Tuesday, 28 April 2026 12:55
Review: The Movement You Need: An Evening with Brendan Hunt at Steppenwolf Theatre
Written by Maddie Burroughs
A show somewhere between a play, standup act, memoir, and PowerPoint presentation. A show so chaotic you think it could never work. A show only Brendan Hunt could so perfectly pull off. Hunt’s solo performance is as hilarious as it is unexpectedly emotional, striking a balance between humor and trauma…
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026 16:04
Steppenwolf Theatre Announces LookOut Series' 10th Anniversary Season
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Steppenwolf's LookOut Series is proud to unveil its lineup for Summer 2026, marking ten years of steadfast dedication to Chicago performing artists and companies across form and discipline. Since launching in 2016, the LookOut Series has hosted 1,043 performances of 365 unique engagements spanning dance, drag, music, comedy, puppetry, storytelling, experimental work and theatre. Over 69,000 patrons have come through…
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- Nervous Breakdown in G Minor
- Dream Devis: The Death and Life Of
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- Clue University: A Drag Parody
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026 15:11
Director Malkia Stampley and Playwright York Walker on "Covenant"
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Monday, 27 April 2026 12:16
BrightSide Theatre presents THE PRODUCERS, June 12 – 28, 2026
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Concluding BrightSide's 14th season will be THE PRODUCERS, the longest running Broadway musical comedy ever and the winner of 12 Tony Awards – the most ever by a single production. Mel Brooks's musical was adapted from his 1967 film of the same name that starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Like…
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Saturday, 25 April 2026 16:30
Fault Shakes Up Chicago Shakespeare Theater with Fierce, Funny Chaos
Written by Kimberly Katz
Dark comedies built around relationship dynamics have always drawn me in because they reveal conflict with a kind of honesty that feels both familiar and unpredictable. When couples clash, the humor isn’t just situational; it’s rooted in history, habit, and the tiny emotional landmines only long-term partners know how to…
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The Chicago theater community is grappling with the sudden loss of Matt DeCaro, whose death early Saturday came as a shock to colleagues and audiences alike. A cause of death has not been made public. Only hours before, he had taken the stage at the Goodman Theatre, performing the role…
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Friday, 24 April 2026 15:04
At Writers Theatre, a Tech “Job” Too Toxic Shatters an Employee
Written by Bill Esler
A psychotherapist is held hostage by a gun-toting patient demanding he certify her as stable enough to return to work. That inherently conflictual demand is the core of Max Wolf Friedlich’s “Job” at Writers Theater. It is an intriguing work. Directed by David Esbjomson it has a slow-burn of reveal…
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Friday, 24 April 2026 12:50
Midsommer Flight to stage Shakespeare’s comedy AS YOU LIKE IT free in six Chicago parks June 27 – August 2
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For its 13th free summer production, Midsommer Flight will present one of Shakespeare's most highly regarded and popular comedies. AS YOU LIKE IT, known for its witty dialogue, pastoral setting, and the strong female lead Rosalind, is one of Shakespeare's 10 most frequently produced plays. It takes some of Shakespeare's frequent tropes…
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Friday, 24 April 2026 13:44
Curious Theatre Branch's TALKING ABOUT GODARD - Facility Theatre - Through June 28th
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Curious Theatre Branch, launches its 38th Season, with the revival of Talking About Godard, written by Beau O’Reilly and directed by Beau O’Reilly with Briavael O’Reilly, May 29 - June 28, at Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California Ave. The opening night is Friday, May 29 at 8 p.m. The performance takes place Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays…
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026 13:09
Redtwist’s Sobering ‘night Mother Asks Us to Look for the Unseen
Written by Mitchell Oldham
Mother-daughter relationships are somehow deemed different. More seminal than the bond between a father and son. More instinctive than between sisters. When trust is broken, all bets can certainly be off. But that doesn’t seem to be the case for Thelma and Jesse, a mom and her daughter who live…
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Monday, 20 April 2026 14:48
Premiere of OUT HERE at Court Theatre a Charming Deconstruction of Marriage and Musical
Kerstin Broockmann
Everyone encounters many crossroads in their lives, where they make a choice that determines the future…and many people live to regret it. That is where Dawn, the protagonist of Out Here, the new musical receiving its premiere at Court Theatre finds herself. Unlike most people, however, her realization does not…
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- Leslie Buxbaum
- Erin McKeown
- David J Levin
- Becca Ayers
- Cliff Chamberlain
- Chay Yew
- Bethany Thomas
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safronia at Lyric Opera of Chicago emerges as a deeply personal story of the Great Migration - one that resists grandiosity in favor of something more intimate, more lived-in, and ultimately more affecting. Drawn from the family history of Chicago’s inaugural Poet Laureate avery r. young, the work feels less…
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026 14:16
At Steppenwolf, Windfall Doesn’t Cash In on Its Promise
Written by Wesley David
Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s, Windfall arrives with all the promise its pedigree suggests. Written by Academy Award–winning ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Awoye Timpo, the production aspires to be a pulsing, lyrical meditation on grief, justice, and the uneasy intersection of activism and capitalism. What unfolds instead is…
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