Theater – Chicago Tribune (original) (raw)
2024 Equity Jeff Awards: Marriott’s ‘Beautiful’ and Steppenwolf plays are big winners
September 30, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.
The awards for productions from the Chicago area’s union-affiliated theaters were presented Monday night at...
Review: ‘McNeal’ on Broadway stars Robert Downey Jr. in a story stuck in digitaland
September 30, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Ayad Akhtar’s play just opened in a Lincoln Center production that seems disconnected from the...
Review: In Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ at Lyric Opera, prisoners sing about the joy of freedom
September 30, 2024 at 10:12 a.m.
Sitting in the dark on Wacker Drive listening to the grand Lyric Opera Chorus sing...
Review: In riveting ‘The Hills of California’ on Broadway, grown sisters reckon with their dreams
September 30, 2024 at 6:39 a.m.
The ensemble acting in director Sam Mendes' blistering production from London's West End is off...
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Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is magnificently acted and created anew for Chicago
September 27, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.
J.K. Rowling has said that this is the end of the "Harry Potter" saga and...
Review: Even a less explosive ‘Topdog/Underdog’ is still a great play
September 26, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.
Suzan-Lori Parks' masterwork is now in a new Chicago production by Gift Theatre.
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September 26, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.
The donation allows the Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet to continue offering scholarships to...
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Whereya from? Whaddaya do for a living? Comic Moshe Kasher and the art of crowd work
September 23, 2024 at 3:16 p.m.
In his audience at the Den Theatre, there was a woman who ran “a Jewish-themed...
Review: Steppenwolf Theatre goes off-brand with ‘Noises Off,’ but with only limited success
September 23, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.
This is Michael Frayn's backstage farce and some parts tickled me a great deal. But...