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Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL at BrightSide Theatre

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL at BrightSide Theatre

by Tina St. Angelo · October 5, 2026

Opening its 15th season, BrightSide Theatre in Naperville is presenting The Addams Family Musical which runs through October 18,. The musical, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, is the first time the familiar characters created by Charles Addams appea…

Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago

Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago

by Rachel Weinberg · October 1, 2026

Operation Mincemeat is an absolute smash. I adore this inventive and fun musical. It’s extremely original, and it’s the kind of show that gives me hope for the future of new one-of-a-kind musicals like it. Written by David Cummings, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mince…

Review: CHOPIN IN WINTER at Chopin Theatre

Review: CHOPIN IN WINTER at Chopin Theatre

by Angela Lin · September 29, 2026

Chopin in Winter is an imaginative work of art for those with an acquired taste of deep storytelling combined with some of the most beautiful piano compositions from the Romantic era. …

Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Rachel Weinberg · September 28, 2026

Steppenwolf opens its 51st season with a blistering and captivating production of Suzan Lori-Parks’s Topdog/Underdog. This play has long been on my theater bucket list, and it’s absolutely what I think of when I think of a “Steppenwolf play”: A gritty family drama about brothers undergoing h…

Review: KOWALSKI at Lookingglass Theatre Company

Review: KOWALSKI at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Zac Thriffiley · September 28, 2026

While Kowalski makes for a great showcase for two actors with charisma to spare, the play struggles in search of a direction while lacking the emotional honesty and primal intensity that Williams’s name evokes.…

Review: PRAYER CIRCLE at Redtwist Theatre

Review: PRAYER CIRCLE at Redtwist Theatre

by Emily Werner · September 22, 2026

Redtwist Theatre begins its 22nd season, entitled “State of Violence”, with the world premiere of Prayer Circle. This is resident playwright Erik Gernand’s second play with Redtwist since his successful Jeff-winning The Totality of All Things in 2024. What is brought to the stage is an enjoyab…

Review: PLAY ON! at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Review: PLAY ON! at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Rachel Weinberg · September 20, 2026

Play On! is a lively retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Conceived by Sheldon Epps (who also directs) and with a book by Cheryl L. West, Play On! transports Shakespeare’s story to Harlem, New York. West’s book skillfully weaves Duke Ellington’s songs into the narrative.…

Past Shows

35 total · showing 1–10

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE

Jul 1

Shocking when it first premiered in 1989, this Canadian work follows the lives of several sexually frustrated "thirty-somethings" and one teenager who try to learn the meaning of love during a time in which a serial killer is terrorizing the city. Candy is a heterosexual woman...

Last Sunday in June

Last Sunday in June

Jun 28

In 2002, Tolins penned THE LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE. the day of the annual Gay Pride Parade. Tom and Michael, his partner of seven years, intend to spend the day planning their impending move from the Big Apple to the upstate town of Nyack, but their plans are rerouted as one friend...

Buyer & Cellar

Buyer & Cellar

Jun 4

In this one-man comedy, Alex More is a struggling actor who takes a job managing a make-believe shopping mall in the basement of Barbra Streisands Malibu home. Jeff nominee Scott Gryder returns in the role he performed in Pride Films and Plays full production from spring 2019...

Nominee Night

Nominee Night

Jun 1

Showcase of musical theater performers and productions nominated in the 2020 Non-Equity Jeff Awards..

A Late Snow

A Late Snow

May 28

A LATE SNOW, written in 1979, is the story of Ellie, a woman trapped in a snowstorm with her first, last, current and, possibly, next lover. Ellie is a professor at a conservative college in a conservative state who worries that being openly gay might cost her her job. A LATE...

Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet

May 14

In this often-comedic drama set during the height of the AIDS crisis, Jody is in his forties and runs a map store. Not one for the outside world, he stays in his store all the time. His friend, Carl is in his late thirties and has been bringing chairs of dead friends into Jodys...

Mothers and Sons

Mothers and Sons

Apr 16

Live virtual reading of Terrence McNally's play. 7 pm on Thursday, April 16.Login instructions and password will be provided after purchase.A woman pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son's partner, who is now married to another man and has a young...

Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist

Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist

Mar 7 – Mar 14, 2020

The American premiere of FIVE ENCOUNTERS ON A SITE CALLED CRAIGSLIST, an Edinburgh Festival hit by the British playwright and actor Samuel Ward. Desperately hilarious and achingly bleak, this is an intricate and tender exploration of our attempts to encounter each other in a...

Stop Kiss

Stop Kiss

Jan 15 – Feb 9, 2020

Sara and Callie are walking through New York City's West Village very late at night, when they share their first kiss. This leads to a vicious attack by an angry bystander that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate. VARIETY called it A poignant and funny...

America's Best Outcast Toy

America's Best Outcast Toy

Nov 29 – Jan 12, 2020

A holiday reality show musical. We all know the story of the outcast toys and how they were rescued from their island by a certain reindeer (may he rest in peace). But what became of the outcast toys when they came back to America? They became huge celebrities, of course! Now...

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