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...

A design rendering of TimeLine Theatre’s new theater building, to be located at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. (HGA)

TimeLine Theatre announces first season in its new home

By Chris Jones

March 5, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

The four shows for the 2026-27 season open with a world premiere based on the...

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller outside the then-PrivateBank Theatre on Monroe Street in the Loop on Dec 8, 2015. He announced that "Hamilton" would come there for its first production outside of New York. The PrivateBank Theatre is now the CIBC Theatre, where "Hamilton" has returned for spring 2026. (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)

Jeffrey Seller on how ‘Hamilton’ is now an antidote — and why he walked away from Washington

By Chris Jones

March 6, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Producer Jeffrey Seller said the decision to pull out of a planned engagement at the...

Co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis at Steppenwolf Theatre's campus on Halsted Street in Oct. 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Steppenwolf Theatre’s 2026-27 season will have several world premieres

By Chris Jones

March 4, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Coming next on Halsted Street: New work from Adam Rapp and Stephanie Alison Walker, both...

Lenin Izquierdo and Jalbelly Guzmán in "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" at the Goodman's Owen Theatre. (Jay Towns)

Review: ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ is about a nerdy young man with an open heart

By Chris Jones

March 3, 2026 at 12:12 p.m.

This world-premiere adaptation of the novel by Junot Díaz stars Lenin Izquierdo of Humboldt Park...

"The Sleeping Beauty" with Joffrey Ballet dancer Gayeon Jung. (Carolyn McCabe)

Joffrey Ballet’s next season includes ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘Liliom’ and a love letter to Chicago

By Lauren Warnecke

March 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

“Liliom” choreographer John Neumeier adapts the same play that inspired Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” The...

Mia (Kristin E. Ellis) and Miss Candice (Leslie Ann Sheppard) in Shattered Globe Theatre's "Morning, Noon, and Night" at Theater Wit. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: ‘Morning, Noon, and Night’ taps into anxieties born of the COVID era

By Chris Jones

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

Kirsten Greenidge's domestic comedy centers on a family during the pandemic who is visited by...

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville, talks with the cast of David Byrne’s “Theater of the Mind,” which opens March 11 at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. (Boris Martin)

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’

By Myrna Petlicki

March 2, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne's 'Theater of the Mind'...

Actor Nick Offerman prepares to throw the ceremonial first pitch before the Chicago Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Aug. 17, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Nick Offerman will star in Goodman Theatre show; Teri Hatcher coming to Chicago Shakespeare

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Nick Offerman will star in the musical "Iceboy!" at the Goodman. Separately, Teri Hatcher will...

The cast of "The Shape of the Bones" by The New Theatre Project at Theater Wit. (George Hudson)

Review: Devastating ‘Shape of the Bones’ has us in its grip from the first moment

By Chris Jones

March 2, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

New Theatre Project is staging the first U.S. production of Spencer Huffman's play about a...

"Touch & Agree" by Juel D. Lane, part of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Winter Series at the Harris Theater. (Michelle Reid)

Review: Hubbard Street Dance brings joy and healing in Winter Series at the Harris

By Lauren Warnecke

February 27, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

The company's first performance of choreographer Juel D. Lane's “Touch & Agree" joins two other...