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Review: The special show ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ starts with a list and the audience takes it from there
November 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.
Now in the smaller theater space at Writers Theatre in Glencoe, the actress Jessie Fisher...
Review: Big-hearted ‘White Christmas’ is back in town for the holidays
November 7, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.
It's snowing already at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire as the musical with the familiar...
Bob Gaudio on how he channeled Neil Diamond’s music to make ‘A Beautiful Noise’
November 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.
The former member of the Four Seasons is a producer of the biographical musical based...
Review: ‘Leroy and Lucy’ at Steppenwolf is a revision of an old blues legend
November 5, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.
The tale of blues musician Robert Johnson crossing paths with the devil is a potent...
‘House on Mango Street’ is becoming an opera, with Sandra Cisneros’ help
November 5, 2024 at 7:23 p.m.
In a rare case of an author adapting her own work for the stage, the...
![The La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble's fall production will feature S.E. Hinton's story of teen angst, "The Outsiders." ](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PPN-L-lagrange-teen-theater-1107-01.jpg?w=93 "The La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble's fall production will feature S.E. Hinton's story of teen angst, "The Outsiders." ")
LATTE production channels universal feeling of ‘being an outsider’
November 4, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.
The La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble's fall production will feature S.E. Hinton's story of...
Review: ‘Into the Woods’ by Kokandy Productions is a magical Sondheim adventure
November 4, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.
The audience is seated around grand pianos and very much seemed to be carried away...
![ In a show with a theme of spilling personal secrets, there are also laughs at the expense of cruise lovers and meat-flavored laundry detergent ("Nobody wants it. Not even in the Midwest?")](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CTC-L-ENT-ETC-STAGE-48TH-04.jpg?w=132 " In a show with a theme of spilling personal secrets, there are also laughs at the expense of cruise lovers and meat-flavored laundry detergent ("Nobody wants it. Not even in the Midwest?")")
Review: ‘Best Kept Secret’ on the Second City e.t.c. Stage will survive the election, and that’s no simple feat
October 31, 2024 at 1:49 p.m.
In a show with a theme of spilling personal secrets, there are also laughs at...
!["Coronation" is three acts, told in less than two hours and covers a couple hundred years of future American history.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CTC-L-ENT-CORONATION-01.jpg?w=132 ""Coronation" is three acts, told in less than two hours and covers a couple hundred years of future American history.")
New play asks why America can’t elect a female leader. Will rewrites be needed after Nov. 5?
October 29, 2024 at 9:38 a.m.
"Coronation" is three acts, told in less than two hours and covers a couple hundred...
Review: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is still a fun musical but ‘Somewhere That’s Green’ hasn’t aged well
October 28, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.
Now in a production by Music Theater Works in Skokie, this campy sci-fi show has...