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.
by Tristan Bruns | June 10, 2026Faust Meets First Base in “Damn Yankees” at Theo Ubique This twentieth-century version of a deal-with-the-devil knocks it out of the park.
by Sharon Hoyer | June 9, 2026After the Boys of Summer Have Gone: The Joffrey Ballet’s “Eugene Onegin” Plumbs Depths of Feeling Possokhov’s ballet brings nuanced emotions to the stage in a fully realized marriage of dance, music and visual design.
by Noel Schecter | June 5, 2026In “Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play,” Life Imitates Art (Imitating Life) Jackalope Theatre presents Terry Guest’s twisted tale of artistic ambition and vengeance set during the Pop Art era.
by Sharon Hoyer | May 27, 2026From Dance to Circus: A Riotous Journey with Physical Theater Festival The annual festival brings many performance types under its umbrella.
by Mary Wisniewski | May 22, 2026Camping with Conspiracy Theorists at A Red Orchid In “The Targeted,” a new play by Hanna Kime, conspiracy theorists gather at a rustic retreat for a meeting of the “Solidarity and Truth Summit.”
by Charles Kenney | May 21, 2026The Conspirators Adapt Moliere’s “Tartuffe” With a Neo-Commedia Style The Style combines mime-ish facepaint, frequent confrontation with the audience and musical accompaniment of each movement.
by Mary Wisniewski | May 20, 2026“An Enemy of the People” Tells Inconvenient Truths TimeLine Theatre christens its new Uptown building with the Henrik Ibsen work, adapted by Amy Herzog in 2024, about a doctor whose alarming discovery makes him a town pariah.
by Sharon Hoyer | May 19, 2026The Next Generation of Dance Artists Bloom in “Persistent Spring” “These Gen Z artists have a lot to say. And they’re really funny."
by Dennis Polkow | May 19, 2026A Last, Less Elaborate Look at a Reimagined “Les Misérables” The twenty-fifth anniversary reimagining of the musical, now running for over a decade, makes its final stop in Chicago with its current two-week run.
by Tristan Bruns | May 18, 2026“South Pacific” Captures the Magic and Mystery of Paradise The classic musical at Paramount Theatre abounds with lush scenery, colorful costumes, rich orchestral music and enchanting melodies.
