Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Theresa Rebeck's latest takes a page from two dramas: "Hamlet" and the woman who first dared to play him.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMMonday, September 16, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
An endearing and indebted parody of iconic British parodists returns to Chicago.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:26PMFriday, September 6, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
This production of D.H. Lawrence's novel joins a recent trend of theatrical adaptations of literature that can't quite make the jump from page to stage.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMWednesday, August 21, 2019
Elinor Cook's story of female friendship may not be perfect but real things rarely are.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:09PMWednesday, August 7, 2019
Part Go-Go's concert, part 17th century romance and part fantasmagorical fashion show, this local premiere is a love story we desperately need.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:18PMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Dave Malloy's "staged concept album" is a smorgasbord of delectable melodies, familiar stories and eerie feelings.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:11PMThursday, July 18, 2019
Purportedly about a boy and a nun, Tom Dudzick's play needs more of either or less of both.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:07PMWednesday, June 5, 2019
"We have no children and no relatives we trust with money, so at a certain age we were thinking about what [our] legacy is and our bequest to the future."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 30, 2019
This new play by George Brandt broadly broaches feminist rhetoric without committing to, or really understanding, the realities of being a woman.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMTuesday, May 28, 2019
The unofficial "Year of Frankenstein" concludes with this world premiere adaptation that features Mary Shelley not just as author but player.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMonday, May 27, 2019
Thursday, May 9, 2019
As corporate interests collude with self-interested politicians to rid our city of any remaining strains of legitimate regional music culture, Evanston-born playwright Laura Eason shows just…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Leader of the Humboldt Park-based theater, Vega and his company are actively working to preserve their community's stories while training a new generation of theater artists.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMMonday, April 8, 2019
This two-hander lays bare the bonds of siblings, forged in the fire of parental expectations.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:12AMFriday, April 5, 2019
Veteran actor Joe Foust tactfully navigates the emotional landscape of this powerful one-man show about an extraordinary boy and the town that knew him.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:33PMTuesday, March 26, 2019
This heartfelt musical by Steve Martin and musician Edie Brickell is a marriage of old and new.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMTuesday, March 19, 2019
In its attempt to break the mold, this world premiere leaves a lot on the table.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:50PMTuesday, February 26, 2019
Oscar Wilde gets a punk rock treatment in this remount of Promethean Theatre Ensemble's 2016 production of Moisés Kaufman's play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00PMFriday, February 22, 2019
This world premiere from Dan Giles brings home the bacon of laughs but leaves audiences hungry for the meat of its subject matter.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, February 11, 2019
Dominique Morisseau returns to Chicago with an urgent new play that maps the direct route from education to incarceration for America's youth of color.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMFlorian Zeller's award-winning 2012 play gets its moving local premiere at Remy Bumppo.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMTuesday, February 5, 2019
The highly anticipated citywide initiative has the potential to attract new audiences to the theater and steer regular theatergoers to new companies.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMMonday, February 4, 2019
Memory and history entwine in this world premiere at the Goodman.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMTuesday, January 29, 2019
Whether you're a casual fan of the franchise or you can make a convincing case for Jar Jar Binks being a Sith Lord, this is the play you're looking for.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00PMFriday, November 30, 2018
First person accounts from the Chicago theater community on a subject that has been raised to a level of national discourse well beyond the theater.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMThursday, November 15, 2018
Writers Theatre offers this Shakespeare comedy with whiplash wit and two of his finest leading ladies.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Just in time for the holiday sale season, Broken Nose Theatre presents the world premiere of this new play by Spenser Davis about the iniquities and injustices of late capitalism
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMFriday, October 19, 2018
A redux of Terrance McNally's less-than-successful "Broadway, Broadway," Pride Films and Plays' production reminds us just what's in a name: quite a lot.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PM 
