
Angela Lin
Angela Lin is a nonprofit communications professional based in Chicago. During her time at the University of Michigan where she majored in English, she served as a copy editor at the Michigan Daily and also wrote for art[seen], reviewing arts events on or near campus. After college and during COVID, she returned home to Dayton, OH, where she volunteered as an usher with Dayton Live for four seasons, working hundreds of shows, from Broadway tours to Dayton Philharmonic concerts to comedy shows to Dayton Contemporary Dance Company performances and much more.
As a longtime theatre fan, Angela is excited to explore and immerse herself in the thriving Chicago arts community after moving to the city in 2026. She works in the progressive organizing space and loves to write about politics, the arts, and especially how all art is political.
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Spring AwakeningFavorite Stories
- Interview: Will Allan & Behzad Dabu of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at TimeLine Theatre Company - It was an honor to celebrate the inauguration of TimeLine's new home by sitting down with two fabulous actors to talk about a phenomenal show.
- Review: GOING BACHARACH: THE SONGS OF AN ICON at Apollo Theater - This revue is a dazzling celebration of the true genius of Burt Bacharach, whose iconic masterpieces are given fresh life with these arrangements and orchestrations.
- Interview/Feature: KINKY BOOTS' Dancing in Heels Workshop - The Kinky Boots Dancing in Heels workshop was just fabulous all around! The room was so energetic and overflowing with queer joy, it perfectly encapsulated the power of music, art, and drag.
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Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Catalyst Ranch
July 14, 2026

Review: 52 LOVERS at Chicago Magic Lounge
July 16, 2026

Review: GOING BACHARACH: THE SONGS OF AN ICON at Apollo Theater
April 25, 2026

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
July 12, 2026

Review: Strawdog Theatre's 12 OPHELIAS (A PLAY WITH BROKEN SONGS) at The Factory Theater
April 18, 2026

Review: YO HO at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater
July 31, 2026
Babes With Blades Theatre Company opens its 2026 season with yo ho.

Review: CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC at Studebaker Theater
July 26, 2026
Champions of Magic is entertainment in its purest form for patrons of all ages and will have everyone leaving the theater bursting with youthful energy and amazement.

Review: 4 Chairs Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE at Theater Wit
July 25, 2026
Under the gripping direction of 4 Chairs Theatre founder Lauren Berman, Good People takes us into the blue-collar heart of South Boston and the residents who can’t catch a break — and those who can.

Review: THE BEST OF WOMEN OFF-COLOUR at The Second City
July 24, 2026
The Best of Women Off-Colour is a fast-paced, carefully curated show that is the perfect blend of race, culture, gender, and politics.

Review: 52 LOVERS at Chicago Magic Lounge
July 16, 2026
52 Lovers is a thoroughly entertaining, surprisingly introspective, and profoundly motivational show, complete with a dash of subtle absurdist humor, plenty of magical amazement, and all around simple fun.

Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Catalyst Ranch
July 14, 2026
Enter a freight elevator off the back alley of Randolph Street and step into the eclectic space that is the Catalyst Ranch Studio, a venue that perfectly sets the tone for JK Entertainment’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by Arlo Kiss and text by John Cameron Mitchell.

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
July 12, 2026
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre ends its 26th season with an all-time classic, bringing an impressive production of The Wizard of Oz to its stage.

Review: Gwydion Theatre's DRY POWDER at Greenhouse Theater Center
July 10, 2026
Dry Powder gives us a bleak glance at the logic and operations that run the American economy and ruin American lives in this fast-paced allegory of how money can corrupt.

Review: MEN OF SOUL at Black Ensemble Theater
June 29, 2026
Men of Soul plays like a greatest‑hits album you never want to end.

Interview: Marya Grandy of SUFFS at CIBC Theater
June 29, 2026
'What Suffs does is drive home the message that there is no action that is too small that won't make an impact.

Review: AS YOU LIKE IT presented by Midsommer Flight
June 28, 2026
There’s nothing quite like the gentle strum of a mandolin through the open breeze of a public park to make you fully appreciate both the arrival of summer and the magic of live theater.

Review: Black Button Eyes Productions' ST. NICHOLAS at City Lit Theater
June 28, 2026
We are always telling stories, and we are always listening to them.

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit
June 19, 2026
When honest artistic integrity meets conservative religious outrage, what follows is escalating frenzy, controlled chaos, and poignant reflections on what it means to produce art and tell the stories where they need to be heard — and the conflicting struggles that come with such intentions.

Review: SMILEY at Open Space Arts
June 13, 2026
We might not know if our relationships will have a happy ending, but we can guarantee a happy beginning.

Interview/Feature: KINKY BOOTS' Dancing in Heels Workshop
June 10, 2026
Kinky Boots cast members hosted a dance workshop to support Brave Space Alliance’s Dignity Suite.

Review: DAMN YANKEES at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
June 1, 2026
If you’ve ever been so invested in something — particularly sports — that it starts to dictate your mood, consume your everyday life, and affect your relationship, then you might be able to relate to Damn Yankees, now playing at the Theo’s Fred Anzevino Theatre.

Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at TimeLine Theatre
May 18, 2026
TimeLine Theatre Company is inaugurating its new theater in Uptown in an impressively dynamic production of when truth and power collide and personal convictions are put to the test.

Review: WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY at Raven Theatre
May 15, 2026
When you really stop to think about it, the late stage capitalist grind we find ourselves in (or rather, that billionaires and certain politicians have forced upon us) has created a disembodied culture marked by rampant labor, optimized efficiency, and fractured connections — and that’s a pretty

Review: SCARAMOUCHE at City Lit Theater
May 10, 2026
French aristocrats, revolutionaries, traveling comedy troupes, swordsmen — Scaramouche packs it all in this world premiere musical that doesn’t stop moving and keeps you laughing.

Interview: Will Allan & Behzad Dabu of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at TimeLine Theatre Company
May 1, 2026
Before the long-awaited inaugural production at TimeLine Theatre’s new home, BroadwayWorld sat down with TimeLine Company Members Will Allan and Behzad Dabu, who play brothers Dr.
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