Friday, August 7, 2026
Endings are never easy, but rarely does a play that begins so well move so decisively in the wrong direction as does Marina Carr’s 2009 work, an Irish dramedy that’s almost salvaged by a…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Presented by the youth and community-focused Albany Park Theater Center, the production is completely sold out for good reason: this is drama that glows red hot with passion and authenticity.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 17, 2026
These recent transplants represent a new generation of theater artists who have chosen this city based on its reputation as a place open to brash, bright young thespians willing to do their …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Sight gags go Wilde in No Dogs in the Kitchen Theatre Company’s revival of the classic comedy, overwhelming the play’s trenchant commentary on Victorian social mores.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2026
Tim Crouch’s 2006 melancholic memory play about loss and healing features two outstanding performances, one of them unrehearsed.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2026
Tonal inconsistencies in Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s production of Jean Anouilh’s adaptation weaken the play’s powerful and relevant message.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Ego Death Theatre Collective’s sure-handed production of “A Dog’s House” shows the impact of a pet’s violent death on the owners’ relationships.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 14, 2026
Liz Chidester gives a terrific star turn as the country music legend, but the American Blues Theater production of this warhorse jukebox musical keeps us at arm’s length from Patsy as a pe…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2026
A.A. Milne’s 1921 comedy of romantic disillusionment has its moments but doesn’t quite jell.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2026
A pure product of Chicago's collaborative theater culture, this new play from Her Story Theater digs deep into the nature of art and truth.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2026
Lookingglass Theatre's spectacle-heavy play is nice to look at, but offers viewers too little to chew on.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2026
Playwright Spencer Huffman's religious drama"and New Theatre Project's first production in a conventional theater space"boasts some excellent performances in a story that doesn't quite satis…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2026
Factory Theater's overlong production has its moments, but it struggles to pull us into its sci-fi scenario.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
American Blues Theater's intensely intimate revival shows that William Inge's 1950 family drama still packs a wallop.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Justin Purcell's sleight-of-hand act at the Chicago Magic Lounge rates higher on skill than charm.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2025
Here's hoping that Thornton Wilder's quietly powerful one-acter from 1931 develops into a Chicago holiday tradition.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 1, 2025
Court Theatre's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" lacks good answers to this bothersome question.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 12, 2025
"A Devil Comes to Town" is a bold but ultimately undramatic experiment in storytelling strategy.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 31, 2025
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Some good acting and interesting directorial choices can't save Amiri Baraka's misogynistic one-acter.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Gwydion Theatre's "Death of a Salesman" may not be perfect, but it speaks loudly and clearly to our time.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Jared Goudsmit skillfully directs Richard Dresser's 1995 satirical take on organizational existence.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 12, 2025
American Blues Theater's new production is a bravely experimental dark comedy with a less-than-coherent plot.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 27, 2025
How Pam Dickler ended up on a right-wing "Scoundrels List""a roster of the top two-hundred people who most influenced Barack Obama. "I'm Number 151," Dickler states with irony-inflected prid…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 8, 2025
"'A' Train" is no mere entertainment. It's about bringing us into dark places and shining light on what we'd rather not see.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2025
This sterling production of a flawed play announces to the theatergoing public that Tin Drum"which was launched only last year"is a company worth watching.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
Factory Theater has outdone itself with this world premiere production that not only moves, teaches and entertains us, but also challenges us to see our own times in the flickering light of …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The rough outline of the Capek plot remains, although the story is both simplified and sped up, giving the play the breathless pacing of a Saturday-morning cartoon.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 12, 2025
With a tone that's too earnest for farce and too slight for idea-packed drama, the play feels not so much artful as awkward.Â
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The festival promises to be as thorough and wide-ranging an introduction to absurdism as local audiences are apt to experience.
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