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A woman in a maroon dress confronts a bearded man in a red robe who is kneeling on top of a large wicker chest. In the background, two other people embrace near a white couch on a modern stage set.

by Ted C. Fishman | April 13, 2026

Shakespeare’s Raucous Farce Is Filled with Puns, Pratfalls and Pleasures Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages "The Merry Wives of Windsor," a comedy that is produced less often than others in the Bard's canon, but worth catching.

by Ted C. Fishman | September 26, 2024

Seriously Zany: A Review of “Noises Off” at Steppenwolf

by Nathaniel Fishburn | May 3, 2022

Oh, To Be Young Again: A Review of “All’s Well That Ends Well” at Chicago Shakespeare

by Kevin Greene | January 2, 2020

Players 2020: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

by Kevin Greene | April 30, 2019

Hell or High Water: A Review of The Children at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Erin Shea Brady | December 2, 2018

Domestic Import: A Review of Familiar at Steppenwolf Theatre

by Kevin Greene | August 31, 2018

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

by Kevin Greene | June 22, 2018

Stage Top 5: July 2018

by Kevin Greene | April 16, 2018

Fake It ‘Til You Break It: A Review of The Doppelgänger (an international farce) at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Hugh Iglarsh | July 7, 2017

Sweet Fleeting Youth: A Review of “Ah, Wilderness!” at Goodman Theatre

by Aaron Hunt | December 11, 2014

Review: Pericles/Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Ella Christoph | July 9, 2012

Review: The Three Sisters/Steppenwolf Theatre

by Lisa Buscani | May 13, 2012

Review: My Kind of Town/TimeLine Theatre

by Brian Hieggelke | May 3, 2011

Review: The Madness of George III/Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Ilanakowarski | February 1, 2007

Review: Execution of Justice/About Face Theatre

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