Theater

Review: David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’ will make you see your own mind anew

By Chris Jones

March 26, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

As part of an audience moving through this theater experience, you are asked to reflect...

Jonathan Berry at a rehearsal at Steppenwolf Theatre on Oct. 17, 2019. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Raven Theatre announces new producing artistic director

By Chris Jones

March 25, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

Jonathan Berry, a longtime Chicago director and former artistic producer at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company,...

Alex Grelle in "Grelley Duvall Best Actress" at the Chopin Theatre. (Sarah Elizabeth Larson)

Review: ‘Grelley Duvall Best Actress’ is a charmingly bonkers tribute to ’80s movie moments

By Chris Jones

March 24, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

This latest edition of the campy "Grelley Duvall Show" recreates moments from such films as...

Comedian Maggie Winters, center, mingles with friends while she and her family host their annual party after the South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15, 2026, in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Maggie Winters invited us to her St. Patrick’s Day party in Beverly, where her comedy was born

By Ryan P.C. Trimble

March 20, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

"Marguerite" is now available for streaming. The Tribune caught up with her at her family's...

Comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington play blinkered versions of themselves on their ongoing series "On Cinema at the Cinema." (HEI Network)

Siskel & Ebert & Tim & Gregg: The existential glory of ‘On Cinema’ comes to Thalia Hall

By Christopher Borrelli

March 19, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

Comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington have a show about film criticism and the comparisons...

Steve McDonagh as Man in Chair, Trey Plutnicki as Robert Martin and Kevin Chlapecka as George in "The Drowsy Chaperone" by Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Evanston. (Brett Beiner)

Review: Theo’s ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ has a fabulous narrator to invite us along for the ride

By Chris Jones

March 18, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

Rule No. 1 for any production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" is the presence of a...

Hershey Felder in "Rachmaninoff and the Tsar" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 2025. (Stefano DeCarli)

Writers Theatre announces 2026-27 season including the return of Hershey Felder

By Chris Jones

March 17, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

The upcoming slate in Glencoe also includes a musical adaptation of Noël Coward's "Brief Encounter"...

Noelle Oh, Reilly Oh and Sunnie Eraso in "White Rooster" by Lookingglass Theatre Company in the Water Tower Water Works. (Justin Barbin)

Review: ‘White Rooster’ at Lookingglass takes a complicated path through death and life

By Chris Jones

March 16, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Matthew C. Yee's world premiere has beautiful moments, but also so many layers that you...

Karah Son, Evan LeRoy Johnson and company in "Madama Butterfly" by Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: ‘Madama Butterfly’ by Lyric Opera transports Puccini into a virtual world – who is to say what is real?

By Chris Jones

March 15, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an...

FILE – A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts on Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Trump ally Ric Grenell stepping down as Kennedy Center president

By Steven Sloan

March 13, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the...

Natya Dance Theatre members rehearse for an upcoming performance on Feb. 21, 2026, in Oak Brook. The performing arts organization specializing in Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Like the river, Natya Dance Theatre flows through and beyond 50 years

By Lauren Warnecke

March 13, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Natya Dance Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with three performances at the Dance Center of...

"Every Brilliant Thing" on Broadway starring Daniel Radcliffe at the Hudson Theatre in New York. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: Daniel Radcliffe is the best thing yet for ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

By Chris Jones

March 12, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

This simple, warm and generous play by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe gets a lift...

Conrad Ricamora and Cole Escola in "Oh, Mary!" at the Lyceum Theatre in New York. (Emilio Madrid)

Broadway hit comedy ‘Oh, Mary!’ announces SNL alumna as new first lady

By Michael Paulson

March 12, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

A “Saturday Night Live” alumna with a long resume of film and television work will...