What happens when a Muslim man moves into a predominantly white, politically divided suburb a month after the 2024 election?
Review: In world premiere ‘Neighborhood Watch’ at Jackalope Theatre, an uneasy time in suburbia
Category: Theater
Dance for summer 2025: Our top 10 includes ‘Superbloom’ at Botanic Gardens, tap and a super Joffrey premiere
There’s also Cerqua Rivera, a weekend for emerging choreographers and the annual Dance for Life gala. Most of our selections are indoors, though you can find dance in the open air.
Theater for summer 2025: Our top 10 from ’42 Balloons’ on Navy Pier to Amy Morton back at Steppenwolf
What’s on Chicago stages this summer? Our list also includes “Billie Jean” at Chicago Shakespeare and a new play by Kristofer Diaz.
Review: In ‘Endgame’ at Facility Theatre, reality and dystopia wash together
Don’t miss a rare chance to see Samuel Beckett’s 1957 play, directed here by Yasen Peyankov.
TimeLine Theatre Company announces the first show in its new Uptown space
The theater announced its 2025-26 season of three shows, including “An Enemy of the People” next May in its new theater now under construction.
‘Hamilton’ will return to Chicago in 2026 following Kennedy Center cancellation
The musical will play Chicago’s CIBC Theatre from March 4 to April 26, 2026, roughly the same dates it was scheduled for Washington, D.C.
Review: Hubbard Street Dance closes season with hopeful optimism — and Fosse
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s season finale coinciding with Beyoncé’s Chicago dates is perhaps just a happy accident.
Review: An intimate, optimistic ‘Sweet Charity’ from Blank Theatre Co.
When it comes to optimism, Charity Hope Valentine bests ever other character in a Broadway musical.
Charles Strouse, the Broadway composer of the musical ‘Annie,’ dies at 96
In an interview with the Tribune in 2011, Strouse was asked if he had any idea that the Broadway show would be such a hit. “No,” he said. “This was a piece about the Depression. It was dark. The girl was alone. Dickens flavored our writing very much.”
The Hand & The Eye will be a new, $50 million magic theater off Magnificent Mile
Chicago healthcare entrepreneur Glen Tullman is opening a new magic theater in the historic McCormick Mansion called The Hand & The Eye.