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Chicago Reader Review: Tangled fairy tale — Kokandy’s 'Into the Woods' captures the musical’s thorny dilemmas

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is still a fun musical but ‘Somewhere That’s Green’ hasn’t aged well

Chicago Tribune Feature: ‘Frozen’ opens soon at the Paramount Theatre — fans will spot the little differences between movie and musical

Chicago Reader Review: Dystopian equality - Bramble Theatre’s 'Evil Perfect' imagines a world where human relationships are brutally regulated

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Inheritance’ by Factory Theater is about brothers on an ominous fishing expedition

Chicago Reader Review: Can an AI character experience life like a human?

Chicago Reader Review: Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘Jocey y Las Mariachis,’ a Mexican American artist shares both hopes and apprehensions

Playbill Feature: What to Expect at Destinos, Chicago's Annual Latino Theatre Festival

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Blue Eyed Soul Sung by Brown Eyed People’ is a journey through musical history

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Ironbound’ at Raven Theatre follows an immigrant woman’s struggles to get by in America

Chicago Reader Review: An array of Ariels

Playbill Feature: Anna D. Shapiro Has Wanted to Direct Noises Off For Years. Now She's Doing It At Steppenwolf

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Never Better’ at Theo tells an authentic musical story about mental illness

Chicago Reader Feature: Blake Chastain on #exvangelicals

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘A Shadow Bright and Burning’ explores a magic alternate reality to Victorian England

Chicago Tribune Feature: What to do in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention: Our 35 critic’s picks

Chicago Tribune Feature: If you’re going to tour a musical ‘Back to the Future,’ that DeLorean has to fly

Chicago Reader Review: Hobbit songs: The Lord of the Rings—A Musical Tale at Chicago Shakespeare works best when it focuses on friendship

Playbill Feature: The Lord of the Rings - A Musical Tale Balances Intimate Storytelling With Epic Visuals

Chicago Reader Review: The same kind of sadness: Steep’s 'A Case for the Existence of God' is melancholy yet hopeful

Chicago Reader Review: To love oneself fiercely: Fleetwood-Jourdain’s vibrant revival of For Colored Girls . . . lets Ntozake Shange’s poetry sing

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea’ by Pegasus Theatre, a Black teenager is haunted by a dream

Playbill Feature: Looking Back on the Legacy of the Court Theatre's Artistic Director Charles Newell

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Savor,’ now in Chicago, is a bit of dance dazzle in the style of ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Oak Park Festival Theatre, young love gets a little extra open-air magic

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Corduroy’ has a young audience cheering him along at Chicago Shakespeare

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Clue: A Walking Mystery’ sends you scavenging the Loop to solve a puzzle

American Theatre Feature: On the Ground: Chicago Neighborhoods at a Glance

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ adaptation explores the social circles of wealthy Midwestern gays

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Native Son’ at Lifeline Theatre is a perfect window into the novel, set on the South Side

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Lavender Men’ by About Face Theatre has a strong narrator but struggles to tell its story

Chicago Tribune Review: Hilarious ‘Poor People!’ takes inspiration from ‘Annie,’ but leave the kids at home

Playbill Feature: Michael Shannon Returns to His Roots in Turret in Chicago

Chicago Reader Feature: The return of the American Writers Festival

Chicago Reader Review: Mothering the Movement connects past and future

Chicago Reader Review: Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn examines the limits of faith

Chicago Reader Review: ‘Chicago is in my DNA’

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘How I Learned What I Learned’ by Congo Square is about the life and work of August Wilson

Chicago Tribune Feature: Deanna Stellato-Dudek becomes the oldest woman to win a figure skating world title — by channeling childhood idol Michael Jordan

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ is a sweet musical about a pair of amphibian besties

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Inanimate’ plunges into the world of a woman attracted to a Dairy Queen sign

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘The Brightest Thing in the World’ is a sensitive, life-affirming story about the opioid epidemic

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Peter Pan’ at Nederlander Theatre smooths the rough edges of Neverland

Chicago Reader Feature: Ladies Who Lit celebrates writing by women

Chicago Reader Feature: Fresh ground for Chicago theaters—thorns and all

Chicago Reader Review: The debut novel by Rowan Beaird is set on a Reno divorce ranch

Playbill Feature: Director Phylicia Rashad and Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Family and Purpose

Chicago Reader Interview: Lyz Lenz preaches the gospel of divorce

Chicago Reader Best of Chicago: Best place to channel your inner Olympian

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘brother sister cyborg space’ at Raven Theatre, siblings hash out the future of humanity

Chicago Reader Review: Kate Kennedy is reframing the narrative around millennial women

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘Mothers’ at Gift Theatre, tensions in a mommy’s group. Then bombs start to fall.

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Dog Man: The Musical’ celebrates the creativity of kids — and their kind of jokes

Chicago Tribune Feature: Katy Sullivan takes on ‘Richard III’ with her own brand of strength at Chicago Shakespeare

American Theatre Feature: Twitter to Stage — The Road to ‘Highway Patrol’

Chicago Reader Review: The school for wives

Chicago Tribune Feature: Later this week, Chicago becomes the puppet capital of the world for the International Puppet Theater Festival

Chicago Reader Review: 'The Buttcracker' plays it naughty and nice

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ will make you believe kindness can win

Chicago Tribune Review: Funny "Who’s Holiday" is the Malört of holiday shows

Chicago Reader Review: Witch casts half a spell at Artistic Home

Chicago Reader Review: All about their mother

Chicago Tribune Review: "Household Spirits" at Theater Wit a ghost story about grief

Chicago Tribune Review: “Seagulls” turns over Chekhov’s play to a young indie band

Chicago Tribune Review: In ‘Wolves’ at Redtwist, the terror is already inside

Playbill Preview: 'The Man Behind the Trumpet' — A Wonderful World Aims to Tell Louis Armstrong's Story

Chicago Tribune Review: "Baked!" at Theo Ubique is both quirky and touching

Chicago Tribune Review: “Cat’s Cradle” at Lifeline an end-of-the-world satire

Chicago Tribune Feature: Tony-winning ‘Lehman Trilogy’ in Chicago as a TimeLine play

Chicago Tribune Review: Food and music in ‘Taste of Soul’ at Black Ensemble

Chicago Reader Review: For all the 90s church kids

Chicago Tribune Review: Intimate “Marie and Rosetta” at Northlight Theatre

Chicago Tribune Feature: Evanston's Jacqueline Williams stars in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’

Chicago Tribune Review: “SpongeBob Musical” by Kokandy a zany undersea ride

American Theatre Feature: A Warehouse Becomes a Home in ‘Port of Entry’

Chicago Tribune Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Oak Park Festival Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: Bite-sized “Beauty and the Beast” at Chicago Shakespeare

Chicago Tribune Review: "Lane Call: A Night of Closing" at Factory Theater

Chicago Reader Review: Family secrets with a touch of the supernatural

Chicago Tribune Review: “Shaw vs. Tunney” explores a formative friendship

Chicago Tribune Review: “Agnes of God” at Redtwist Theatre goes to dark places

Chicago Tribune Feature: 'Hadestown' returns to Chicago for 8 performances

Chicago Reader Feature: Doug Adams wrote the book on the Lord of the Rings scores

Playbill Feature: For Her First Play, Kate Arrington Was Inspired By Her Parents' Atypical Love Story

Chicago Tribune Review: “From the Mississippi Delta” covers a lot of ground

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present’ a bold move for Theatre Y

Chicago Tribune Review: “Is God Is” is a dark revenge tale at Red Orchid Theatre

Chicago Reader Feature: London Road centers voices of survivors

Chicago Reader Review: White saviorism: the musical!

Chicago Tribune Review: “Babel” at Redtwist Theatre tackles eugenics and AI

Chicago Tribune Feature: Broadway star Norm Lewis on finding hope in ‘A Soldier’s Play’

Chicago Reader Review: Soviet slapstick

Chicago Reader Review: Steeped in history

Playbill Feature: This New Musical Features a Modern Bonnie and Clyde, Who Are Also Asian

Chicago Reader Review: Quantum romance

Chicago Tribune Feature: They both play Tina in "The Tina Turner Musical," soon in Chicago

Chicago Tribune Review: 'The Kelly Girls' explores what drives people to violence

Chicago Tribune Review: 'Alaiyo' by Definition Theatre

Chicago Tribune Feature: After more than 25 years, a fond farewell for First Folio Theatre

Chicago Tribune Feature: Chicago Puppet Theater Fest: Ice marionette and a whale of a "Moby Dick"

Chicago Reader Feature: Beyond Jane Eyre

Chicago Reader Review: Searching for an emotional connection with Dear Evan Hansen

Chicago Tribune Review: “A Christmas Carol” at Goodman makes Scrooge’s lesson new

Chicago Tribune Review: "Elf: The Musical" at Drury Lane a misguided musical

Chicago Tribune Review: “Mosque4Mosque” by About Face Theatre a comedy with a message

Chicago Tribune Feature: “Lion King” tour includes a whole Serengeti full of puppets and costumes

Chicago Tribune Review: “Blue Heaven” at Black Ensemble channels blues legends

Chicago Reader Review: Miami death trip

Chicago Tribune Review: "Man and Moon" is about unlikely friends

Chicago Tribune Review: "Sancocho" by Visión for Destinos: Secrets in an old recipe

Chicago Tribune Review: ‘Private Lives’ at Raven Theatre needs a little passion

Chicago Tribune Review: "Alma" a moving immigrant story by American Blues Theater

Chicago Reader Review: Stranger things

Chicago Tribune Review: Manual Cinema's "Leonardo!" Chicago Children’s Theatre

Chicago Reader: Beyond the mustache

Chicago Tribune Feature: ‘Wicked’ is back in the Loop, and these witches are “obsessed”

Chicago Tribune Review: "Miss Holmes Returns" at Lifeline Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: "My Brother Langston" at Black Ensemble Theater

Chicago Tribune Review: Theatre Y takes audiences for a walk with 'Laughing Song'

Chicago Reader Review: Galaxy cats

Chicago Tribune Review: "Dear Jack, Dear Louise" at Northlight Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: “Fences” at American Blues Theater

Chicago Tribune Review: "Homecoming" taps past stories by Albany Park Theater Project

Theatrely Review: Timely THE BILLBOARD Offers Multiple Viewpoints on Abortion

Chicago Tribune Review: In "Where We Belong," a Mohegan theater-maker forges bonds

Chicago Tribune Review: 'A Fine Feathered Murder' by Hell in a Handbag

Chicago Tribune Feature: ‘Skates’ musical stars American Idol's Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young

Chicago Tribune Review: "Somewhere Over the Border" by Teatro Vista

Chicago Tribune Feature: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' comes to Chicago's Nederlander Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: "Rasheeda Speaking" by Shattered Globe Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: "At the Vanishing Point" at Gift Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: "Carmela Full of Wishes" at Chicago Children’s Theatre

Chicago Tribune Review: “Spay” by Rivendell Theatre, play about opioid abuse

TheaterMania Review: Audiences Are Losing Their Heads Over the Six Tour

Chicago Reader Feature: Homecoming queen

Theatrely Review: WIFE OF A SALESMAN Is A Moving Portrait of Womanhood

Theatrely Review: Darker OKLAHOMA! Goes Out On Tour

Theatrely Review: PARADISE SQUARE In Chicago Has The Heart But Needs The Work