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Review: The Antiquities at Goodman Theatre Reminds Us That Humans, As Creative as We Are, May Have an Expiration Date

The Antiquities at Goodman Theatre is a panorama of human invention and storytelling beginning in the 19th century and continuing into the 23rd century, when humans may be .extinct. These scenes […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 14, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Robots Rule in Century-Old Play, R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots, at City Lit Theater

    Will robots or humanoids some day rule the world? A play written 105 years ago predicts the rise of the robot over its human creators. You can see the clever, […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 13, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Theater , Theater Festival

    Preview: Plays Both Classic and Contemporary Will Be Featured This Summer at Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre

    This year’s season at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, is dedicated to actor and director Jonathan Smoots, a Shorewood, Wisconsin, resident who died earlier this year. Perhaps no […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • May 13, 2025
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Charlotte’s Web by Young People’s Theatre Is the Perfect Show for Children and Families!

    Young People’s Theatre of Chicago presents an endearing and entertaining rendition of the classic children’s novel, Charlotte’s Web by E.B Webb– play adaptation by Joseph Robinette. This tale follows the […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • May 12, 2025
    • Comedy , Review , Stages

    Review: Second City’s This Too Shall Slap Is a Knockout

    For 66 years, Second City has set the standard for sketch comedy in Chicago and beyond. Its Mainstage shows are rooted in the theater’s long-perfected formula—a two-hour mix of political […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • May 11, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Avalanche Theatre’s Time Is a Color and the Color Is Blue Builds Dramatic Pressure Despite Its Flaws

    This Avalanche Theatre world premiere, at the Bramble Arts Loft, might win the Adam Kaz Critic Award for Year’s Coolest Title. Time Is a Color and the Color Is Blue by […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • May 7, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Remy Bumppo Theatre Brings Art to Life and Life to Art with Yazmina Reza’s Comic Drama

    Serge buys a painting. Marc hates it. Yvan is verklempt over his friends’ feud and his coming wedding. That’s the plotline of Yazmina Reza’s comic drama Art, now being staged by […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 7, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: The Surreal Journey of South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Season Eight

    South Chicago Dance Theatre’s season eight, featuring surreal themes that challenge the mind and the body, premiered at the Auditorium on May 3. Although I had seen another company attempt a […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 6, 2025
    • Dialogs , Events , Interviews , Lit , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Talks About Tyranny Triumph at the Chicago Humanities Fest and ACLU Lunch

    For “Lakeview Day 2025,” the Chicago Humanities Festival featured two tyranny experts, each for an hour-long interview followed by a brief Q&A, on April 27 at the Athenaeum Theatre. The […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 6, 2025
    • Film & TV , Lit , Music , Nonfiction , Stages , Television

    Review: Sadness at the End of a World, Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America, by Jake Johnson

    The title of Jake Johnson’s latest book—Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America—is more than a bit jarring. It’s that part about “Musicals and Mourning” that seems so odd. […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • May 6, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater , Theater Festival

    Review:  Theatre of the Absurd Festival With Surreal Plays by Three Master Playwrights Launched by Gwydion Theatre and Chopin Theatre

    Theater fans can get a new appreciation of theater of the absurd this month with eight short plays being staged by Gwydion Theatre over the next few weekends. We saw three of […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 5, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Frankenstein’s Creature, Played by Neurodivergent Performers, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

    The ensemble A.B.L.E., Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations, presented a 90-minute “re-wiring” of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein April 25-27 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Upstairs Studio. Nine neurodivergent actors, including a team […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 4, 2025
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