by Sharon Hoyer | August 18, 2026Understanding Rage: Haas’ “The Anger Project” Comes to Bim Bom Studios “I start with anger because it’s the most taboo.”
by Sharon Hoyer | August 4, 2026The Long and Lively Life of “Dance For Life,” Where Dancers Help Dancers The annual benefit to alleviate the cost of medical care for folks in Chicago’s dance community, now in its thirty-fifth year, was born during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
by Hugh Iglarsh | July 17, 2026Gwydion Reclaims the Risk-Taking Heritage of Chicago Storefront Theater 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 own thing on their own terms.
by Eileen B. Fisher | July 14, 2026Irene Hsiao’s “Guardians of the Earth and Sky” Offers a Garden of Delights Now in its third year, Hsiao's walking outdoor performance in Chicago Parks is a summertime must for all ages.
by Eileen B. Fisher | July 7, 2026Exercises in Trust: “between us and everyone here” at the Neo-Futurists Come to understand dance as a series of actions—actions that sit closer to everyday experience than you may have thought.
by Dennis Polkow | June 26, 2026“Water for Elephants” Refreshingly Quenches the Urge to Run Off to the Circus The musical adaptation presented by Broadway in Chicago is a spectacle of movement.
by Hugh Iglarsh | June 25, 2026Couch Penny Ensemble’s Solid “An Oak Tree” Plays With Our Mind While Stirring Our Feelings Tim Crouch’s 2006 melancholic memory play about loss and healing features two outstanding performances, one of them unrehearsed.
by Tristan Bruns | June 24, 2026Comedy and Catechism in “Nunsense” at Drury Lane Theatre A dark comedy that runs on nostalgic references to pop culture and growing up Catholic.
by Mark Thomas Ketterson | June 18, 2026The Opera Festival of Chicago Pairs “La Boheme” with a Rarer Paris-Set Masterwork Sasha Gerritson, the festival's general director, shares their plans for the summer season, titled "Bohemian Tragedy," and discusses the strategy behind it.
by Tristan Bruns | June 17, 2026“Leopoldstadt” Is Writers Theatre’s Largest Production in Its History The final play written by Tom Stoppard is a sweeping saga that follows a Jewish family in Vienna across generations.
by Hugh Iglarsh | June 11, 2026An “Antigone” That Doesn’t Reach Its Tragic Potential Tonal inconsistencies in Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s production of Jean Anouilh’s adaptation weaken the play’s powerful and relevant message.
