Articles filed under Theater
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Best Bets: Rosemont’s EXP delivers new virtual reality experienceFeb 17, 2026 5:01 pm - Rosemont’s EXP virtual reality venue debuts its new medieval experience, John Mueller re-creates Buddy Holly’s final concert at the Raue Center for the Arts, and Tony Award winners perform at the Illinois Conservatory for the Arts’ benefit concert in Naperville.
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Schaumburg presents Black History Month play, ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls’Feb 17, 2026 11:17 am - Schaumburg’s usually annual Black History Month play returns next week after a year’s hiatus with a new nonprofit production company.
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Spotlight: Metropolis revives backstage farce ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’Feb 17, 2026 9:59 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre revives the backstage farce “The Play That Goes Wrong,” Writers Theatre produces “Two Sisters and a Piano,” and Goodman Theatre stages the English adaptation of Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”
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Things to do Feb. 20-26: Christopher Titus, Travel & Adventure Show, Peking Acrobats and moreFeb 17, 2026 6:55 am - Make plans to see Christopher Titus at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, the Travel and Adventure Show in Rosemont, the Peking Acrobats at the Genesee in Waukegan and more.
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MCC to present premiere of faculty-written musical, ‘I’m No Shakespeare’Feb 16, 2026 10:15 am - The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College is hosting the world premiere of “I’m No Shakespeare,” written by MCC music instructor Michael Hillstrom of Woodstock.
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‘The Outsiders’ musical tour muscles its way to ChicagoFeb 12, 2026 1:47 pm - Director Danya Taymor’s stagecraft is truly the major star of “The Outsiders.” This hit four-time 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s beloved 1967 coming-of-age novel is now making an emotional and aggressively confident Chicago touring debut at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
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A bright spot: ‘Holiday’ lights up the Goodman stageFeb 11, 2026 5:39 pm - Goodman Theatre delivers a sly, contemporary version of “Holiday,” adapted by Richard Greenberg from Philip Barry’s classic 1928 romantic comedy.
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Spotlight: Marriott brings to life ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’Feb 11, 2026 8:37 am - Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences revives “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” while premieres include Definition Theatre’s “Black Cypress Bayou,” Shattered Globe’s “Morning, Noon and Night” and Lifeline’s “Kitty and the Beanstalk.”
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Who gets in — and who steps aside? Citadel Theatre’s ‘Admissions’ asks the uncomfortable questionsFeb 10, 2026 9:49 pm - Citadel Theatre’s "Admissions" explores the moral dilemma of an admissions officer and her husband, who value diversity but face a choice of using their privilege to help their son gain admission to Yale.
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Steppenwolf’s ‘Dance of Death’ delivers dark laughs from a bitter marriageFeb 10, 2026 8:57 am - It’s funny how Steppenwolf Theatre Company has chosen to celebrate part of its 50th anniversary season by showcasing one of western theater’s most toxic wedding anniversaries in “The Dance of Death.” But that’s par for the course for a Chicago theater institution that is famous for its ferocious acting.