Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
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.
Chicago Theater Reviews
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Review: Gwydion Theatre's DRY POWDER at Greenhouse Theater Center
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: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
Oak Park Festival Theatre continues its 51st Anniversary season with Oscar Wilde’s smashing comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Review: SUFFS Musical Tour at Broadway In Chicago
All in all, Suffs musical nails the intent and the tremendous hard work of the women involved in the suffrage movement, but it mainly lacks emotion.
Review: HAMLET at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
The curtain rises on Oak Park Festival Theatre’s 51st Anniversary Season with the production of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Hamlet.
Review: REALITY DETOX: THE IMPROV EXPERIENCE at The Second City e.t.c.
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Review: THEATRE EVOLVE'S NATIVE GARDENS at The Den Theatre
Theatre Evolve brings the beauty of nature and clash of comedy in their current production of Native Gardens at the Den Theatre.
Review: ICEBOY! at Goodman Theatre
Iceboy! is an absolute riot.
Review: MEN OF SOUL at Black Ensemble Theater
Men of Soul plays like a greatest‑hits album you never want to end.
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT presented by Midsommer Flight
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
We are always telling stories, and we are always listening to them.
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Tour at Broadway In Chicago
The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve.
Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
Jeff award-winning director Nick Bowling and this cast have created a work that reminds us of why Sondheim’s music is special.
Review: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER at Sandbox Theatre Collective
What did our critic think of HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER at Sandbox Theatre Collective?
Review: DESERTED at Redtwist Theatre
What did our critic think of DESERTED at Redtwist Theatre?
Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit
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: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Untitled Vampire Play — a world premiere from Lookingglass ensemble member Kevin Douglas — is a fun, wacky romp.
Review: CATCH AS CATCH CAN at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
I left Catch as Catch Can at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Sunday night wondering exactly what I had just seen, and what, if anything, I was meant to take from it.
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt follows multiple generations of an Austrian Jewish family from prosperity to despair — spanning over 50 years from 1899 to 1955.
Review: TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS at The Factory Theater
What did our critic think of TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS at The Factory Theater?
Review: THE PRODUCERS at BrightSide Theatre
What did our critic think of THE PRODUCERS at BrightSide Theatre?
Review: SMILEY at Open Space Arts
We might not know if our relationships will have a happy ending, but we can guarantee a happy beginning.
Review: ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS: THE COCAINE PLAY at Jackalope Theatre
What did our critic think of ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS: THE COCAINE PLAY at Jackalope Theatre?
Review: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Rugged masculinity meets forbidden queer romance in Brokeback Mountain.
Review: DAMN YANKEES at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
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.
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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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Jerker, or The Helping Hand Open Space Arts (10/29-11/08) |
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(X)tra: An Anniversary Cabaret (X) Collective (10/22-10/22) |
