Upcoming Shows
Loosely inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime And Punishment, the play In Pursuit Of (Written by Zoé Soteres) follows Theo, a young man navigating life in an unfamiliar city...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 26, 2026
The blame game’s the thing in this world premiere play from Scooter Pietsch. FAULT is playing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater....
by Angela Lin - April 25, 2026
For many, Burt Bacharach is a household name, the soundtrack that spans from childhood to adulthood. For some, Bacharach’s name might not ring a bell, but his wide discography of songs that spans decades, mediums, collaborators, and genres is sure to have even the most musically naive audience mem...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 23, 2026
While THE GREAT GATSBY has glimpses of effective songs and character development, the musical doesn’t ultimately live up to the glitz, glamor, and legacy of its source material.
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by Emily Werner - April 20, 2026
What did our critic think of TEATRO VISTA PRODUCTIONS' BOTH AT STEPPENWOLF THEATRE at Teatro Vista Productions?...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 20, 2026
Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s world-premiere play WINDFALL is part somber, part whimsy — which is true to his unique playwriting style. It’s a poignantly topical play, yet sometimes too on the nose. I enjoyed how McCraney blends the hyperreal and the surreal in a play that asks the question: Should...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of NOEL COWARD'S PRIVATE LIVES at BrightSide Theatre?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 20, 2026
What did our critic How great to be known by one name…. Dixie Locke (Anna Louise Bramlett) says that to Elvis Presley about Marlon Brando before Elvis becomes one name. The current production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Heartbreak Hotel. This tells the story of Elvis’ rise up to the ...
by Angela Lin - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of 12 OPHELIAS (A PLAY WITH BROKEN SONGS) at The Factory Theater from Strawdog Theatre Company?...
by Emily Werner - April 14, 2026
What did our critic think of REVIEW: GOODNIGHT MOON AT CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE at Chicago Children's Theatre? The 65-minute performance is filled with music, dance, comedy, acrobatics and puppetry....
Past Shows
In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also...
Three ageless, timeless, deathless sisters in a basement in BushwickOne of them falls in loveAnother falls in hateThe third tries to keep the other two...
Looking Glass is a radical cut of Robert Greene and Thomas Lodge’s A Looking Glass for London and England, which was published in London in...
YPT presents a family-friendly reggae musical , based on the duppy folk stories of sunny Jamaica, and celebrating the joyous music of Bob Marley!
In the humdrum suburb of Shillyville, Ohio, a feud is escalating between the generations-old Mortadelli Family Funeral Home, led by lazy patriarch Vincenzo Mortadelli, and...
MO WILLEMS' EXCITABLE PIGEON SPARKS HOLIDAY HAVOC!CHICAGO – Building on two years of outstanding reviews, sold-out performances, and extraordinary attendance at weekday school matinees, The...
The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago inaugurates its ‘Tweens and Teens series with the Chicago Premiere of Wendy Kesselman’s vital new one-act version of The Diary...
Mary Bonnett’s world premiere play, MIA; WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? is taken from interviews and research on girls and women who have...
Audiences are invited to follow Clara and her Buttcracker on a wild hallucinogenic trip from a boring-AF holiday party to the Land of Sweets where...
Written & Directed by Lilian Davidson McGrady.When Macy arrived at a beautiful retreat centre in the Rocky Mountains, she was expecting a relaxing marriage retreat...
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games is a Halloween-themed interactive comedy play. The premise is that Mrs. Mary Margaret OBrien, a former nun, is...
Actresses Nancy Hays and Alexa Castelvecchi star in ONCE IN A LIFETIME, recalling the iconic 1964 concert of Judy Garland and her 18-year-old daughter Liza...
Enjoy Nancy Hays and Alexa Castelvecchis performance as they lovingly recall the famed 1964 concert by the legendary mother-daughter duo of Judy Garland and an...
Actresses Nancy Hays and Alexa Castelvecchi star in ONCE IN A LIFETIME, recalling the iconic 1964 concert of Judy Garland and her 18-year-old daughter Liza...
Grace, a strong young woman fresh out of high school and fascinated by stars, planets, and distant galaxies, is stuck working in her family's toy...
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man – with...
Written by Jason Calabrese Directed by Joey Mayberry March 9th, 2019 @ 8pmUpstairs Studio$20 *A portion of the performances proceeds will go directly to the...
MONGER follows a Chicago criminal defense attorney with a secret sex life who deals with his sensitive 16-year-old son’s legal crisis on the day he...
South Asian re-imagining of Shakespeare’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, set on Venice Boulevard in present day Culver City, California – a section of the Los...
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