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Lookingglass Theatre Company

Two men pose together in black and white. One wears a striped shirt with suspenders and has a mustache; the other wears a fitted black t-shirt and rests his arm on the first mans shoulder. Both look directly at the camera.

by Hugh Iglarsh | September 25, 2026

Sparks Fly When Tennessee Williams Meets a Young Marlon Brando Featuring a riveting performance by Johnny Galecki, Lookingglass Theatre's "Kowalski" poses deep questions of identity, both onstage and for the company itself.

A woman in a white dress holds a large, white and red rooster puppet on stage, looking at it intently. Stage lights and draped fabric create a dramatic theater setting in the background.

by Hugh Iglarsh | March 20, 2026

“White Rooster” Is a Spectacle Without Poetic Flight Lookingglass Theatre’s play is nice to look at, but offers viewers too little to chew on.

by Newcity | January 7, 2022

Players 50 2022: The Institutions

by Ben Kaye | March 9, 2020

Paving the Way: A Review of Her Honor Jane Byrne at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Kevin Greene | February 25, 2020

Theater Top 5: March 2020

by Kevin Greene | January 8, 2020

Winter Theater Preview: 2020 Edition

by Kevin Greene | August 30, 2019

Fall Theater Preview: 2019 Edition

by Hugh Iglarsh | August 7, 2019

Leeway for Risk-Taking: Finding Family in the Chicago Theater with Mark Larson

by Amanda Finn | May 28, 2019

Become the Manster: A Review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Lookingglass Theatre

by Kevin Greene | April 29, 2019

Spring/Summer Theater Preview: 2019 Edition

by Irene Hsiao | February 26, 2019

Too Much, Too Late: A Review of Act(s) of God at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Sharon Hoyer | January 2, 2019

Players 2019: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

by Ben Kaye | November 19, 2018

Always Be Staunch: A Review of The Steadfast Tin Soldier at Lookingglass Theatre Company

by Emma Couling | October 10, 2018

Joy and Celebration, Elevation and Activism at the Inaugural Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists Awards

by Kevin Greene | August 31, 2018

Seeing Seventy: A Select Slice of This Fall’s Theater Season

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