Review: The Gift Theatre's HAYWARD at Steppenwolf Theatre
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Review: Dance Theatre of Harlem's FIREBIRD at The Auditorium
Saturday night brought the long-awaited return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to The Auditorium for a celebratory evening of dance that showcased the range and versatility of this 57-year old company, which had not been seen in Chicago since 2016.…
Review: CLUED IN: TRAVEL CAN BE MURDER at The Second City
With spooky season upon us, what better way to get into the haunted spirit than with a murder mystery — one that no one has ever seen before, and one that no one will ever see again.…
Review: Backyard Theatre's RED BIKE at Berger Park Coach House
Backyard Theatre Company’s production of Red Bike is an enchanting, imaginative story from a kid’s perspective about growing up and seeing the town you’ve grown up in change, and the formative stuff and thoughts that shape who we are as a result. …
Review: Tin Drum Theatre's A DARK WOOD at Greenhouse Theater Center
Whether you leave the theater with intensified despair or renewed hope is up to you — and that’s what makes this terrifying and achingly sad story, with just the right dose of humor, hope, and humanity, a brilliant piece of art. …
Review: PREMONITIONS INC. at Kermess
Premonitions Inc. is an oddball new cabaret and acrobatics show in the Spiegeltent of the Loop’s Cambria Hotel.…
Review: Shattered Globe Theatre's VLADIMIR at Theater Wit
Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.…
Review: A STRANGE LOOP at Raven Theatre
Michael R. Jackson’s wildly inventive and unique 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop now makes its Chicago premiere. A Strange Loop is a “big Black and queer-ass American Broadway show,” in the main character Usher’s words, about the lead trying to write a musical called A Str…
Review: JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Music Theater Works North Shore Center For The Performing Arts
What did our critic think of JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts?…
Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Goodman Theatre
Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a missing person case to the stage — and the detectives are a group of three Latina teen girls in Miami, Florida. Phanésia Pharel’s play capitalizes on the pop culture obsession with true crime and murder mysteries — though Dead Girl’s Quinceañera is ultim…
Past Shows
YEAR OF THE QUEER
Fireflower Productions is partnering with Trans Voices Cabaret CHI to declare 2020 the "Year of the Queer." The groups will produce a show occurring Sunday, February 16th at 7:30 PM, and Monday, February 17th at 7:30 PM, both at Stage 773 (1225 W Belmont Ave) to amplify queer...
Revolution Chicago
A lighthearted story of how a genre of music grew out from the streets of Chicago into a worldwide lifestyle. This is the story of House Music through the eyes of Mickey Oliver.
Bullets Over Broadway
David Shayne is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work but quickly abandons that stance when his producer finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster who sees Shayne's play as a...
Confidential Musical Theatre Project (Chicago)
It's Chicago's Confidential Musical Theatre Project debut! On Tuesday October 20th a group of the bravest performers in the city of Chicago will take to the stage and present a musical, having had absolutely no group rehearsal. And the title of the musical? Well, that's all part...
Wigpocalypse 2012
A food court at a mall brings its customers face to face with homophobia. A best friend's wake becomes a spiritual opportunity for a stylish attendee. The Gap becomes a refuge for the LGBT community during the oncoming apocalypse. In Wigpocalypse: 2012, a new revue from the gay...
tick, tick... BOOM!
Tick, tick... BOOM! is Larson’s semi-autobiographical story of Jon, an aspiring composer anxiously approaching his 30th birthday. Jon’s girlfriend wants to get married and leave New York for a more conventional life, his best friend is earning a fortune on Madison Avenue, and...
A Catered Affair
Set in the Bronx in 1953, A Catered Affair is a bittersweet reflection on the complexities of relationships between husbands and wives and parents and children. A couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to celebrate their only daughter's...
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Adirondack Chair Circle Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theater (10/22-12/06) |
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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Vape! The Grease Parody Apollo Theater (8/20-1/03) |
