Derek Bish’s free live talk show has been filling the backroom of The Getaway since its first episode in the summer of 2024.
‘Welcome to the Show’ wants to feel like hanging out with friends in their Lincoln Square basement
Category: Theater
Northlight Theatre looks locally for its final season in Skokie
The four-play slate for 2026-26 opens next fall with the world premiere of “The World of Television.”
Review: ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ on Broadway reinvents ‘The Crucible’ for today
Arthur Miller’s play has long been a part of American high school classrooms. This new play, set in a Georgia classroom, stars Sadie Sink as a version of Miller’s Abigail.
Review: Mamet’s ‘Henry Johnson’ sorts through the cards we’re dealt in life
Its Chicago premiere at Victory Gardens’ reopened Biograph Theatre won’t please everyone, but those interested in this playwright should not miss it.
With the Tony-winning costumes in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” over-the-top extravagance is just right
The touring musical based on the 2001 Baz Luhrmann movie travels with about 500 costumes in all. “It’s got to be glittery.”
Review: In its remake of the TV series, ‘Smash’ on Broadway is anything but
Fans of the old NBC series will be disappointed with this lackluster and confusing new Broadway musical about the making of a Broadway musical.
Review: Craving Andrew Lloyd Webber power ballads? Try ‘Tell Me On a Sunday’ at Theo
The talented Dani Pike stars in this solo show that taps into the music of the ’80s and all it represented.
Reader can partake in French lessons, and now cancan during ‘Moulin Rouge’ Chicago run
Alliance Francaise de Chicago offers language courses, both beginning and advanced options, as well as many other cultural programs like cancan dancing in partnership with the touring cast of “Moulin Rouge!”
Chicago Shakes 2025-26 season: Billie Jean King play and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ musical
Also coming to Navy Pier for a very full next season, a Halloween show, “Much Ado About Nothing” for the holidays and a return for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Review: ‘Sondheim’s Old Friends’ on Broadway is a don’t-miss chance to revisit his music
With a company that includes stars like Bernadette Peters who first sang in Stephen Sondheim’s musicals, shows like this won’t come around again.