Friday, April 10, 2026
WHEN SHAKESPEARE NEEDS A LITTLE HELP Physical comedy drives the laughs"sometimes to excess"in Phillip Breen's energetic production The Merry Wives of Windsor is not one of Shakespeare's most…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 29, 2025
MUCH ADO ABOUT ADO AND EVERY BIT WORTH THE FUSS ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Selina…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2025
Steppenwolf's in-the-round production of Amadeus, directed by Robert Falls, takes a sparse approach to design, perhaps by necessity, or perhaps to highlight the juxtaposition between the cou…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 19, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's North American premiere of Paranormal Activity is guaranteed to deliver the horror movie-style scares you're looking for this Halloween season, but if you're lo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:57AM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
STUNNING AND UNSETTLING, MR. WOLF IS AT THE DOOR Steppenwolf Theatre's Chicago premiere of Mr. Wolf is a searing examination of parental sacrifice, loss, and the elusive nature of home. Unde…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
A CLAUSTROPHOBIC MISERY AT CITADEL Citadel Theatre's production of Misery by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King, is a respectable staging that scratches the itch for a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 27, 2025
AN EXTREMELY FEMINIST PLAY. OR IS IT? Never meet a man, they say. What happens if we have to work with one? Artemis Books & The Well-Meaning Man poses the complex question of how, if at …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 3, 2025
CHICAGO-BORN AND HEAVEN-SENT, THIS IS NOT A REVIVAL. IT'S A RECKONING. Angels in America is one of the greatest plays in the American theatre canon. Period. Tony Kushner created a two-part e…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Friday, June 13, 2025
A MUSICAL COMEDY TO REMIND YOU WHY YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ARTFORM IN THE FIRST PLACE "In 1982 a man called Larry put himself in a lawn chair, got some 42 balloons, and went to sixteen tho…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 10, 2025
DIAL M FOR MURDEROUS LAUGHTER Chicago is the city of improv, but excellent improv can still be hard to come by. Yet the magnificent company Hitch*Cocktails always delivers, and they do it wh…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 23, 2025
JUDGING THE BOOK OF GRACE BY ITS (VERY IMPRESSIVE) COVER The Chicago Premiere of The Book of Grace at Steppenwolf Theatre is an expertly executed production of an underwhelming family drama.…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2025
KNIGHTS AND ACROBATS AN ODD PAIR AT LOOKINGGLASS Circus Quixote"Lookingglass Theatre's fun spectacle best suited for a family crowd"is an ambitious attempt to merge Miguel de Cervantes' time…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:21PM[SHARE]Friday, February 7, 2025
NOW VS. THEN A historic confrontation between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., America's most influential conservative inte…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, December 6, 2024
A HEARTWARMING ADAPTATION The world premiere of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson as a co-commission from Northlight Theatre, City Theatre, People's Light, a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 28, 2024
AN INCREDIBLE SCORE; A FINE PRODUCTION; A FUNNY AND POIGNANT FRACTURED FAMILY PORTRAIT; WHY, THEN, DOES THIS REVIVAL NOT EMOTIONALLY RESONATE? Court Theatre and Timeline Theatre's joint prod…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 20, 2024
THE REAL TRAGEDY WOULD BE MISSING THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET Legendary director Robert Lepage and dancer/choreographer Guillaume Côté reunite to re-imagine theatre's most timeless, persistent…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2024
INTO THE WOODS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO PIANOS? IN A STOREFRONT THEATRE? IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE Kokandy's production of Into the Woods directed by Derek Van Barham with music direction by Nick Sul…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:27AM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2024
The devil's voice is sweet to hear. " Stephen King, from the novel Needful Things Steppenwolf's production of Leroy and Lucy by Ngozi Anyanwu is a seductive and life-affirming reimagining of…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:34PM[SHARE]Friday, November 1, 2024
THE SKOOBY ON HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THIS BUSH, OR SKOOBY DON'T GO? DEPENDS ON YOUR TASTE Hell in a Handbag Productions' world premiere of The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don't Gang: The Myst…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2024
YOUR PRIMARY CHOICE FOR GREAT THEATER. TRUST ME. The Goodman's Chicago-premiere production of Primary Trust by Eboni Booth is everything I've been craving in theatre lately. Directed by Malk…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2024
AN EXTREMELY HEAVY PORTRAYAL OF ABUSE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH It's no secret that the Catholic Church has a sordid history of covering up sexual abuse, and many have made art on this topic to…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 12, 2024
A WITCH'S BREW WHICH EFFECTS HOPE AT HALLOWEEN There's a play about the Salem witch trials playing in Chicago, and amazingly it's not Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Sarah Ruhl wanted a turn a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:06PM[SHARE]A SWEET, QUEER, NEURODIVERGENT LOVE STORY Open Space Arts' Chicago premiere of Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen is a charming play with representation that is refreshing to see on stage. The p…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:57AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2024
THEATER THAT BINDS Raven Theatre's production of Martyna Majok's Ironbound directed by Georgette Verdin is a brilliantly patient drama supported by a stellar cast and a detail-oriented creat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2024
NOISES OFF AND ON AND OFF AND ON Presented in partnership with L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse (where Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Tarell Alvin McCraney is the new Artistic Director), Steppenwolf's p…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 28, 2024
CREATIONISM VS. EVOLUTION; RELEVANCE VS. TIMELESSNESS THE GOODMAN HAS THE PLAY OF THE MOMENT Dubbed "The Trial of the Century," the inspiration for Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inheri…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2024
LET IDLE MUSE'S INDULGENCE SET YOU FREE Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest immerses its audience in a dark and stormy night full of magic and mischie…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:43PM[SHARE]Monday, September 23, 2024
A NEW MUSICAL THAT JUST MIGHT RIP YOUR HEART OUT Preston Max Allen's new musical Never Better at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre is an emotionally raw folk-punk musical. It sometimes struggles w…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2024
THE GREATEST PRODUCTION YOU'LL EVER SEE OF A PERPLEXING MUSICAL If you ever want to see Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, Writers Theatre is the place to see it. I …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:28PM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2024
ENJOYABLE, BUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE? The Audience at Drury Lane Theatre is a slightly stuffy drama best suited for audience members who are very interested in British poli…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:44PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 25, 2024
TOO MUCH HEART; NOT ENOUGH BLOOD Directed by Braxton Crewell, the Factory Theater's production of Cody Lindley and Nate Hall's new rock musical Stabbed in the Heart has some hilarious moment…
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