Friday, November 4, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Goodman Theater: 170 North Dearborn Street. Oct. 15-Nov. 21, 2022. Drama w/ Music Author: Cheryl L. West. Director: Henry Godinez. 75 min. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidg…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:58PMWednesday, November 2, 2022
Regional – Los Angeles, CA: Theater West: 3333 Cahuenga Boulevard. Oct. 28-Nov. 20, 2022. Solo Drama. Author: Richard Helleson. Director: Peter Ellenstein. Critic: Willard Manus (Nov. 2022…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:18AMSunday, October 30, 2022
Broadway – Hudson Theater: 141 West 44 Street. Oct. 9, 2022-Jan. 15, 2023. Drama. Author: Arthur Miller. Director: Miranda Cromwell. 3 hrs, 15 min. Critic: David Sheward (Oct. 2022). **** …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:54AMSaturday, October 29, 2022
Broadway – Longacre Theater: 220 West 48 Street. Oct. 20, 2022-July 2, 2023. Drama. Author: Tom Stoppard. Director: Patrick Marber. 2 hrs, 15 min. Critic: David Sheward (Oct. 2022). **** T…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:35PMSaturday, July 23, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Theater Wit: 1229 West Belmont Avenue. Ended July 31, 2022. Comedy. Author: Elizabeth George. Director: Jeremy Wechsler. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (July 2022). ***…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 05:10AMSunday, June 5, 2022
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is keeping its show docked at its Navy Pier facility and Oak Brook’s First Folio Theater is taking the summer off before re-commencing in the fall, but playgoer…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 05:27AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Light and Sound Productions at Edge Theater: 5451 North Broadway. Ended June 5, 2022. Comedy. Author: Martha Hansen. Director: Margaret Knapp. Critic: Mary Shen Bar…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 06:28AMFriday, May 27, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Timeline Theater at Theater Wit: 1229 West Belmont Avenue. May 8-June 18, 2022. Drama. Author: Lloyd Suh. Director: Helen Young. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge. ***1/4 …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:38PMoff-Broadway – Irish Repertory Theater’s Francis J. Greenberg Mainstage. May 19-June 26, 2022. Drama. Playwright: Jaki McCarrick. Director: Nicola Murphy. Critic: Simon Saltzman (May 202…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:21PMMonday, May 23, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: About Face at The Den: 1333 North Milwaukee Avenue. May 12-June 11, 2022. Drama. Author: Terry Guest. Director: Mikael Burke. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (May 2022).…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:35PMThursday, May 12, 2022
Season Preview by Mary Shen Barnidge May 2022 There were times when we thought that the sunshine would never return, but despite climate change and contagion, there’s no stopping summer—…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:29AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
off-Broadway – Signature Theater at Pershing Square Signature Center: 460 West 42 Street. May 2-June 6, 2022. Drama. Author: Samuel D. Hunter. Director: David Cromer. 90 min. Critic: David…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:09AMTuesday, May 10, 2022
off-Broadway – Manhattan Theater Club at City Center: 131 West 55 Street. May 17-June 12, 2022. Drama. Author: Anchuli Felicia King. Director: May Adrales. 2 hrs, 30 min. Critic: David She…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:13AMSaturday, April 30, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Steppenwolf Theater: 1650 North Halsted Street. April 28-June 12, 2022. Comedy-Drama. Author: Anton Chekhov. Translation: Yasen Peyankov. Director: Yasen Peyankov. …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:40PMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: About Face at The Den: 1331 North Milwaukee Avenue. March 17-April 16, 2022. Drama. Author: Sam Mueller. Director: Lexi Saunders. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (April …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:40PMMonday, April 25, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Black Ensemble Theater: 4450 N. Clark Street. Ended April 24, 2022. Play with Music. Conceived/Book: Jackie Taylor. Director: Jackie Taylor. Critic: Mary Shen Barni…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:30PMSunday, March 27, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Invictus Theater Company at Windy City Playhouse. Feb. 2022-April 16, 2022. Comedy. Authors: Carl Menninger and Barry Ball. Director: David H. Bell. Critic: Mary Sh…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:15AMSaturday, March 12, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Lifeboat Productions at City Lit: 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue. Feb. 26-April 2, 2022. Drama. Author: Angeli Primani. Director: Brian Pastor. Critic: Mary Shen Barnid…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:47PMFriday, February 18, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Timeline Theater at Theater Wit: 1229 West Belmont Avenue. Jan. 21-Feb. 26, 2022. Drama. Author: Tyla Abercrumbie. Director: Ron OJ Parson. Critic: Mary Shen Barnid…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 02:44PMThursday, February 17, 2022
Regional – Goodman Theater: 170 North Dearborn Street. Ended Feb. 25, 2022. Drama. Author: August Wilson. Director: Chuck Smith. 3 hrs. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Feb. 2022). ***1/4 The G…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:47PMWednesday, February 16, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: Victory Gardens Theater. Jan. 29-March 13, 2022. Drama. Author: travis tate (sic). Director: Ken-Matt Martin. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Feb. 2022). ***1/4 When ci…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:24PMWednesday, January 19, 2022
Regional – Chicago, IL: A Red Orchid Theater: 1531 North Wells Street. Jan. 6-March 6, 2022. Dark Comedy. Author: Jen Silverman. Director: Kirsten Fitzgerald. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (J…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:16AMTuesday, December 28, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Raven Theater: 6157 North Clark Street. Ended Dec. 12, 2021. Drama. Author: Joshua Allen. Director: Wardell Julius Clark. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Dec. 2021). **…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 05:03PMTuesday, December 21, 2021
Regional – Skokie, IL: Northlight Theater at North Shore Center for the Arts: 9501 Skokie Boulevard. Nov. 26, 2021-Jan. 2, 2022. Comedy-Drama. Author: Michael Hollinger. Director: David Ca…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:09PMThursday, November 25, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Porchlight Musical Theater’s Ruth Page Auditorium: 1016 North Dearborn Street. November 2021-Dec. 12, 2021. Musical. Book/Score: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 07:05AMWednesday, November 24, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Steppenwolf Theater Company: 1650 North Halsted Street. Nov. 11-Dec. 12, 2021. Comedy-Drama. Author: Tracy Letts. Director: David Cromer. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:51PMTuesday, November 23, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Raven Theater’s Schwartz Stage: 6157 North Clark Street. Nov. 12-Dec. 19, 2021. Drama. Author: Richard James Zieman. Director: Cheryl Snodgrass. Critic: Mary Shen…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 09:08AMFriday, November 12, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Red Tape at The Ready: 4546 North Western Avenue. Oct. 23-Dec. 11, 2021. Drama. Author: Ezzat Goushegir. Director: Ali-Reza Mirsajadi. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (N…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:31PMSaturday, October 30, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: City Lit Theater at Edgewater Presbyterian Church: 1030 West Bryn Mawr Avenue. Sept. 10-Oct. 24, 2024. Drama Author: Brian Pastor, adapting Robert F. Kennedy book. …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 10:29PMMonday, October 25, 2021
Regional – Chicago, IL: Shattered Globe Theatre/Interrobang Theatre Project at Theater Wit: 1229 West Belmont Avenue. October-Nov. 13, 2021. Drama. Author: Chloe Moss. Director: Georgette …
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 12:39PMSaturday, October 16, 2021
Regional/Online: Chicago, IL: A Theatre in the Dark Streamed Oct. 15-Nov. 21, 2020. Thriller. Authors: Mack Gordon and Corey Bradberry adapting H.G. Wells story. Director: Corey Bradberry. C…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 08:31PM 
