by Tina St. Angelo - February 23, 2026
The Joffrey Ballet is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The current offering is called Icons. What a gift to the audience. I don’t know if Robert Joffrey had any idea what his company has become. Icons recreate 4 different ballets from different decades over the 20th Century....
by Rachel Weinberg - February 19, 2026
When I think of Steppenwolf, I often think of family members crying, screaming at one another, or some combination of the two. So the sparring between spouses Alice and Captain Edgar in August Strindberg’s 1900 play THE DANCE OF DEATH feels right at home. In a surprisingly funny and sharp version ...
by Tina St. Angelo - February 17, 2026
What did our critic think of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora IL?...
by Rachel Weinberg - February 14, 2026
Royal Shakespeare Company’s HAMNET is a dramatic and languid stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 buzzy novel of the same name....
by Rachel Weinberg - February 13, 2026
THE OUTSIDERS presents an original and vibrant stage adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s classic 1967 novel about the conflict between Tulsa teen gangs the Greasers and the Socs (short for socialites). The musical — and particularly director Danya Taymor’s inventive and visually dynamic staging — pu...
by Tina St. Angelo - February 12, 2026
What did our critic think of ON YOUR FEET! at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, IL?...
by Rachel Weinberg - February 10, 2026
Goodman Theatre continues its centennial season with the endearing and lively romantic comedy HOLIDAY....
by Tina St. Angelo - February 07, 2026
What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL?...
by Misha Davenport - February 07, 2026
What did our critic think of DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Lazy Susan Theatre Co.?...
by Rachel Weinberg - January 29, 2026
David Adjmi’s STEREOPHONIC pulls back the curtain on making a rock album — with all of the minute details, inane band member conversations, and painstaking, spirited artistic conversations that come with it. It centers on an unnamed Fleetwood Mac-esque band in the late 1970s as they record (and ...
Past Shows
Artemisia Theatre presents the WeWomen Play Festival, featuring six plays by Chicagoland-based feminist playwrights over two weeks from November 4th to November 16th, 2024. Each...
Artemisia Theatre presents the WeWomen Play Festival, showcasing six plays by feminist playwrights from the Chicagoland area. Among these is Lani Montreal's Anak ni Tapia:...
Artemisia Theatre presents the WeWomen Play Festival, featuring new works by six feminist playwrights from the Chicagoland area running from November 4th to November 16th,...
The Gizzard of Brownsville is one of six powerful plays featured in the WeWomen Play Festival at Artemisia Theatre, highlighting the work of Chicagoland-based feminist...
Artemisia Theatre presents the WeWomen Play Festival featuring script readings from six Chicagoland-based feminist playwrights, including Leah Barsanti's Succulents: The Art of Adulting or...Reasons I...
Artemisia Theatre presents the WeWomen Play Festival, celebrating the works of six feminist playwrights from the Chicagoland area. Among the highlighted plays is Prodigy: A...
Overworked single mother Sherri and her rebellious teenaged daughter Annette have been an unbreakable mother-daughter duo since childhood, but suddenly Annette's rebelling and Sherri's terrified....
CHICAGO, IL. Pick your next theatrical adventure at Artemisia Fall Festival 2017, featuring six groundbreaking new plays with dynamic female characters seeking full production. Don’t...
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