Monday, 16 June 2025 13:17
Review: You Will Get Sick at Steppenwolf Theatre
Written by John Accrocco
If ever given the chance to see Amy Morton on her home stage at Steppenwolf–take it. She stars in the Chicago premiere of Noah Diaz’s ‘You Will Get Sick’ alongside fellow ensemble members Cliff Chamberlain, Namir Smallwood, Jordan Arredondo and Sadieh Rifai. Steppenwolf Theatre Artistic Director Audrey Francis directs this…
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Thursday, 12 June 2025 14:11
“Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody” Sinks Its Teeth Into Limited Engagement At the Apollo Theater
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Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy live theater production company in North America, today announced its smash hit original musical, "TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody" will begin a special six-week limited engagement at the Apollo Theater (2550 N Lincoln Ave) beginning Saturday, July 26. Tickets go on sale…
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025 15:01
42 Balloons Soaring High at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Written by Lauren Katz
It’s 1982 and Larry Walters approaches his lawn chair. On either side are bags and containers full of various items like Coca Cola and Miller Lite – all meant to add various levels of weight to the contraption. His girlfriend, Carol, gives him a final embrace before he takes his…
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Thursday, 12 June 2025 10:52
Don't Wait Until It's Too Late: Kimberly Akimbo a Must See at CIBC Theatre
Written by Kendall Royzen
I like to think that I am hip and with it (insert millennial Gif here). I like to think that I am knowledgeable about the latest trends even if I don’t participate in them myself; not so much fashion and viral TikTok challenges, but more the books that everyone wants…
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“Ripe material for a comedy,” chuckles Atra Asdou, writer and star of ‘Iraq, but Funny” now playing at Lookingglass Theatre. Asdou’s new madcap play is part comedy, part history, part family drama. Directed by Dalia Ashurina, this hard-to-define play feels like the kind of thing we absolutely need more of.…
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Wednesday, 04 June 2025 22:52
A Remarkable Story Based on Real Events: 'Six Men Dressed Like Stalin'
Written by Bill Esler
“Six Men Dressed Like Stalin,” now at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago and directed by dado, draws upon the true story of Felix Dadaev, drafted in 1942 to stand in for Josef Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union. The character Soso (Esteban Andres Cruz) is based on Dadaev. Like…
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Saturday, 31 May 2025 10:00
It's Funny What Can Happen on a "Neighborhood Watch," Now Running at Jackalope Theatre
Written by Bill Esler
You’ll want to join this “Neighborhood Watch," a fast-paced comedy having its world premiere in Jackalope Theatre’s performance space in the Broadway Armory. Harsh Gagoomal plays Mo Rizvi with deft emotional range, a bearded, swarthy Middle Easterner who has moved into a house in white suburbia, in the weeks just…
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Sunday, 25 May 2025 12:47
History. Passion. Power. A Love That Changed an Empire - Scandalous Boy at
Sarz Maxwell
I’m a geek, I admit it; I love seeing theatre that’s … well … real. Like SCANDALOUS BOY – you’ve heard of Roman Emperor Hadrian, yeah? He reigned from 117 to 138 CE (that was even before Diana’s wedding!) and occasioned a slew of building projects, epitomized by Hadrian’s Wall in…
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Monday, 26 May 2025 17:53
Evanston Salt Costs Rising: Stormy souls on salted streets at First Floor Theater
Written by Susan Lieberman
Recent Chicago-area winters have been relatively easy ones. Lest we forget howling blizzards or subzero temperatures, Will Arbery’s Evanston Salt Costs Climbing serves as a reminder. Director Micah Figueroa stages First Floor Theater’s production of this idiosyncratic play in a way that creates a deep freeze – visually, aurally and…
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Tuesday, 27 May 2025 12:10
MJ THE MUSICAL is On Sale Wednesday May 28th!
Written by Buzz Center Stage
Producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, and John McClain and Broadway In Chicago are thrilled to announce that individual tickets for the highly anticipated return engagement of the smash-hit musical, MJ, will go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28. MJ makes its Chicago return at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, August 12-31. Ticket prices start at $49 with a select number of…
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Tuesday, 20 May 2025 16:05
Review: HONEYPOT: BLACK SOUTHERN WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston
Sarz Maxwell
HONEYPOT originated as a creative nonfiction book by E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication at Northwestern University. Johnson has a passion for oral history; for HONEYPOT he interviewed a number of Black Southern women, documented in his book of the same title. Johnson always imagined the work…
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Thursday, 22 May 2025 13:03
TimeLine Theatre Company announces milestone 2025-26 season, culminating with inaugural production at its new home in Uptown
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TimeLine Theatre Company, celebrated for its powerful and provocative productions that connect past, present, and future, announces a landmark 29th season—culminating in a long-awaited inaugural production in its new theatre currently under construction at 5035 N. Broadway in Uptown. TimeLine’s new home will open with an “eerily prescient” (Entertainment Weekly) 144-year-old classic…
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Tuesday, 20 May 2025 12:09
The Title Says it All in Conspirators Remarkable ‘Chicago Cop Macbeth’
Written by Bill Esler
It was a dark and stormy night as I motored to The Conspirators “Chicago Cop Macbeth,” with a fog of dust giving the streets an eerie feel. As the lights came up at the Otherworld Theater, the storm continued, the three witches of MacBeth gathered tightly around a fiery oil…
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