by Tina St. Angelo - May 09, 2026
What did our critic think of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?...
by Rachel Weinberg - May 08, 2026
Though it’s a musical about a support group for internet addicts, Dave Molloy’s Octet is delightfully analog. And that’s precisely the point — Molloy’s musical invites audiences to look away from their screens and lean into this intimate, inventive, and fully a cappella show. Molloy (perha...
by Misha Davenport - May 08, 2026
LOKI – THE END OF THE WORLD TOUR at Lifeline Theatre is the kind of ambitious storytelling that reminds audiences why Chicago theatre remains one of the most exciting and vibrant theater communities in the country....
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?...
Past Shows
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...
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,...
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...
Showcase of musical theater performers and productions nominated in the 2020 Non-Equity Jeff Awards.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When a baby boy is orphaned in the California Sierras on Christmas Eve, 1850, two curmudgeonly miners agree to raise him. A decade later, the...
Bookwriter/lyricist Larry Todd Cousineau, whose musicals written with composer Cindy OConnor include the upcoming AMERICAS BEST OUTCAST TOY, this past summers ALL THAT HE WAS,...
A musical adaptation by the Tony Award-winning writers of RAGTIME and ANASTASIA of the 1994 film that starred Albert Finney. Alfie Byrne is a bus...
Former Hollywood starlets and secret lovers reunite 50 years after the height of their career to make their Broadway debut. Sharing the stage with their...
A night of scenes from classical comedies performed by all-female casts. Scenes will be taken from AS YOU LIKE IT, LYSISTRATA, SIR PATIENT FANCY, THE...
When the Queen, unable to fall asleep, sends for a fool to amuse her she is given more then she bargains for. A surprisingly heartfelt...
Pride Films and Plays' annual fall benefit, SIMPLY SENSATIONAL, celebrates theater artists who have had a tremendous impact on all they work with. This years...
A robbery at the art museum prompts venerated cop Taz to take on The Case of the Missing Cream Pitcher! Hijinks and a fair number...
LEZFEST, the popular and ever-evolving interdisciplinary program of performance by queer female and non-binary artists. Performances will cover an eclectic range of disciplines ranging from...
CASA VALENTINA is set in 1962, in an inconspicuous bungalow colony in New Yorks Catskill Mountains that caters to a very special clientele: cis-gender straight...
The musical ALL THAT HE WAS is a moving and surprisingly funny account of one mans struggle with AIDS and the reverberations of his death....
Josh and Alex are a gay male married couple in an open relationship. The two invite another man, Darius, to share their bed one night....
GRINDR The Opera puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera. With musical styles ranging from baroque to contemporary pop,...
It only takes three seconds for Trevin and Carlos to lock eyes. But how many minutes, months, millennia will it take for them to remain...
In this heartwarming musical with a lush folk/bluegrass score, Robert, a transgender man living in rural Georgia among his chosen family of mostly transgender friends,...
Inspired by the secret coded diaries of Yorkshire gentlewoman Anne Lister, this play subverts all the conventions of Regency romance. Teasing out the entangled lives...
Chicago drag queen sensation Dixie Lynn Cartwright again takes the lead for this cheeky musical twist on the modern holiday fave about "embracing your inner...
The popular and ever-evolving interdisciplinary program of performance by queer female and non-binary artists, will return for its eighth session on Sunday, December 16. Previously...
An hilarious send-up of show business and its often-bizarre practitioners, which uses the occasion of a disastrous opening night party to pile one wildly funny...
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...
Staged reading of the Terrence McNally play. A couple run a children's theatre in a mall in upstate New York. With the possibility of taking...
“Love is love” – but is navigating it any less complicated today? What does it mean to be in a committed relationship? Is monogamy just...
Life is a rollercoaster of emotions, a whirlwind of events. Who would have thought that the last 365 days could hold so much? First love,...
A charming young man is forced to choose between the love of his fiancée, the lifestyle of his male mentor, and the prescription of his...
New Years' Eve, New York City, 1892. High-society husband and wife Jack and Hannah make their resolutions for the coming year -- but when their...
Videos
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South Pacific Paramount Arts Centre (4/29-6/14) |
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Windfall Steppenwolf Theatre Company (4/09-5/31) |
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Gruesome Playground Injuries Silverstage Theatre Company (5/08-5/16) |
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The Lifespan of a Fact Parker Players Theater (4/24-5/17) |
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The Red Lion The Bramble Arts Loft (5/01-5/16) |
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The Wizard Of Oz Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse (7/08-9/05) |
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Chicago Kids Company (4/08-8/31) |
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The Wedding Singer Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (4/29-5/24) |
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Spamalot CIBC (5/19-5/31) |
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Lou Ella Rose and Friends — The Great Filipino Songbook Epiphany Center for the Arts (5/15-5/15) |
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