Cernan’s first original laser show in 30 years offers celestial version of Chappell Roan songs By Myrna Petlicki June 19, 2026 at 2:24 p.m. Cernan Earth and Space Center's first original laser light and music show in over 30...
Review: The immortal ‘Nunsense’ resurfaces at Drury Lane Theatre By Chris Jones June 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. This familiar show is very funny under the direction of E. Faye Butler and in...
Review: ‘Champions of Magic’ brings big, fun, family-friendly illusions to the Studebaker Theater By Chris Jones June 18, 2026 at 1:13 p.m. Audiences get witty, homemade versions of David Copperfield-style illusions — replete with Rube Goldberg-like contraptions,...
Comedian Tom Dreesen, from suburban Harvey and Sinatra’s opening act, has died at 86 By Rick Kogan June 17, 2026 at 7:59 p.m. Comedian Tom Dreesen, from south suburban Harvey, grew up poor and first found comedy when...
CIC Theater builds its way towards a new home for improv, ‘one disaster at a time’ By Ryan P. C. Trimble June 17, 2026 at 5:45 a.m. The longtime Chicago comedy theater's director, Farrell Walsh, and a partner have opened Western Bar...
Review: At Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago vampires seduce a city By Chris Jones June 16, 2026 at 3:04 p.m. Let me make an unsolicited suggestion to triple the Lookingglass Theatre box office. Instead of...
Chicago Theater Report: ‘Octet’ moves to Goodman, Idina Menzel coming to Lyric By Chris Jones June 16, 2026 at 1:40 p.m. Also this week in theater news, A Red Orchid Theatre will bring back "Birds of...
Review: In ‘Catch as Catch Can’ at Steppenwolf, a lot of the audience probably didn’t By Chris Jones June 15, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Mia Chung's play uses three actors (Gary Cole, Tim Hopper and Audrey Francis) to play...
Review: Skillfully staged ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Writers Theatre needs to find its heart By Chris Jones June 15, 2026 at 5:30 a.m. Tom Stoppard's final play caps a career of brilliant plays with a semi-autobiographical story about...
Review: ‘Two Out of Three Falls’ is a wrestling play with a welterweight plot By Emily McClanathan June 12, 2026 at 12:43 p.m. Directed by Ashley Yates, this production leans into the theatricality and rough physicality of the...