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...

David Byrne in the space to be used for “Theater of the Mind," a walk-through theater experience about music and how our minds hear and perceive it, at the Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building in Chicago, Feb. 3, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

A lifetime of David Byrne’s curiosity comes together for ‘Theater of the Mind’

By Chris Jones

March 11, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

The Talking Heads frontman and Broadway performer has created a show in Chicago about music,...

Jerrold "Jerry" Nedwick (left) and Rhoda Katz were married on April 4, 1925. (Provided by Peter Garino of the Shakespeare Project)

Column: ‘Dear Rhoda’ is a love story in letters set in roaring 1920s Chicago

By Rick Kogan

March 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not a text. Not a tweet....

Rendering of the new home for Northlight Theatre at 1012 Church St. in Evanston. (Eckenhoff Saunders)

Northlight Theatre announces first season in its new Evanston home

By Doug George

March 10, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

Northlight Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season of five shows, all in a new theater...

Skyler Tipton and Orion Lay-Sleeper in "Changing Channels" at City Lit Theatre. (Steven Townshend)

Review: ‘Changing Channels’ is set in an ‘I Love Lucy’ television world until the Red Scare enters the picture

By Emily McClanathan

March 10, 2026 at 10:24 a.m.

Directed by Kevin Theis, this backstage comedic drama is set in the world of 1950s...

From left: Judge Anthony C. Kyriakopoulos, attorney Tinos Diamantatos, judge Megan Goldish and the onstage jury at the National Hellenic Museum’s "Trial of Themistocles" at Harris Theater in April 2025. (Elios Photography/The National Hellenic Museum)

Was Odysseus a criminal? A mock trial will determine his fate.

By Nina Metz

March 9, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

The National Hellenic Museum's mock trial series brings ancient history and myth to life in...

Neysha Mendoza Castro, Andrea San Miguel and Adam Poss in "Two Sisters and a Piano" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: In ‘Two Sisters and a Piano’ at Writers Theatre, siblings live under house arrest in Cuba

By Emily McClanathan

March 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes frustrating play by Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz is set in...

The marquee of the Victory Gardens Theater at the Biograph in 2006 in Chicago. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)

Victory Gardens announces new interim artistic director

By Chris Jones

March 8, 2026 at 8:43 p.m.

Victory Gardens Theater has hired Edward Torres, the former artistic director of Chicago's Teatro Vista,...

Lauren Mariasoosay, Marja Harmon and Lily Soto in the national tour of "Hamilton," now at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago. (Joan Marcus)

Review: ‘Hamilton’ tour is now telling his story for a next generation

By Chris Jones

March 6, 2026 at 11:47 a.m.

The touring musical about the founding father is back in Chicago at the CIBC Theatre,...

Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson at the curtain call for "Hamilton's" opening night at the Public Theater in 2015 in New York.

‘Hamilton’ timeline: From Miranda’s ‘joke’ to Broadway smash to a return to Chicago

By Doug George

March 5, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical about the first U.S. treasury secretary began as an oddball idea, and...

Magician Derek Hughes, here at a Tribeca Festival event in New York in 2023, has a short guest run at The Magic Parlour in Chicago. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Review: Derek Hughes has a magical touch with his audience at The Magic Parlour

By Chris Jones

March 5, 2026 at 12:58 p.m.

Time and again, when I saw his show on Sunday, the slightly off-beat Derek Hughes...