I Hate It Here: Stories From the End of the Old World is a play performed live and written as a concept album by Chicago’s Ike Holter with snappy direction by Lili-Anne […]
Author Suzanne Alexander’s life is haunted by her past. With Jacqueline Williams playing Suzanne in this 1992 Adrienne Kennedy play, we get a glimpse of campus life in mid-century America and the […]
Bella likes her solitude. It’s a familiar feeling for some of us, as the pandemic revealed true differences between introverts and extroverts. Veteran Chicago actor Mary Beth Fisher fully embodies Bella, her […]
Violet is pregnant with twin boys, due to arrive soon. She talks and sings to them constantly, introducing them to their family and friends and to their lives to come —and so […]
You may have seen Arthur Miller’s midcentury masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, many times. You may have seen some of the great versions. But even if you saw the 1998 Goodman Theatre […]
It’s fall and the time when Chicago theaters begin their new seasons. That’s the “old normal,” however, and nothing is normal these days. But although we can’t gather in small storefronts or […]
Plays written by incarcerated students are on view now in Stateville Voices: A Festival of Short Plays by the Northwestern University Prison Education Program and Goodman Theatre. Three short plays are available […]
In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and in-person instruction (as well as the yawning expanse of endless days). Chicago […]
What is true? What is false? And who gets to decide? In Lisa Loomer’s powerful production of Roe, directed by Vanessa Stalling, at the Goodman Theatre, people change their minds and switch […]
Now in its 42nd year (a bit of a miracle, no?), Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol remains a steadfastly satisfying holiday tradition, even as this latest edition sees little change year over year; […]
Sarah Bernhardt was a towering figure in world theater. The French stage actress performed in classic plays of the time, made theatrical tours around the world, including across the U.S., and owned […]
Walking into Dana H., all I knew was that the lead actor, Deirdre O’Connell, was lip-syncing. Little did I know I was going to see one of the most intense, emotional productions I […]
