A new adaptation by Lauren Gunderson, premiering at Northlight Theatre, avoids the sentimental piety that mars some versions ...

The Joffrey Ballet’s annual holiday-time “Nutcracker” extravaganza, that revered tradition, offers so much—but it also raises ...

Juliet” will delight the casual theatergoer with its glitzy, rock concert aesthetic, tongue-in-cheek plot and world-class ...

In Mula’s rendition of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” we hear the events of that Christmas Eve from Marley’s ...

For the past thirty-five years, comedian Maria Bamford has been the guiding light to making hilarity out of hellishness, ...

Dames at Sea” is campy, goofy and rushes through Broadway tropes, but will leave you with a smile on your face and a song in ...

To draw together Chicago’s diverse and at times fractious tap community, Mark Yonally of Chicago Tap Theatre and M.A.D.D.

Stage Top 5: February 2024 February is a month of debuts—new artistic directors, new spaces and world premieres. Stage Top 5: ...

Femme ensemble Ananya Dance Theatre presents a multidisciplinary dance theater work set in an alternate world where humans can no longer connect with one another. But a few open-hearted beings remain ...