Thursday, 07 May 2026 11:13
Citadel Theatre announces a mix of classics and 21st Century works for its 2026–27 mainstage season
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Lake Forest's Citadel Theatre has announced its 2026-27 mainstage season, which will include two favorites and two acclaimed recent pieces that may be new to north shore audiences. The season will commence with the satirical comedy EUREKA DAY, which examines the frequently contradictory practices of a fictional, highly progressive private school…
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Get ready for a cosmic comedy of gods, monsters, and mayhem that refuses to play by the old rules. That’s right - the universe is ending, and apparently it booked a headliner. In Lifeline’s world premiere Loki: The End of the World Tour, we travel to another universe where Norse…
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- Christina Calvit
- George Howe
- Heather Currie
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- Scott Danielson
- Janelle Sanabria
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- Anthony Kayer
- Avery Thompson
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Sunday, 03 May 2026 13:54
Rom‑Com Spark and ’80s Verve Light Up Metropolis’ Wedding Singer
Written by Ken Payne
The Wedding Singer is currently onstage at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, offering a faithful and upbeat interpretation of the Adam Sandler–Drew Barrymore film. The production leans into the story’s rom‑com roots while making effective use of the Metropolis space, integrating ensemble work, clear character moments, and a…
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- Drew Barrymore
- Robbie Hart
- Chad Beguelin
- Tim Herlihy
- Matthew Sklar
- Abraham Deitz‑Green
- Teah Kiang Mirabelli
- Peyton Schoenhofer
- Andres J DeLeon
- Danny Dollase
- Jamie Dillon Grossman
- Caron Buinis
- Katherine Abel
- Amber Mak
- Carolyn Brady
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026 19:21
Alone Together: Three Guys Fishing for Love in Stellar 'Eelpout!'
Written by Bill Esler
Shattered Globe’s world premiere of the delightful comedy “Eelpout!” delivers its punches with deceivingly understated skillfulness. Written by Paul W. Kruse, who calls it a fantasia, it is beautifully conceived and directed for the stage at Theater Wit by Jeremy Ohringer, whose “A Devil Comes To Town” at Trap Door…
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Thursday, 30 April 2026 15:48
BTE marks 40 years with new season: 'Little Women," "Dial M for Murder" and “One Man, Two Guvnors”
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), announced it will mark its 40th anniversary season with three productions spanning beloved literary adaptations, classic suspense and broad British comedy. The season opens with "Louisa May Alcott's Little Women," by Lauren Gunderson (Nov. 12-Dec. 13). It…
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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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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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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
- Ellie Duffey
- Alex Goodrich
- Z Mowry
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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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