Thursday, April 21, 2022
In 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 08:00AMFriday, April 1, 2022
When 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 08:00AMMonday, March 21, 2022
“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 08:00AMTuesday, March 1, 2022
Much like the show’s spirit, the cast of this production is an homage to togetherness.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 11, 2022
travis tate’s play interrogates preconceived notions of ourselves and the ones we hold against others.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, November 19, 2021
The 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 08:00AMThursday, September 23, 2021
Playwright 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 08:00AMTuesday, August 31, 2021
The 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 08:00AMTuesday, May 18, 2021
“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 08:00AMTuesday, November 3, 2020
Spenser 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 08:00AMFriday, October 9, 2020
Nearly 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 08:00AMMonday, October 5, 2020
Titas Halder's one-man play questions who the real villain is.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
A 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 08:00AMTuesday, July 7, 2020
A 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 07:25PMWednesday, March 25, 2020
In 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 11:30AMMonday, March 2, 2020
Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, the local premiere of James Ijames play asks for only one thing: that we listen.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMTuesday, February 25, 2020
Lydia R. Diamond's play of privilege and all it entails returns to Chicago fresher than ever.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMWednesday, February 19, 2020
Things go to pieces in this production of Shakespeare's bloodiest play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMFriday, February 14, 2020
Windy City Playhouse continues its streak of emotionally engaging immersive theater with Mart Crowley's groundbreaking 1968 play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Beth Steel’s play is itself a labyrinth of occasionally confounding design.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMMonday, February 3, 2020
Directed 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.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMThursday, January 30, 2020
Isaac Gomez's latest play centers confidently and lovingly on the generational effects of colonialism and masculinity.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMWednesday, December 18, 2019
An endearing world premiere musical for kiddos and kiddos at heart.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMFriday, December 13, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
This terrific two-hander is both a jukebox musical and a tribute to female friendship.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, November 11, 2019
A new musical by local production team of Gosz & Fotos tackles the personal effects of mental illness with generosity and insight.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, November 6, 2019
No magic is required to fall in love with Katori Hall's singular play, masterfully directed by Wardell Julius Clark.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PMThursday, October 31, 2019
You don't have to be a moron to enjoy John Leguizamo's new one-man show. But it does help to keep an open mind about just how little you might know about Latin American history.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMWednesday, October 30, 2019
A discussion about polygamy in modern Muslim culture gives way to an exploration of female friendship in this stirring though incomplete world premiere.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PM 
