Gift Theatre’s ‘TEN’ festival of very short plays is another way for this company to take chances
Staged this year at A Red Orchid Theatre’s Old Town venue, "TEN25th" is the first production of the Gift’s 25th anniversary season.
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Review: ‘Changing Channels’ is set in an ‘I Love Lucy’ television world until the Red Scare enters the picture
Directed by Kevin Theis, this backstage comedic drama is set in the world of 1950s television and evokes the tone of “I Love Lucy,” until more serious Red Scare issues...
Review: In ‘Two Sisters and a Piano’ at Writers Theatre, siblings live under house arrest in Cuba
This sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes frustrating play by Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz is set in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in the 1990s.
Review: In a top-notch ‘Top Girls’ at Raven Theatre, women never have easy choices
Playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1982 feminist masterpiece from Thatcher-era Britain remains sharp-edged and all too timely.
Review: Unhappy lust and uneasy friendship in Remy Bumppo’s ‘Hedda Gabler’
Remy Bumppo's production of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, directed by Marti Lyons, foregrounds the relationship between Hedda and Thea.
‘The Outsiders’ musical arrives in Chicago, bringing a teenage Ponyboy’s world to life
The musical tries to be very elemental, director Danya Taymor says, using fire and rainstorms to tell S.E. Hinton’s story about rival Socs and Greasers.
Review: ‘Confederates’ at Redtwist Theatre asks, can trust survive racism?
Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman, Redtwist’s cast deftly manages the play’s ambitious structure, hopping between two timelines as several actors play dual roles.
Review: Otherworld Theatre’s ‘Prospera’ reaches for a sci-fi adaptation of Shakespeare
“Prospera” ends up a bit stranded as it tries to reinvent “The Tempest" on a distant planet.
Chicago’s International Puppet Theater Festival opens again, the largest in the nation
Every winter, Chicago becomes the epicenter of the puppet theater world. Here are some titles and companies not to miss.
Review: ‘Annie’ by Music Theater Works has a warm-hearted orphan and an over-the-top ending
Family is the most important thing in this longtime favorite musical by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan.