Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Cousins stumble into adulthood in Goodman Theatre's 'Twilight Bowl'Feb 20, 2019 4:00 pm - “Twilight Bowl” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Resentment and rivalry strike early and often in “Twilight Bowl,” Chicago playwright Rebecca Gilman's latest world-premiere play for the Goodma...
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Theater spotlight: Jay Pharoah heads to Zanies & Steel Beam premieres 'Pigeons'Feb 19, 2019 5:00 am - Jay Pharoah at Zanies Jay Pharoah — actor, comedian and six-season veteran of “Saturday Night Live” — headlines Zanies in Rosemont this weekend. Known for his impre...
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Community connections: 'Scatter the Pigeons' to debut at Steel Beam TheatreFeb 18, 2019 10:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre artistic director Marge Uhlarik-Boller has had her eye on Gary McGowan's play “Scatter the Pigeons” since she saw an early reading of the work at ...
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Syrians act in playback theater to heal war traumaFeb 15, 2019 6:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - The young Syrian woman walked on stage and began telling the story of her brother's abduction in the early years of her country's civil war, wiping away te...
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Theater events: 'Short Shakespeare! Macbeth' returns to Chicago ShakespeareFeb 15, 2019 5:00 am - • Promethean Ensemble Theatre remounts its 2016 production of Moises Kaufman's "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," which examines the 19th-century writer...
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Heartfelt 'Dear Evan Hansen' strikes emotional chords in Chicago debutFeb 14, 2019 5:00 pm - “Dear Evan Hansen” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In a genre where spectacle often wins out over substance, “Dear Evan Hansen” is a rarity - a Broadway musical with a small cast and a massi...
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Michael Jackson musical not opening here after allFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - The forthcoming Michael Jackson musical titled "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" has canceled its world premiere Chicago tryout. The show, inspired by the life and times ...
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Theater review: Steppenwolf revisits Ibsen drama for thoughtful sequel 'A Doll's House, Part 2'Feb 13, 2019 11:00 am - “A Doll's House, Part 2” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When Norwegian housewife Nora Helmer left her husband and children at the end of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play “A Doll's House,” the shocki...
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'The Mousetrap' snaps in Metropolis production of murder-mysteryFeb 13, 2019 10:30 am - “The Mousetrap” - ★ ★ ★ At a recent packed performance of “The Mousetrap” at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, some audience members couldn't h...
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Paramount whips up shrewd, sassy treat with irreverent 'The Producers'Feb 12, 2019 2:00 pm - “The Producers” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If the bold, brassy, audaciously irreverent “The Producers” is the musical theater equivalent of an ice cream sundae, its tasty albeit entirel...