Steppenwolf Theatre ends its 50th anniversary season with a production that reflects the company’s core identity. Ensemble member Amy Morton directs Mia Chung’s Catch as Catch Can with trademark attention […]
If you’re looking for a little baseball‑themed entertainment this summer, you could skip the Friendly Confines or Sox Park (currently its tenants are in FIRST PLACE in the AL Central?!) […]
For more than 40 years, Raven Theatre has been a cornerstone of Chicago’s intimate, actor‑driven drama. Over its long history, the company has built its reputation on revivals of modern […]
We got a reminder last weekend about just how essential Porchlight Music Theatre is. Their concert staging of Sondheim’s Follies (at the Studebaker Theater) reaffirmed the company’s willingness to tackle […]
Burt Bacharach’s music is famously hard to play and all‑too‑easy to cheapen. The show’s excellent Chicago‑based band proves the former with dazzling precision, while the production ladles on the latter […]
Around 30 years after Rent first appeared in New York, Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal brought an anniversary concert to the Athenaeum Center last Thursday night and delivered an electric […]
August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a play about music. Yes… about the blues. Yes… about the eponymous singer. And yes… about the heart‑breaking circumstances in which her recordings […]
The first truly warm evening of Chicago’s spring pulled a raucous crowd into Uptown Square. The blocks around Lawrence and Broadway were packed with hotdog and tamale carts, fans heading […]
When “off-loop” Chicago theater hits on all cylinders, it packs an artistic punch that transcends limited budgets and reminds you why this city’s small stages matter. Come Back, Little Sheba, […]
There is so much good about the Goodman Theatre’s current production of Holiday that I wish it were better. It’s an understatement to say that the play arrives with some […]
It was a cold Saturday night when Patti LuPone returned to Chicago. But LuPone brought a warm message in a revised edition of Matters of the Heart, the concert piece […]
Megan Hilty’s shows at Steppenwolf Theatre this last weekend were the kind of event that draws a crowd before the first note is played. With Tony-nominated credentials from Death Becomes […]