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Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Tour at Broadway In Chicago

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Tour at Broadway In Chicago

by Rachel Weinberg · June 25, 2026

The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve. Based on the popular 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, Rick Elice’s book and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score comprise a memory musical: The elderly Mr. Jankowski (Robert Tully) looks back o…

Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL

Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL

by Tina St. Angelo · June 25, 2026

Jeff award-winning director Nick Bowling and this cast have created a work that reminds us of why Sondheim’s music is special. The orchestra under the direction of Brad Haak fills the theater with the intricate melodies of this musical. Sally Dolembo’s costumes are gorgeous and showcase the turn…

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit

by Angela Lin · 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. Tin Dr…

Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company

Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Rachel Weinberg · June 17, 2026

Untitled Vampire Play — a world premiere from Lookingglass ensemble member Kevin Douglas — is a fun, wacky romp. The play doesn’t take itself seriously, and director Devon de Mayo’s cast has plenty of fun with vampire and human antics alike. Douglas’s script draws on all sorts of vampire l…

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · June 14, 2026

Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt follows multiple generations of an Austrian Jewish family from prosperity to despair — spanning over 50 years from 1899 to 1955. Now in its Chicago-area premiere at Writers Theatre, the late Stoppard’s final play includes a cast of 24 actors and many, many character…

Past Shows

We Could Be

Oct 16 – Oct 27, 2024

About Face Theatre presents We Could Be, an interactive new play that invites the audience into the world of two siblings exploring their identities, crushes,...

The Magnolia Ballet

The Magnolia Ballet

May 12 – Jun 11, 2022

Ezekiel is a Black teenager with a secret that threatens to destroy his already broken home. Hes haunted by the ghosts of racism, homophobia, and...

Kickback

Kickback

Dec 11 – Aug 31, 2021

KICKBACK is an online festival of original plays and performances that highlights the intersection of queerness and Blackness in all its beauty and glory. When...

Packing

Packing

Oct 31 – Dec 7, 2019

Half of discovering who you are is finding where you belong. PACKING, a solo performance from writer/performer Scott Bradley (Alien Queen, Carpenters Halloween, We Three...

RENT

May 6 – Jul 1, 2012

RENT: DOWNTOWN LA takes place in a warehouse in industrial downtown Los Angeles, where an artistic renaissance is underway in the vein of 1990s Alphabet...

THE KID THING

Sep 1 – Oct 16, 2011

Sarah Gubbins; dir: Becca Wolfe....

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The Performing Arts Center (7/18-8/02)
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