by Mary Wisniewski | September 3, 2026City Lit’s “Shane” Brings the Western Novel to the Stage Mark Pracht's adaptation of the 1949 book rewrites masculinity in a Western setting, with a phenomenal performance by lead Michael B. Woods.
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 Robert Eric Shoemaker | August 12, 2026It Was a Pleasure To Burn Non:op’s "Inventory of Lost Books" immerses itself in design and abstraction.
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 Eileen B. Fisher | April 21, 2026Leslie Cuyjet Probes the Value of Black Lives — and Deaths — in “For All Your Life” at the MCA "Leslie uses her own body—quite bravely—to narrate the horror (and horrific normalization) of human commodification."
by Sharon Hoyer | April 8, 2026Round and About: The Driehaus Dance of Brendan Fernandes Fernandes’ practice encompasses just about any medium you can name—dance, sculpture and design, textiles and fashion, photography and film—and is often in conversation with the spaces that contain it.
by Sharon Hoyer | March 17, 2026Through the Roof: Grelley Duvall Goes for the Statuette with Best Actress Full-spectrum emotionally gratifying theater, signed and sealed in a love letter to pop culture.
by Sharon Hoyer | January 13, 2026The Complexity of the Human Experience Expressed Through The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival The largest puppet theater festival in North America returns to warm up crowds with a vast array of artistry from around the globe, including an adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."
by Robert Eric Shoemaker | September 15, 2025Chicago’s New Golden Age of Magic A magic mansion with major funding enters a city where the art form already flourishes.
by Sharon Hoyer | September 2, 2025A Mini-Fringe: Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Reimagines the Full Circle Festival
by Dennis Polkow | August 18, 2025Keeping the Faith: A Review of “MJ: The Musical” at Broadway In Chicago
by Mary Wisniewski | July 17, 2025Half the Troupe, All the Passion: A Review of “Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
