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Review: THE ALLY at Theater Wit
by Emily Werner - Apr 1, 2026

Theater Wit opens the Midwest premiere of THE ALLY on March 30, 2026. Originally premiering in February 2024 at New York City’s Public Theater, Itamar Moses’ play was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Blending dark comedy with urgent social questions, THE ALLY challenges its audience to confront both current events and their own beliefs.

Photos: THE ALLY To Make Midwest Premiere At Theater Wit
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 27, 2026

The Ally by Itamar Moses will receive its Midwest premiere at Theater Wit in Chicago. Directed by Jeremy Wechsler, the play follows a college professor navigating political and personal tensions around activism and identity. See photos of the production.

SHOGUN, ANORA & More Win 2025 Writers Guild Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 16, 2025

Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2025 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, streaming, news, radio/audio, and promotional categories during concurrent ceremonies.

CBS News to Honor Charles Osgood With Special Edition of CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING
by Michael Major - Jan 24, 2024

Osgood, who anchored the broadcast for 22 years before retiring in 2016, died Tuesday, Jan. 23. Jane Pauley anchors the 90-minute special, which will feature members of the CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING team reporting on Osgood’s life, what made him beloved to co-workers and viewers, his devotion to the craft of storytelling, his love of music and more.

Chicago Children's Theatre Reveals 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023

 Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago’s largest professional theater devoted to children and young families, announced its 19th season today, launching in the fall with a world premiere play about Ben Franklin, filled with history and science, followed by two CCT “forever family favorites.”

Review: THE WHISTLEBLOWER at Theater Wit
by Rachel Weinberg - May 18, 2023

It’s ironic that THE WHISTLEBLOWER begins with a meta pitch of the play’s concept. While the idea is witty, Moses’s concept loses steam in this full-length play. Though it’s billed as a comedy, THE WHISTLEBLOWER is mildly amusing rather than uproariously funny.

Photos: First Look at THE BEATRIX POTTER HOLIDAY TEA PARTY at Chicago Children's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 29, 2022

See photos of Chicago Children’s Theatre’s popular holiday show, The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party, returning for its seventh season, November 19-December 24, 2022. 

Photos: First Look at THE BEATRIX POTTER TEA PARTY at Chicago Children's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2021

The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party, a seasonal rite of passage for countless Chicago toddlers and their parents, returns to Chicago Children’s Theatre November 20-December 24, marking the return of live performances at Chicago’s largest professional theater devoted to children and families.

Photos: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theatre Wit
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2021

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, currently enjoying a successful run at Chicago’s Theater Wit, will close on November 14, making way for Wit’s new holiday offering, Who’s Holiday!, which starts previews on November 26.

BWW REVIEW: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theater Wit
by Rachel Weinberg - Sep 9, 2021

It’s not just fitting that MR. BURNS is a play about a post-apocalyptic world, but also one that deeply underscores why art is so important to humanity. Indeed, this production demonstrates that art is what makes us human and empowers us to survive. After such a long time without live theater here in Chicago, I can think of few better ideas to ponder than that.

Photos: MR. BURNS- A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theater Wit
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2021

Theater Wit returns to live shows on August 27 with Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, a brilliantly creative play that asks, “What’s left when everything is taken away?”

BWW Review: TEENAGE DICK at Theater Wit
by Emily McClanathan - Mar 21, 2020

What does live theater look like during a pandemic? As Americans adjust to the new realities of social distancing and sheltering in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, many theaters across the nation and the world are dark. Though live performances have been canceled, Theater Wit offers an innovative remote viewing alternative for its Chicago premiere of Mike Lew's TEENAGE DICK, directed by Brian Balcom.

Photo Flash: First Look At WAITING FOR GODOT At Victory Gardens
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2019

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett's seminal work for the stage, has finally arrived in Chicago in a new production staged by veteran director Dennis Začek, featuring legendary Chicago actors Larry Neumann Jr. as Vladimir, Steve Pickering* as Pozzo and Michael Saad as Estragon, with Nima Rakhshanifar as Lucky and Cooper Hoyt as boy.

Dennis Zacek to Direct WAITING FOR GODOT at Victory Gardens
by Julie Musbach - Aug 21, 2019

Add to your fall Chicago theater must-see list Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett's seminal work for the stage, directed by veteran Chicago director Dennis Zacek, featuring top Chicago actors Joe Foust as Vladimir, Michael Saad as Estragon, Larry Russo as Pozzo and Nima Rakhshanifar as Lucky.

City Theater Hosts An Evening With Maine Humorist Tim Sample
by Julie Musbach - Aug 14, 2019

City Theater is excited to welcome back our friend, Tim Sample on August 17 @ 7:30 - for ONE NIGHT ONLY! Get your tickets now and save! $18 advanced or $22 at the door!

Mary Setrakian, Eric Anthony Lopez, Katie Routson & William Toft Lead LET THE SUN SHINE At Sydney Opera House
by Rebecca Russo - Jun 26, 2019

Broadway Soprano & Master Voice Teacher Mary Setrakian is currently embarking on her LET THE SUN SHINE U.S. & Australian TOUR, with Musical Direction by Matt Rofe. LET THE SUN SHINE is slated for Sydney Opera House on July 28th, 2019.

Newbery-Winner Christopher Paul Curtis To Do Book Signings At Chicago Children's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2019

Internationally acclaimed children's author Christopher Paul Curtis will pay a return visit to Chicago Children's Theatre, 100 S. Racine Ave. in Chicago's West Loop, on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, for public book signings and to celebrate CCT's world premiere adaptation of his Newbery Medal-winning book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963.

BWW Review: ADMISSIONS at Theater Wit
by Rachel Weinberg - Apr 3, 2019

Now in its Chicago debut at Theater Wit under the direction of Artistic Director Jeremy Wechsler, Joshua Harmon's ADMISSIONS is entirely prescient. The play takes a critical look at both prep school and college admissions, and the lengths to which people will go to have their children admitted. The play also asks keen, complicated questions about white privilege, racism, and how we should now be deciding who gets a seat at the table.

Photo Flash: Chicago Children's Theatre's Debut of THE WATSON'S GO TO BIRMINGHAM
by Rebecca Russo - Mar 30, 2019

Chicago Children's Theatre's 13th season finale is the world premiere of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, a civil rights era family drama based on the groundbreaking young adult novel by Christopher Paul Curtis about the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING Celebrates 40th Birthday with Special Edition
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 25, 2019

CBS SUNDAY MORNING will mark its 40th birthday with a special edition highlighting the people, the places, and the many milestones from the first four decades to be broadcast Sunday, Jan. 27 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.