Review: There’s an ‘Enormous Crocodile’ on the Studebaker stage, and kids can throw peanuts at him
The family musical by the U.K.-based Roald Dahl Story Company is an hour-long show filled with fun and puppets.
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‘Holiday’ comes to the Goodman, directed by Robert Falls and no longer a zany comedy
The late playwright Richard Greenberg opened many of his plays in Chicago. Here's a new one, adapted from a Philip Barry play and best known from an old Katharine Hepburn...
Review: There’s quite a monster at the center of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Marriott Theatre
Along with a dragon of a plant, Marriott audiences get a highly experienced cast in a solid production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical.
Invictus Theatre postpones show as artistic director steps away
The theater company is postponing its February production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and the company's founder and artistic director is stepping away pending a third-party investigation.
Review: ‘Così fan tutte’ by Lyric Opera is all comic love games until Mozart surprises us
Here's the thing. Every so often, there is a moment of silence, a nod from conductor Enrique Mazzola and Fiordiligi or Ferrando launch into these beautiful arias.
Review: In ‘Mary Jane’ at Northlight Theatre, the mother of a sick child searches for answers
Amy Herzog's play comes from the writer's own experiences and gives a very real sense of what caring for a chronically ill child is really like, day after day.
Patti LuPone talks about her concert ‘Matters of the Heart’ at the Auditorium Theatre, and some Mamet memories
The Broadway singer and actress sings love songs by Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Sondheim and others on Saturday night.
Review: ‘Stereophonic’ is a play about a ’70s band and the price you pay for genius
In a story by David Adjmi with songs by Will Butler, we watch a band struggle to create an album over many months in a recording studio, driven by an...
‘Stereophonic’ arrives in Chicago, telling the story of a band through its songs
Now on its first national tour, David Adjmi’s play has music by Will Butler of Arcade Fire and tells the story of a band making an album in the 1970s.
Review: Everything you ever needed to know about the sex lives of puppets, plus Manual Cinema’s latest
I would have thought the title of "The Sex Lives of Puppets" was the reason for the sold-out Biograph, but this festival has been selling out performances all over town.