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Review: PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - March 25, 2024

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has set the table for one hell of a family dinner in PURPOSE. Directed by Phylicia Rashad in a world premiere for Steppenwolf, this family drama keenly focuses on the privileged Jasper family, whose patriarch is a Civil Rights icon. The first act moves at a brilliant clip with...

Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL CRYSTAL at NOW Arena Hoffman Estates


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 23, 2024

Crystal, the latest Cirque du Soleil production and playing through Sunday, March 24 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, is the story about a young woman escaping the realities of her life by living in her imagination....

Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Paramount Copley Theatre Aurora


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 22, 2024

Read BroadwayWorld's review of A Streetcar Named Desire at Paramount Copley Theatre Aurora. ...

Review: SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE at Theo Ubique


by Zac Thriffiley - March 21, 2024

No matter your preference, your favorite Sondheim shows will be represented in Theo Ubique's latest cabaret revue, which is as much an informative crash course in the composer's oeuvre as it is a heartfelt memorial to his rich life and lasting legacy. The production runs through April 28 at Theo's p...

Review: THE PENELOPIAD at Goodman Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - March 17, 2024

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth puts her own spin on Margaret Atwood’s decidedly feminist tale THE PENELOPIAD. As with her famous novel THE HANDMAID’S TALE, Atwood uses THE PENELOPIAD as a device to convey the horrors and abuse committed against women. Atwood’s points are valid and ...

Review: WIPEOUT at Rivendell Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - March 12, 2024

Premiering at Rivendell Theatre under the inventive direction of Tara Mallen, WIPEOUT gifts audiences a hilarious exploration of aging, friendship, and womanhood that's as fun as a day at the beach and as bittersweet as a setting sun....

Review: DEATHTRAP at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 11, 2024

This is the description of Ira Levin’s comedic-thriller Deathrap. It is running through March 24 at BrightSide Theatre in Naperville. It ran on Broadway for 4 years and was made into a successful film starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon. ...

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Music Theater Works


by Zac Thriffiley - March 10, 2024

The semi-improvised, fourth-wall-breaking musical now receives a delightful production at Music Theater Works that's heavy on humor if occasionally light on heart. It runs through March 31 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie....

Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - February 29, 2024

MRS. DOUBTFIRE is escapist musical theater fun with tremendous character actor Rob McClure (reprising the role from Broadway) carrying on Robin Williams’s immense legacy from the 1993 film in the lead role....

Review: THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Goodman Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - February 28, 2024

Director Mary Zimmerman returns to the Goodman with the whimsical and inventive THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE. Zimmerman’s adaptation of Mozart’s iconic opera is lively and accessible; this would be a great introduction for those new to the opera. ...

Past Shows

A View from the Bridge
3/11 - 3/20/2022


Harper College Theatre Arthur Miller...

Too Heavy for Your Pocket
4/21 - 4/25/2021


Harper College Theatre Jireh Breon Holder...


Harper College Theatre based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens...

AMERICAN IDIOT
AMERICAN IDIOT
11/15 - 11/24/2019


Slinging razor guitars , thundering drums and an anti-hero named Johnny. Not the prelude of typical entries in the canon of musical theatre. But these ...

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
3/15 - 3/24/2019


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

FOLLIES
FOLLIES
11/9 - 11/18/2018


A true theatrical event, this legendary masterpiece is considered by many to be the greatest musical ever created. Surreal, sophisticated, compelling, heart wrenching and epic ...

SWEENEY TODD
3/14 - 3/23/2014


The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler 's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the ...

RENT
11/11 - 11/20/2011


Set in the East Village of New York City, emRent/em is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today.nbsp; Winner of the ...

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Raue Center For The Arts (6/15 - 6/15)
Batman 1989 - 35th Anniversary Concert in Chicago Batman 1989 - 35th Anniversary Concert
Auditorium Theatre (4/13 - 4/13)
Sing to Cycle: A Musical Revue For AIDS/Lifecycle in Chicago Sing to Cycle: A Musical Revue For AIDS/Lifecycle
Baer Theater (4/12 - 4/12)
PHOTOS
A Star Without A Name in Chicago A Star Without A Name
Chopin Theatre (4/6 - 4/7)
Jefferey Cooke - Objects in the Mirror... in Chicago Jefferey Cooke - Objects in the Mirror...
Venus Cabaret Theater @ Mercury Theater Chicago (5/3 - 5/4)
Las Locas Comedy Presents: Chingona Comedy Hour - April 2023 in Chicago Las Locas Comedy Presents: Chingona Comedy Hour - April 2023
Laugh Factory (4/4 - 4/4)
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