Review: ‘Gods and Monsters’ at Theater Wit a sad story with an old-school Hollywood ending
This world premiere stage adaptation follows the story of James Whale, an aging film director in love with his gardener.
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Theater top 10 for summer 2024: From ‘Midnight’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ to Laurie Metcalf
Hot tickets, indeed. There's much to choose from this summer, including a return for Steep Theatre and a musical "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" at the Goodman.
Review: In the brilliant ‘English’ at Goodman Theatre, a language class takes on global importance
This Pulitzer Prize-winning play never leaves the classroom in Karaj, a city in central Iran. You'll believe every word of what you're seeing.
Review: ‘Death Becomes Her’ has retro comedic charm and just needs that emotional connection
The stage adaptation opened in Chicago in its pre-Broadway tryout, starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.
Review: ‘On the Twentieth Century’ by Blank Theatre is a rare chance to hop aboard this musical
This intimate show is a simple affair, well worth the chance to hear Cy Coleman's score.
Review: With ‘Black Sunday,’ TimeLine Theatre departs its longtime home with a Depression-era story
This ambitious script needs characters that the audience can feel empathy for, and more human scenes that have time to breathe.
‘Death Becomes Her’ musical is going directly to Broadway after Chicago
“Death Becomes Her,” the new musical based on the darkly comic 1992 movie, is going directly to Broadway this fall after its Chicago world premiere.
Review: ‘Turret’ by A Red Orchid is Michael Shannon doing his intense best work
We never find out why the world outside has ended, except that there has been some kind of war and we are watching the fate of the losers.
Review: ‘An Educated Guess’ at Definition Theatre is a promising new play about an immigration dilemma
The playwright, a former media executive and an immigrant himself, is interested in many things here, beginning with the lives of those who conduct immigration interviews.
Review: ‘Jump’ by Shattered Globe has a strong lead performance and characters stuck on a bridge
Bridges loom large for those who live in Brooklyn, and one such crossing is the central image in “Jump,” a poetic, newish play by Charly Evon Simpson, who resides in...