Tuesday, November 16, 2021
This is likely to be the most fun you’ll have in a Chicago theater this season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, October 12, 2021
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” the quirky three-part musical web series about the sad machinations of a supervillain, displayed an early example of what entertainment on the Interne…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, February 9, 2021
There is a clear throughline for staging Nick Payne's play about the possibility of universes existing outside our own during this terrifying moment. But in this production, that line is mud…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, October 13, 2020
The Neo-Futurists deftly handle the complicated and nebulous role of First Lady in a new political anthology that makes us miss their live MainStage shows all the more.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 2, 2020
“I hope to see us take a breath, to rest, to unlearn grind culture, to seek to be with each other in meaningful ways and not self-serving ones."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMMonday, March 9, 2020
If the road to hell is truly paved with good intentions, chances are Mayor Jane Byrne, the subject of this world premiere, was part of the construction crew.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMHeidi Schreck’s play is nothing short of revolutionary but the true measure of its success will be how we carry the baton and keep the conversation going.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMThursday, March 5, 2020
Somehow inane and tonally dissonant, the only tragedy in this play is that it doesn't end sooner.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:30PMMonday, February 17, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
This new musical, with a book by Brett Neveu and songs by Jason Narducy, follows a day-in-the-life of a teenage punk band, inspired by Narducy's adolescence.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMMonday, January 20, 2020
This production of Caryl Churchill's 1982 play attempts to examine the present by looking to the past.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMA slow and solitary, meditative musing on human nature. And fish.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:45PMFriday, December 27, 2019
This big-budget musical adaptation of the beloved film written by Tina Fey is less than fetching.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, November 25, 2019
A new entry into the hallowed tome of Great American Plays arrives in Chicago.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMWednesday, November 20, 2019
In showcasing black and African culture stripped of any specificity, the question posed by this production becomes: who is this really for?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMWednesday, November 13, 2019
Artists from four up-and-coming storefront theaters discuss their missions, why they do what they do, and the future of Chicago’s storefront community.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMTuesday, November 5, 2019
This world premiere by Kate Tarker compelling asks: how well do you think you know your coworkers? And, by extension, how well do you know yourself?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, October 28, 2019
A part of Destinos, the third annual Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, this short-run production is born in joy, lives in anger, and ends in hope.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
A frivolous and ultimately fruitless exercise in film-to-stage adaptation.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:15AMThursday, September 19, 2019
J.T. Rogers’ Tony-Award winning play about the back-channel negotiations of the Oslo Accords in 1993 isn’t naive about its subject but nevertheless contains a glimmer of hope.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMThursday, September 5, 2019
While nothing happens, everything occurs in the national touring production of this Tony Award-winning 2017 musical.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMFriday, July 19, 2019
The local premiere of this family drama from Hansol Jung bares its soul and its teeth.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:03PMWednesday, July 17, 2019
The Chicago acting studio's new owners honor the past, look to the future and remain present.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Monday, May 6, 2019
Based on the 2007 film of the same name, this world premiere is just as lost as its titular character.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:28PMTuesday, April 16, 2019
Hyperbole be damned, the latest from Lauren Yee may just be the best show of the year.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:09AMTuesday, April 9, 2019
A marvelous and magical world premiere that’s intermittently too self-aware for its own good.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMTuesday, April 2, 2019
Part workplace social comedy, part hyperactive fever dream, this world premiere has plenty to sip on.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:49AMFriday, March 29, 2019
This aesthetically adventurous adaptation follows many tributaries before arriving at its destination.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:05PMWednesday, March 27, 2019
Anna Jordan's play, receiving its local premiere at Raven, examines toxic masculinity in terms of maternal care and its absence.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:28AM 
