A & A Ballet’s production of The Art Deco Nutcracker lavishly illustrates that a dance company need not have a big name to have oversized talent, vision and creativity. The performance last…
It’s always a treat to see a Tennessee Williams play, whether it’s a familiar story like The Glass Menagerie, or…
Indivisible Chicago will stage True Blue Revue, the group’s 2020 campaign kickoff and free live show, Monday, February 3, at…
If you need a respite from the depressing politics of today, I recommend an evening of topsy-turvy politics and zaniness…
Jillian Leff’s new play is the story of a writer—one who is fortunate to have a partner with a steady…
I admire experimentation in theater, whether it’s setting a familiar Shakespearean tale behind a vinyl screen in some post-modern setting…
Despite having recently welcomed fall, Chicago was enveloped by the warmth of a mysterious desert town called Night Vale earlier…
I read a lot of short stories, of varied styles and themes. I like the stories of George Saunders, Shirley…
Playwright William Inge is considered a quintessential midwestern writer. Born in Kansas, he worked in Kansas and Missouri, and died…
Welcome to Stage Shorts, our feature that highlights current plays at Chicago’s storefront theaters. It’s our way of covering more…
A middle-aged woman, her boyfriend and her teenaged son—all in one small apartment. That sounds like a formula for trouble…
Smashing Pumpkins fans know him as Billy Corgan, but the veteran rocker is now using his full name as a…
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