Wednesday, 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 11:28AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
With a third local production in as many years, this Alan Menken and Howard Ashman musical is showing its age.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMThursday, February 21, 2019
This pristine British import is both an aesthetic curiosity and a clue to an expanded theatrical language beyond kitchen sink realism.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMTuesday, February 12, 2019
With artistic director Cody Estle behind the wheel, this production alternates between slamming the gas and mashing the breaks.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMMonday, February 11, 2019
Master of the theoretical dramatic exercise, playwright Lucas Hnath's latest takes on the legacy of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and the institution of modern marriage.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMWednesday, January 23, 2019
The latest from wordsmith Will Eno concerns the limitations of language.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMonday, January 21, 2019
What is broken and what can be fixed are essential and uneasy questions in this local premiere from playwright Hansol Jung.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMWednesday, January 16, 2019
This world premiere from Vanguard Arts Collective suggests that the best tool for fighting sexual assault is...more sexual assault.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMFriday, December 28, 2018
Returning to its original home at The Neo-Futurarium, The Ruffians' annual holiday tradition remains as anarchic, hilarious, and deeply terrifying as ever.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:00PMFriday, December 21, 2018
This Steppenwolf Theatre Company world premiere from local playwright Isaac Gomez serves as a promise to keep alive the true stories upon which this play is based.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:45PMTuesday, December 11, 2018
Theo Ubique christens their new home in Evanston with a production that shows just how far they haven't come.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWednesday, November 28, 2018
The ideas in Lauren Gunderson's play may not be new but they are still revolutionary.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMMonday, November 19, 2018
This world premiere adaptation from Mary Zimmerman at Lookingglass Theatre Company is not so much an escape as an embrace of wonder.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMTuesday, October 30, 2018
At nearly three hours, this production from Invictus Theatre Company desperately needs shaking up.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMonday, October 29, 2018
This Midwest premiere from David Rabe at The Gift Theatre reaches for the stars but falls in blank space.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00PM 
