by Amanda Finn | August 26, 2026Siblings Struggle To Connect in “Sisters” at Writers Theatre The production, which shows the relationship between a human woman and her AI sister over decades, does little to push any conversation of this technology forward.
by Amanda Finn | April 27, 2026“Windfall” Begs the Question: What Is the Cost of a Life? Tarell Alvin McCraney’s world premiere at Steppenwolf examines the aftermath of a police killing.
by Amanda Finn | April 9, 2026“The Sugar Wife” Questions the Morality of Capitalism The Artistic Home stages the U.S. premiere of Elizabeth Kuti’s play set in 1850 Dublin.
by Amanda Finn | March 11, 2026“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” Shows Our Lives Are What We Make Them The Goodman Theatre's production is an enchanting exploration of the self, by way of Oscar’s life and his Dominican American family’s fukú (curse) connected to the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina.
by Amanda Finn | February 23, 2026“Top Girls” and Living in a Man’s World Raven Theatre presents Caryl Churchill's 1982 play about women across time and space united by one reality.
by Amanda Finn | February 6, 2026A Short and Sweet “Hamlet” at Chicago Shakes This variation of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of the Danish prince tells his story in a brisk seventy-five-minute rendition, where Hamlet feels much more alone.
by Amanda Finn | December 11, 2025The Charismatic Charles Dickens Comes to Life Blake Montgomery wins the audience over as Charles Dickens in this one-person play, where the celebrated author diverts from his 172nd annual reading of "A Christmas Carol" to throw a holiday party instead.
by Amanda Finn | December 3, 2025Goodman’s “Christmas Carol” Imparts Holiday Lessons in Humanity The forty-eighth annual "Christmas Carol" returns to Goodman with a stellar cast that will rejuvenate your holiday spirit.
by Amanda Finn | October 22, 2025TimeLine’s New Play Explores What It Means to Be an American The world premiere of Sandra Delgado's "Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars" finds a woman coping with significant life changes amidst dream and trippy weed-induced sequences.
by Amanda Finn | October 17, 2025Goodman’s New Musical Shows How One Spark Can Ignite a Revolution It's no surprise that a show with music and lyrics by Tom Morello is finding its moment right now.
by Amanda Finn | September 24, 2025“Rabbits in Their Pockets” Conjures Black Joy Through Kinship Kimberly Dixon-Mays’ contemporary play at Lifeline Theatre features a story interwoven with references from the Br’er Rabbit African American folktales.
by Amanda Finn | September 18, 2025“The First Lady of Television” Broadcasts a History Lesson Northlight Theatre's new production takes us back to the 1950s, when sitcom pioneer Gertrude Berg was tasked with an impossible choice.
by Amanda Finn | August 13, 2025Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been: A Review of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Music Theater Works
by Amanda Finn | July 16, 2025Enchanted: A Review of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” at Broadway In Chicago
