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Review: JOFFREY BALLET AMERICAN ICONS at Lyric Opera Of Chicago


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....

Review: THE DANCE OF DEATH at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


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 ...

Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Paramount Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo - February 17, 2026

What did our critic think of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora IL?...

Review: HAMNET at Chicago Shakespeare Theater


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....

Review: THE OUTSIDERS First National Tour Presented by Broadway in Chicago


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...

Review: ON YOUR FEET! at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, IL


by Tina St. Angelo - February 12, 2026

What did our critic think of ON YOUR FEET! at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, IL?...

Review: HOLIDAY at Goodman Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - February 10, 2026

Goodman Theatre continues its centennial season with the endearing and lively romantic comedy HOLIDAY....

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo - February 07, 2026

What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL?...

Review: DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Lazy Susan Theatre Co.


by Misha Davenport - February 07, 2026

What did our critic think of DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Lazy Susan Theatre Co.?...

Review: STEREOPHONIC National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


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

Throbbin Wood
Throbbin Wood
Nov 15 – Dec 15, 2024

The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked Sheriff of Frottingham who'll stop at nothing to seize the throne...

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Aug 23 – Sep 22, 2024

Jeff and Hunter, two gay writers struggling to make it in New York, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions...

Urban Queer Art Show And Market
Urban Queer Art Show And Market
Jun 5 – Jun 9, 2024

Showcase of the vibrant and diverse talents within the queer community, including exhibitions by 13 LGBTQ+ visual artists, along with nightly performances by musicians and...

Sapphic Showcase
Sapphic Showcase
Apr 19 – Apr 28, 2024

 A series of 10-minute plays interspersed with standup and spoken word performers....

Hit the Wall
Hit the Wall
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2023

HIT THE WALL offers a poignant and powerful exploration of the 1969 Stonewall riots. The play's recurring phrase, "I was there," lends a sacred weight...

Gay Card
Gay Card
Aug 26 – Sep 24, 2023

The musical GAY CARD is the hilariously heartwarming story of Logan Kapler, a one-friend loser who has never belonged. But now he's starting college with...

In the Family
In the Family
Jan 6 – Jan 15, 2023

IN THE FAMILY is a drag theater production written by Tirrany Reigns and co-directed by Ramona Mirage and Tirrany Reigns, produced in tandem with PrideArts....

Girlfriend
Girlfriend
Aug 25 – Sep 25, 2022

The Chicago premiere of the musical GIRLFRIEND, by Todd Almond and Matthew Sweet, based on Sweets album of the same name. Set in Nebraska in...

Tommy on Top
Tommy on Top
Jun 10 – Jul 17, 2022

Tommy Miller, closeted Hollywood heartthrob is nominated for an Oscar and is a shoo-in to win Best Actor. His bibulous sister Molly and musical theater...

Songs That Kept Me Sane When the World Met the Pandemic
Songs That Kept Me Sane When the World Met the Pandemic
Jun 20

Kyra Leigh (she/her/hers), seen most recently at PrideArts in last summers THE THINGS I COULD NEVER TELL STEVEN. Leigh has also appeared with PrideArts in...

Gryder & Sula Celebrate Kander & Ebb
Gryder & Sula Celebrate Kander & Ebb
Jun 13

Scott Gryder (he/him/his), accompanied by Nick Sula (he/him/his), performing Gryder and Sula Celebrate Kander and Ebb' - songs from CHICAGO, CABARET, and lesser-known gems by...

“A 21St Century Romance : the Love Story Between Fag and Hag.”
“A 21St Century Romance : the Love Story Between Fag and Hag.”
May 16

Joe Lewis (he/him/his) and Korinne Yonan (she/her/hers) performing a set they call A 21St Century Romance : the Love Story Between Fag and Hag. The...

Songs That Kept Me Sane During the Pandemic
Songs That Kept Me Sane During the Pandemic
May 9

Carl Herzog (he/him/his), a Jeff Award nominee in 2019 for Theo Ubiques THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, accompanied on the piano by Bryan McCaffrey. Herzog...

When There Are Nine
When There Are Nine
Feb 10 – Mar 13, 2022

World Premiere. A dream play of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's last day on earth, by American writer Sally Deering. This biographical play offers insights into her...

Christmas Karol: A Holiday Intervention Cabaret
Christmas Karol: A Holiday Intervention Cabaret
Dec 9 – Dec 19, 2021

Worried about the supply-chain crises and rising cost of Christmas trees, Karol decides to cancel her famous holiday party. It's up to her friends and...

Jack Off the Beanstalk
Jack Off the Beanstalk
Nov 28 – Dec 18, 2021

, PrideArts will bring the British theatrical genre of panto to Chicago for the companys holiday show. A tradition with roots going back to Commedia...

4000 Days
4000 Days
Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2021

Michael awakens from a three week-long coma that has affected his memory. He struggles to find the way back to his true self as a...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jun 22

In this comic fantasy, four lovers find true love with the help of several bewitching fairies over a warm summer night. This virtual reading will...

Shakespeare's R & J
Shakespeare's R & J
Jun 1

Four young students of an exclusive girls boarding school, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide...

Jeffrey
Jeffrey
May 18

Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter, has sworn off sex after too many bouts with his partners about what is safe and what is not. In gay...

Southern Baptist Sissies
Southern Baptist Sissies
May 4

Four gay boys of the Baptist Church try to create a world of love and acceptance in the church and clubs of Dallas, Texas. The...

Speech and Debate
Speech and Debate
Apr 20

Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal thats rocked their town. When one of them sets out to...

Shut Up Kiss Me
Shut Up Kiss Me
Feb 9

Taking inspiration from Diana Son's STOP KISS, SHUT UP KISS ME is a love story set in the hours and days after the first date...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Feb 2

In Shakespeares classic comedy of gender identity and mistaken identities, a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria separates the twin siblings Viola and Sebastian. After...

A Not So Silent Night
A Not So Silent Night
Dec 15

Filmed at the Knitting Factory stage in downtown Manhattan, A NOT SO SILENT NIGHT features Kate and Anna McGarrigle in a live performance of THE...

A Pair of Lunatics
A Pair of Lunatics
Dec 9 – Dec 10, 2020

A one-act comedy that premiered in London in 1898, He and She meet for the first time in an asylum and each mistakes the other...

Box & Cox
Box & Cox
Oct 22 – Oct 29, 2020

A three-character one-act farce that premiered in London in 1847. BOX AND COX is a hilarious romance of real life in one act....

Closet Play: A Benefit Concert
Closet Play: A Benefit Concert
Sep 30

With the plague of the 17th century brewing and a government ban that closed theatrical spaces, a new art form was found: Closet Drama -...

Dear Mom, I’m Gay!
Dear Mom, I’m Gay!
Mar 7

A college student comes out to his religious mother. This is a workshop/reading. Tickets are free but space is limited, please reserve your seats in...

LezSing
LezSing
Jan 25 – Jan 26, 2020

Second annual cabaret celebrating the queer community in Chicago and bringing more visibility to the female/non-binary who love women. Thirty performers will sing music from...

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Oct 17 – Nov 17, 2019

Shakespeares story of the lender Shylock who proposes collateral of a pound of flesh against a loan will be set in 1938 Italy, when racial...

Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead
Oct 30

Eric Bogosians play is a series of 12 monologues by 12 different men who are all unhappy with the way they feel society has left...

Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead
Oct 19 – Oct 16, 2019

Eric Bogosians play is a series of 12 monologues by 12 different men who are all unhappy with the way they feel society has left...

All That He Was
All That He Was
Aug 10 – Sep 15, 2019

With music by Cindy OConnor and book and lyrics by Larry Todd (Johnson) Cousineau, this winner of the National Playwrights Award and the ACTF Musical...

The Penis Talk Show
The Penis Talk Show
Aug 26 – Aug 27, 2019

Ronnie Larsen, producer of the long running off-Broadway hit MAKING PORN, and director/bookwriter of the musical NOW & THEN, which just completed a five-run run...

Now & Then
Now & Then
Jul 10 – Aug 11, 2019

This musical tells with humor and heart the relationship of the characters Daniel and Greg from their twenties through their middle and later adult years....

Pride Does Streisand: A Birthday Cabaret
Pride Does Streisand: A Birthday Cabaret
Apr 22

Scott Gryder, of Pride Films and Plays current production of BUYER & CELLAR will lead a cabaret of Ms. Streisands songs on Monday, April 22...

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