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Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · September 16, 2026

The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back is genuinely a unique experience at the Goodman. The 7 Fingers Co-Founder Shana Carroll wrote, directed, and choreographed this world-premiere autobiographical performance piece that shares vignettes from her life story. An international company o…

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

by Emily Werner · September 14, 2026

“What do you want?” It’s the question at the heart of Witch, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s fall production. Adapted by playwright Jen Silverman from the Jacobean drama The Witch of Edmonton, the play transforms a centuries-old tale of ambition, jealousy, witchcraft, and desire into a provocati…

Review: BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA at A Red Orchid Theatre

Review: BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA at A Red Orchid Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · September 11, 2026

Birds of North America is a touching and supremely well-acted two hander. A Red Orchid Theatre’s return engagement reunites Cassidy Slaughter-Mason and John Judd as father-daughter duo Caitlyn and John, directed by Artistic Diretor Kirsten Fitzgerald. Over the course of roughly 10 years, Caitlyn a…

Review: VAPE! A GREASE MUSICAL PARODY at The Apollo Theater

Review: VAPE! A GREASE MUSICAL PARODY at The Apollo Theater

by Angela Lin · September 8, 2026

The Grease Parody musical shows love and respect to its imitation the best way it knows how — with creative commentary, meta music, and joyous jokes that are sure to make you chuckle, laugh, or anything in between.…

Review: Black Cat Theatre's ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB at Theater Wit

Review: Black Cat Theatre's ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB at Theater Wit

by Angela Lin · September 4, 2026

Elephant in the Womb somehow strikes a perfect balance between inappropriate humor, social commentary, and tasteful fourth wall breaking that will leave you feeling uncomfortable, pensive, and warm and fuzzy all at once.…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL

by Tina St. Angelo · September 4, 2026

Next Friday, the Country will pause to remember, mourn and honor those victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The town of Gander, Newfoundland, is called the Rock. During the week that followed, it truly was a rock. The current production at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is the emotional b…

Past Shows

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives

May 22 – Jun 20, 2026

A black comedy about white trash! When Peggy, a good Christian woman, hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a motel room, chaos erupts in Winters, Texas. Nominated for over 30 awards during its original run in Los Angeles...

America's Sexiest Couple

America's Sexiest Couple

Jan 20 – Feb 18, 2023

Comedy by Ken Levine ( Cheers , Frasier , M*A*S*H ,). Two former stars of a gigantic hit sitcom - America's Sexiest Couple in the 90s - meet after 25 years to attend the funeral of a costar. Passion, tension and more passion resurface as they come to grips with a love that has...

Minus Some Buttons

Minus Some Buttons

Jan 29 – Feb 6, 2021

A delightful comedy by Mark Dunn (author of Belles), about what happens at Graceland Elementary School when a new teacher is hired. Penny who, shall we say, is minus some buttons, is a con artist. The victim of an autocratic school environment as a child, Penny appears to have...

Love, Lies, and the Doctor's Dilemma

Love, Lies, and the Doctor's Dilemma

Jan 19 – Feb 24, 2018

Love, Lies and the Doctor's Dilemma by Michael Parker and Susan Parker Take ordinary circumstances, add some lies, create a dilemma, and love? Joan lives with the great love of her life and in an effort to hide their relationship from her overbearing sister-in-law, she lies...

The Drowning girls

The Drowning girls

Nov 10 – Nov 18, 2017

Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking...

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