Theater
Reviews of Chicago’s stage shows and news from the actors and actresses putting on the performances.
Reimagined as pop icons, the women of “Six” turn the party and the pages of history in a show with endless appeal whether you’re a Tudor scholar, a devotee of girl groups or some wondrous amalgamation of both.
Toronzo Cannon celebrates a new album, Shemekia Copeland kicks off the Blues Festival at the Ramova Theatre, “The Kite Runner” opens at the CIBC Theatre, and the Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade are among the highlights in the week ahead.
“Paul Robeson: Man of the People” makes its Chicago debut Friday at Hamilton Park.
There is genuine aesthetic ambition and beauty here. Why, then, does a play about Stokely Carmichael feel fundamentally drama-free?
In Chicago Shakespeare Theater show, nerd magician David Kwong shows us that he understands how much pleasure there can be in putting disparate pieces together, finding patterns and discovering surprises.
Now a dad himself, the former ‘Younger’ actor credits the ‘Mattachine Family’ role for preparing him ‘in so many ways to be a father.’
The city’s big house and gospel music festivals and the return of ‘Six’ are among this week’s entertainment highlights.
Playwright intrigued by the dynamics and the day-to-day of certain jobs — in this case, sex work.
The suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse in concert, Circus Vazquez, the 35th Rhinoceros Theater Festival, and a 3-day Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.
Subdued in tone but fully engrossing and deeply moving, the play has twists that surprise and a lot of humor.
The show retains the camp and amps up the irony of the movie on which it’s based, but some key elements get lost in translation.
There’s something for everyone when it comes to live theater in the coming months.
David Kwong says he’s created 22 puzzles for the New York Times, which may seem low compared to other prolific constructors, but his are deviously hard to solve.
There’s potential in the work, no question. But as is, the production provides flashes of insight and drama rather than really digging into the bleak, essential history it illuminates.
A pair of Megan Thee Stallion concerts, the return of the “Beetlejuice” musical and an exhibit of Chicago protest art are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
The cast of the show, directed by Christopher Gattelli, includes Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber and Grammy Award winner/Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams.
Featuring ensemble members Michael Shannon, Lawrence Grimm and Travis A. Knight, “Turret” will startle your eyes and bend your brain.
Oscar winner will portray journalist Edward R. Murrow in adaptation of his 2005 film.
The actor-playwright is performing in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at the Goodman Theatre, and Court and Lifeline are presenting two dramas she wrote.
Hollywood’s go-to character man has a star turn in a world premiere of “Turret” — from an ensemble he says is still “willing to go anywhere and try anything.”
A Gary concert by the Jacksons, a Goodman play with an all-Iranian cast and an exhibit focusing on four Chicago artists are some of the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.