The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Chicago.
Whether you leave the theater with intensified despair or renewed hope is up to you — and that’s what makes this terrifying and achingly sad story, with just the right dose of humor, hope, and humanity, a brilliant piece of art.
Premonitions Inc.
Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.
Michael R.
What did our critic think of JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts?
Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a missing person case to the stage — and the detectives are a group of three Latina teen girls in Miami, Florida.
Opening its 15th season, BrightSide Theatre in Naperville is presenting The Addams Family Musical which runs through October 18,.
Operation Mincemeat is an absolute smash.
Chopin in Winter is an imaginative work of art for those with an acquired taste of deep storytelling combined with some of the most beautiful piano compositions from the Romantic era.
Steppenwolf opens its 51st season with a blistering and captivating production of Suzan Lori-Parks’s Topdog/Underdog.
While Kowalski makes for a great showcase for two actors with charisma to spare, the play struggles in search of a direction while lacking the emotional honesty and primal intensity that Williams’s name evokes.
This farcical Off-Broadway show is sure to leave you laughing while making you simultaneously nostalgic and relieved you’re no longer in the throes of middle school.
Redtwist Theatre begins its 22nd season, entitled “State of Violence”, with the world premiere of Prayer Circle.
Play On! is a lively retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Joffrey Ballet soars in John Neumeier's LILIOM
The Trisha Brown Company shimmers in their tribute to Bob Rauschenberg.
TimeLine Theatre Company’s The Birth of the Pill takes some big swings.
Richard brings us on a deeply personal journey through trauma and belonging in finding and regaining her voice in a society built by and catered to white people.
Jekyll & Hyde is rarely produced, and Kokandy brings it to vivid life in this new, larger venue.
The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back is genuinely a unique experience at the Goodman.
What did our critic think of A WRINKLE IN TIME at Lifeline Theatre?
“What do you want?” It’s the question at the heart of Witch, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s fall production.
The actors drive the story forward with their strong acting and execution of the characters' fervor for emancipation, freedom, and equality.
Dirty Dancing: The Musical takes us back to the summer of 1963, a season of forbidden romance, deep passion, and electrifying dancing to iconic soundtracks.
Birds of North America is a touching and supremely well-acted two hander.
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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The Uncanny Attic: Chapters I-L Halloween Edition The Newport Theater (10/30-10/30) |
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Seasons—a celebration The CheckOut (11/07-11/07) |
