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 Mary Wisniewski | April 10, 2026Goodman Stages a Magnificent Production of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by August Wilson In Wilson's 1982 play, the playwright imagined a recording session for prolific early-blues recording artist Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and her band in Chicago in 1927.
by Christine Trevino | December 17, 2025Drury Lane’s “Sister Act” Brings the Whoopi Goldberg-Led 1992 Movie to the Stage Chicago theater mainstay E. Faye Butler has directed a joyous musical that’ll keep you smiling all the way back home.
by Hugh Iglarsh | October 4, 2023Too Much Goes Unmentioned: A Review of “The Nacirema Society” at Goodman Theatre
by Mary Wisniewski | July 17, 2023The Godmother of Rock: A Review of “Marie and Rosetta” at Northlight Theatre
by Brian Hieggelke | October 29, 2021This Voice Must Be Heard: A Review of Fannie (The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer) at the Goodman Theatre
by Amanda Finn | October 17, 2018E. Faye Butler’s Turn: A Review of Gypsy at Porchlight Music Theatre
