Burt Bacharach revue headed to Apollo Theater in Chicago
The show will feature the famous songs of the pop composer, known for such catchy...
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Review: In ‘Modern Gentleman’ by About Face, a trans man faces the dating scene
This world premiere romantic comedy by Chicago playwright Preston Max Allen has some wicked one-liners...
Review: David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’ will make you see your own mind anew
As part of an audience moving through this theater experience, you are asked to reflect...
Column: Drinking & Writing’s new musical began with a dream about a leopard print coat
Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda are the founders of the Drinking & Writing Theater and...
A theater legacy continues in Schaumburg with Maurice Proffit and Dreamscape Theatre
Decades of the Proffit presence in the northwest suburbs continued in 2025 with the creation...
Review: ‘Miss Julie’ at Court Theatre is a thorny story of desire, here minus the desire
Chicago theater is having an August Strindberg moment, with his famous play about sex and...
Community House Revue pokes fun at ‘Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale’
The popular Community House Players’ biennial Revue is billed this year as “The Real Trophy...
Review: Remarkable ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at the Paramount makes you feel for this kid all over again
Director Jessica Fisch has a gift for making difficult musicals work, a gift very much...
Review: ‘Hamnet’ is rendered on stage by Royal Shakespeare — but haunted by a movie
To be sure, this theatrical adaptation of the beautiful Maggie O'Farrell novel has some stiff...
Review: Gwendolyn Whiteside is superb in ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ at American Blues
The artistic director of American Blues Theater used to be busy as an actress. She...
Today in History: ‘Rent’ premieres off-Broadway
On Feb. 13, 1996, the rock musical “Rent,” by Jonathan Larson, premiered off-Broadway less than...
Highland Park native Jeff Perry returns for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 50th season to co-star in The Dance of Death
Fifty years ago, Highland Park native Jeff Perry was one of a group of young...
Review: ‘Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till’ makes plain the injustice of that moment
This immersive re-creation (some members of the audience sit in the jury box) was penned...