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Feature: Is He Guilty? Greek Hero Odysseus Is Tried for Murder in the National Hellenic Museum’s Latest Courtroom-Style Drama

The National Hellenic Museum’s annual trial of a Greek legend returned triumphantly this year with The Trial of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Since the series was founded in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 16, 2026
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Winning Works by Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy Brilliantly Transcends the Ordinary

    At Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy, the best of the best train to become part of dance companies worldwide. The academy’s four programs are the Joffrey Studio Company, the Ballet Trainee […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 15, 2026
    • Comedy , Music , Reviews , Stages

    Review: Bridget Everett Turns Up the Heat at the Riviera

    The first truly warm evening of Chicago’s spring pulled a raucous crowd into Uptown Square. The blocks around Lawrence and Broadway were packed with hotdog and tamale carts, fans heading […]

  • Doug Mose
  • March 13, 2026
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Tiler Peck and Friends Fire It Up with a Blazing Turn It Out at the Auditorium

    Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends is a visual and musical feast of modern dance, ballet, and tap. The dances are set to amazing live and recorded original […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 10, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Changing Channels at City Lit Theater Reminds Us About Another Scary Time in US History

    Midcentury America was a scary time. We worried about the Bomb because the Russians had one too—and it might be bigger than ours (theirs was plutonium). Today is scary too […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 9, 2026
    • Broadway , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Hamilton Returns to Chicago and It’s Powerful and Timely

    The celebrated hip-hop historical musical that took the world by storm, Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is back in Chicago after a two-year absence, and it does not disappoint. The intelligent […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • March 6, 2026
    • Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Chicago Opera Theater’s Der Silbersee Has a Prescient Sychronicity for Today’s World

    Wednesday was a significant anniversary for Kurt Weill’s Der Silbersee, ein Wintermärchen (The Silver Lake, A Winter’s Fairy Tale). It was banned by the Nazis on that date in 1933, and Weill […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 6, 2026
    • Comedy , Interviews , Preview , Stages

    Preview: The Onion Co-Founder Scott Dikkers Brings FunnyCon to Chicago

    As a co-founder of the venerable satirical newspaper The Onion, Scott Dikkers is no stranger to launching comedy institutions. His latest endeavor is the biggest yet—the first annual FunnyCon, a […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • March 5, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Goodman Theatre’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Tells a Sweet Story, But Needs a Script Doctor

    Oscar Wao is a nerdy guy and a wannabe writer with a big heart. He’s open to friendship and longing for love. We even get to experience his loss of […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • March 4, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater , Uncategorized

    Review: Theatre Y Presents a Chilling Portrait of Refugees During Fascism in Charges (The Supplicants)

    Fascism never completely goes away because the concept of a utopian society or a “golden age” is subject to those in power. Theatre Y is staging the North American premiere […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • March 1, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Red Theater Stages a New Version of Chekhov’s The Seagull and Retains Its Melancholy Mood

    It’s a Chekhov play, so ….. Everyone is in love with the wrong person. Everyone is unhappy. People live in the country but yearn to live in the city. The […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 28, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Rivendell Theatre’s Pivot Tells a Tragicomic Story of Life, Love and Farming

    It’s a few days before the wedding of Kara and Levi and in the small town of Milton, Nebraska, that’s a big event. As the play opens, we meet Levi […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 25, 2026
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