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A dimly lit theater stage with sheer, draped curtains as the backdrop and rows of empty wooden chairs arranged in a semicircle facing the stage.

by Mary Wisniewski | July 13, 2026

In a Room Full of Empty Chairs, a Couple Grapples With Nothingness The Eugène Ionesco play, on stage at American Players Theatre, is philosophically bleak, but with a comedic vaudeville feeling.

by Mary Wisniewski | August 26, 2024

If, If Only and What If: A Review of “Constellations” at American Players Theatre

Three men in old-fashioned suits stand looking forward on a dark stage.

by Tristan Bruns | October 2, 2023

Not Bad For A Potato! A Review of “The Lehman Trilogy” at TimeLine Theatre

by Mary Wisniewski | February 23, 2023

Singing In Harmony: A Review of “Fen” at Court Theatre

by Hayley Osborn | February 10, 2020

There’s No Business Like Roe Business: A Review of Roe at Goodman Theatre

by Kevin Greene | January 2, 2020

Players 2020: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

by Erin Shea Brady | September 16, 2019

Sweet and Savored: A Review of Tiny Beautiful Things at Victory Gardens

by Kevin Greene | September 11, 2019

Theater Top 5: September 2019

by Erin Shea Brady | January 31, 2019

Woman on the Edge: A Review of Photograph 51 at Court Theatre

by Erin Shea Brady | September 2, 2018

The Journey to Sisterhood : A Review of A Shayna Maidel at TimeLine Theatre Company

by Kevin Greene | February 21, 2018

Out For Blood: A Review of The Wolves at Goodman Theatre

by Kevin Greene | January 4, 2018

Players 2018: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

by Kevin Greene | April 21, 2017

Busted Guts and Open Hearts: A Review of Hookman at Steep Theatre

by Kevin Greene | March 21, 2016

Review: United Flight 232/The House Theatre of Chicago

by Joy Miller | February 9, 2016

Review: Mutt/Stage Left Theatre and Red Tape Theatre

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