This psychological thriller lends itself wholeheartedly to the macabre.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMChicago doesn’t have much in the way of immersive theater experiences like Sleep No More in NYC. So when Windy City Playhouse debuted Leslie Liautaud’s Southern Gothic in 2018 it […] T…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:27PMNever before has my Catholic upbringing been helpful in seeing theater. And yet, my mind couldn’t help but wander back to catechism class during Refracted Theatre Company’s inaugural pro…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:12PMMany of our city’s theatrical leaders agree that Chicago is at the forefront of defining the future of the American theater.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMmadeleine george’s modern-day Greek comedy “Hurricane Diane” could not have come at a better time.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMEvery piece of art has a timeliness. When it is born and put into the world, it becomes part of its identity for better or worse. For Godspell, that time has come and gone. First staged in 1…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:28AMFor fellow nineties nostalgia seekers, “Cruel Intentions” is one of those quintessential teen drama romps. Chock full of nineties music you will be compelled to sing along (but seriously…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMRarely do you get such rich storytelling in just over ninety minutes.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMIn a world like ours so wrought with chaos and war, what happens when freedom is finally achieved? That is something that the play “The Tragedy of King Christophe” attempts to answer.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWhen one in four Americans are directly impacted by opioid addiction, any art we create on the subject will have a profound effect.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM“Wife of a Salesman” is full of cogent points about being a woman that are just as relevant now as they were in the show’s 1950s setting.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMuch like the show’s spirit, the cast of this production is an homage to togetherness.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMtravis tate’s play interrogates preconceived notions of ourselves and the ones we hold against others.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThe audience is the fly on the wall of a dingy Oklahoma hotel room where Agnes White is taking refuge from her recently released, abusive ex-husband Jerry.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMPlaywright Anne Washburn succinctly crafted a show that demonstrated the cyclical nature of human storytelling, theater and life itself all in the span of three hours.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThe first thing you’ll notice stepping into the theater at Paramount is the electricity…. It’s the hum of anticipation.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM“It’s interesting, we started conversations before the pandemic about what it might look like to create one big festival with residents and fellows presenting together,” Stephanie Pach…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMSpenser Davis' play, written for Zoom, takes advantage of where we are to tell a compelling story about what we’re up against.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMNearly one hundred theater companies from around the country join forces to present a free a radio play rendition of Sinclair Lewis' frighteningly prescient novel.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTitas Halder's one-man play questions who the real villain is.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMA cornerstone in the creative development of many performers, theater camps face significant challenges from COVID-19 and shelter-in-place orders.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMA GoFundMe by artists and for artists provides COVID relief. At the start of COVID-19 lockdowns, thousands of Chicago theater artists lost immediate income. In t…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:25PMIn the wake of COVID-19, Theater Wit brings the local premiere of Mike Lew's play directly to their audience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMDirected by Wardell Julius Clark, the local premiere of James Ijames play asks for only one thing: that we listen.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMLydia R. Diamond's play of privilege and all it entails returns to Chicago fresher than ever.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMThings go to pieces in this production of Shakespeare's bloodiest play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMWindy City Playhouse continues its streak of emotionally engaging immersive theater with Mart Crowley's groundbreaking 1968 play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMBeth Steel’s play is itself a labyrinth of occasionally confounding design.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMDirected by Wardell Julius Clark, Kevin Artigue's play speaks truth to power in an age when power rarely speaks the truth.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMIF you plan to see this musical THEN you might want to prepare for a nonsensical (and misogynistic) vision of so-called female empowerment.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMAn evening of toe-tapping bliss that delivers a commendation worthy of the Duke's talent.
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