantasy and reality to kick off the spooky season.
It's no surprise that a show with music and lyrics by Tom Morello is finding its moment right now.
The long journey to get Cherubini's "Medea" to Lyric Opera culminates in a spectacular production and stellar performance.
Some good acting and interesting directorial choices can't save Amiri Baraka's misogynistic one-acter.
Raven Theatre's production tells us where the monsters are and runs the other way.
The new dystopian play is the kind of in-your-face, challenging theater that A Red Orchid can do so well.
Gwydion Theatre's "Death of a Salesman" may not be perfect, but it speaks loudly and clearly to our time.
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…
Q Brothers Collective and Chicago Shakes reimagine "Julius Caesar" as a "hip-hopera," where if you want to get by, you better be superfly.
The eighth edition of the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival features work ranging "from movement-driven experimental work to deeply rooted historical dramas."
"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 new play at the Studebaker is based on a series of interviews between British biographer Peter Evans and Ava McGovern.
"Starting a company of all women is not just about dance. It's about sisterhood. It's about community."
Promethean Theatre Ensemble puts on a play that presents the surprisingly heroic efforts undertaken to preserve Shakespeare's greatest works.
The new work by U.K.-based playwright Cameron Raasdal-Munro tells the story of a gay sex worker who must navigate his relationship with a homophobic gangster father.
The top-shelf production is tightly directed and beautiful, but leaves too much space unexplored.
"Big White Fog," to which "A Raisin in the Sun" owes much, provides an invaluable snapshot of a community struggling with its own identity.
October offers a sweet haul of dance options.
Kimberly Dixon-Mays' contemporary play at Lifeline Theatre features a story interwoven with references from the Br'er Rabbit African American folktales.
Liam Scarlett's adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera feels timeless in the vein of Hollywood's golden era.
Drury Lane's adaptation adds a refreshing update to Frederick Knott's classic "whodunit."
Goodman's new play, crammed with Chicago details, stars Jenna Fischer and Francis Guinan.
