FeaturedCatch as Catch Can
Catch as Catch Can, written by Mia Chung and directed by Amy Morton, explores the impact of a prodigal son’s return to his working-class hometown...
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FeaturedEWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase
EWP Presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry ShowcaseFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026 | 7:00 PMTickets are $36,(All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8...
FeaturedHedwig and the Angry Inch
This production features three performers rotating through the roles each night (billed as the Sun Cast, Moon Cast, and Earth Cast), shattering the idea of...
FAME: The Musical
The Beautiful City Project presents FAME: The Musical, a single-night concert production following the final class of New York City's High School for the Performing...
The People's Pot & Pantry
The People's Pot & Pantry is hosted at The House of Belonging on three consecutive Mondays in June, June 15, 22, and 29. Community members...
Amplify Queer Joy!
Amplify Queer Joy!, presented by Chicago Playback Theatre Ensemble, is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events...
BALLATA FEMMENELLA
BALLATA FEMMENELLA at Open Space Arts is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events across the city...
Flip Circus
Flip Circus is a big top entertainment experience created by the Vazquez family of Circus Vazquez fame, featuring world-class performers in a climate-controlled tent with...
PRIDE with the Neo-Futurists
PRIDE with the Neo-Futurists is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events across the city during June...
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid, A Lost Episodes Parody
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid, A Lost Episodes Parody, presented by Hell in a Handbag Productions, is featured as part of the League of...
American Mavericks
American Mavericks marks the Chicago Philharmonic's debut performance in the new Elie Wiesel Auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center, one of the very first performances...
Red Line Jazz Project - Sox-35th Station
Red Line Jazz Project is a free public arts initiative presented by Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, bringing live jazz performances to Chicago Red Line...
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion, offering audiences $5 off already discounted tickets. The...
A Random Memory
A Random Memory at Stars and Garters Theater is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from...
Adriana Lecouvreur
The Opera Festival of Chicago presents Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea, directed by Shifra Werch, conducted by Maestro Emanuele Andrizzi with a cast of more...
Aurora's Fireworks Celebration
Aurora's Fireworks Celebration takes place on Friday, July 3 at RiverEdge Park in downtown Aurora, with fireworks beginning at 9:15 p.m. The event is free...
between us and everyone here
between us and everyone here, presented by The Neo-Futurists, is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs...
Champions of Magic
Champions of Magic, presented by Rip Productions at The Studebaker Theater, is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The...
Comedy Pageant
Comedy Pageant at Stars and Garters Theater is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from June...
Delightfully Unbothered Comedy Show - July 3rd, 2026
Las Locas Comedy Presents is back at Lincoln Lodge with Delightfully Unbothered. Each month, a brand new lineup Chicago’s funniest women over 40 regale audiences as...
HAIR
HAIR, presented by Kokandy Productions at Chopin Theater, is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from...
keerah
keerah at Definition Theatre is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from June 18 through July...
Las Locas Comedy Presents: Chingona Comedy Hour - July 2026
CALLING ALL CHINGONAS!! Baby, you're a firework! Kick off your 4th of July weekend early at the hottest comedy show in Chicago (but the AC...
M.A.S.T.E.R.M.I.N.D.S.
M.A.S.T.E.R.M.I.N.D.S. at Stars and Garters Theater is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from June 18...
Nunsense
Nunsense at Drury Lane Theatre is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs from June 18 through...
Rising Stars Burlesque Revue
Rising Stars Burlesque Revue at Stars and Garters Theater is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The promotion runs...
Southern Rapture
Southern Rapture, presented by Tin Drum Theatre Company at Theater Wit, is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion. The...
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George, presented by Kokandy Productions at Chopin Theater, is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer...
Latest Chicago Reviews
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT presented by Midsommer Flight
There’s nothing quite like the gentle strum of a mandolin through the open breeze of a public park to make you fully appreciate both the arrival of summer and the magic of live theater.…
Review: Black Button Eyes Productions' ST. NICHOLAS at City Lit Theater
We are always telling stories, and we are always listening to them. In Black Button Eyes’ latest production, St. Nicholas, this eternal need for meaning through storytelling brings us into supernatural territory. …
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Tour at Broadway In Chicago
The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve. Based on the popular 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, Rick Elice’s book and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score comprise a memory musical: The elderly Mr. Jankowski (Robert Tully) looks back o…
Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
Jeff award-winning director Nick Bowling and this cast have created a work that reminds us of why Sondheim’s music is special. The orchestra under the direction of Brad Haak fills the theater with the intricate melodies of this musical. Sally Dolembo’s costumes are gorgeous and showcase the turn…
Review: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER at Sandbox Theatre Collective
What did our critic think of HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER at Sandbox Theatre Collective?…
Review: DESERTED at Redtwist Theatre
What did our critic think of DESERTED at Redtwist Theatre?…
Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit
When honest artistic integrity meets conservative religious outrage, what follows is escalating frenzy, controlled chaos, and poignant reflections on what it means to produce art and tell the stories where they need to be heard — and the conflicting struggles that come with such intentions. Tin Dr…
Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Untitled Vampire Play — a world premiere from Lookingglass ensemble member Kevin Douglas — is a fun, wacky romp. The play doesn’t take itself seriously, and director Devon de Mayo’s cast has plenty of fun with vampire and human antics alike. Douglas’s script draws on all sorts of vampire l…
Review: CATCH AS CATCH CAN at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
I left Catch as Catch Can at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Sunday night wondering exactly what I had just seen, and what, if anything, I was meant to take from it.…
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt follows multiple generations of an Austrian Jewish family from prosperity to despair — spanning over 50 years from 1899 to 1955. Now in its Chicago-area premiere at Writers Theatre, the late Stoppard’s final play includes a cast of 24 actors and many, many character…
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Catch as Catch Can Steppenwolf Theatre Company (6/04-7/12) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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Menopause The Musical Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (10/18-10/18) |
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Lucy's Comedy Raue Center For The Arts (11/13-11/13) |
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Adriana Lecouvreur Opera Festival of Chicago (6/28-7/03) |
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Raue Center For The Arts (12/11-12/11) |
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Paula Poundstone Raue Center For The Arts (9/12-9/12) VIDEOS |
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Greenroom Improv Raue Center For The Arts (11/14-11/14) |
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Bourbon Country Raue Center For The Arts (8/22-8/22) |