Ghostlight Ensemble's site-specific Drink the Past Dry combines elements of Doctor Who with a real-life bar setting.

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre revives Alan Ayckbourn's early comedy about infidelity and mistaken identities, Relatively ...

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Karel Čapek's 1921 sci-fi classic R.U.R. gets a timely makeover for the age of AI at City Lit Theater in Bo List's adaptation.

Employees at a Boston magic and novelties shop find connections in the world premiere of Eliza Bent's The Regulars.

Keiko Green's Gorgeous, a coproduction of Raven and Rivendell, is a smart two-hander about loss, change, and a prize English bulldog.

Walter King Jr.s Diary of a Black Illusionist showcases the west-side native's breathtaking artistry at Chicago Magic Lounge.

Trap Door's revival of Bertolt Brecht's Galileo finds chilling connections between the embattled astronomer's time and our own.

In the shadow of Cook County Jail’s brutal red-brick facade, on May 10, dozens of Chicagoans built community and kept vigil for incarcerated mothers and caregivers separated from their families by the ...

Reid was a freelance critic for the Chicago Tribune for 17 years, and has also contributed to several other publications, including Windy City Times, Chicago Magazine, Playbill, American Theatre, and ...

The latest solo by Tony Tasset, “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” at Corbett vs. Dempsey, contains a suite of ...

Nonbinary performer and writer Will Wilhelm celebrates queerness and Shakespeare in Gender Play, or What You Will at Steppenwolf.