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Review: ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ at Northlight Theatre is the love story of the artist Chagall and his Bella
September 17, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.
This small-scale musical captures the passion of their relationship, though it doesn't travel much further.
Review: ‘Never Better’ at Theo tells an authentic musical story about mental illness
September 17, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.
Preston Max Allen's new show in development could be everything I’d hoped “Dear Evan Hansen”...
![ Based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the material is not for all tastes. But that doesn't detract from my enthusiasm for this production.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-ENT-COMET-WRITERS-05.jpg?w=132 " Based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the material is not for all tastes. But that doesn't detract from my enthusiasm for this production.")
Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ is simply superb at Writers Theatre
September 16, 2024 at 10:23 p.m.
Based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the material is not for all tastes. But...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at Chicago Shakespeare opens the Edward Hall era on Navy Pier
September 16, 2024 at 11:34 a.m.
Rulers long have known that prosecuting a war against a foreign enemy is a helpful...
![Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a "Rigoletto" that's partly revisionist yet has all the traditional pleasures of Italian opera-going.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-ENT-RIGOLETTO-LYRIC-08.jpg?w=132 "Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a "Rigoletto" that's partly revisionist yet has all the traditional pleasures of Italian opera-going.")
Review: Lyric’s ‘Rigoletto’ updates Verdi’s opera without lessening its vitality
September 15, 2024 at 6:11 p.m.
Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a "Rigoletto" that's partly revisionist yet has all the traditional...
![An all-new and radically shorter version of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens at the Nederlander Theatre on Sept. 26.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-ENT-POTTER-OPENS-CHICAGO-8-crop-01.jpg?w=112 "An all-new and radically shorter version of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens at the Nederlander Theatre on Sept. 26.")
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ opens soon in Chicago, a third and final version of the epic sequel
September 16, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.
An all-new and radically shorter version of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens at...
Review: ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway has stars much bigger than this story
September 12, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone are roommates in a story set in Iowa City. Farrow...
Review: ‘The Full Monty’ at Paramount Theatre will have you seeing this musical anew
September 10, 2024 at 2:56 p.m.
On a Sunday afternoon in Aurora, I changed my mind about this show, starting with...
In appreciation: In everything from ‘Fences’ to ‘Field of Dreams,’ James Earl Jones gave both voice and heart
September 10, 2024 at 7:48 p.m.
He played presidents and kings and garbage haulers and apartheid survivors. Through the decades, the...
![According to an announcement Tuesday, the show at the Chicago Theatre, titled "Conversation with Larry David," will be presented as part of the festival's second year in town. Tickets go on sale Friday.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2142003526.jpg?w=132 "According to an announcement Tuesday, the show at the Chicago Theatre, titled "Conversation with Larry David," will be presented as part of the festival's second year in town. Tickets go on sale Friday.")
Larry David will headline Chicago’s 312 Comedy Festival this fall
September 10, 2024 at 11:54 a.m.
According to an announcement Tuesday, the show at the Chicago Theatre, titled "Conversation with Larry...