Chicago healthcare entrepreneur Glen Tullman is opening a new magic theater in the historic McCormick Mansion called The Hand & The Eye.
The Hand & The Eye will be a new, $50 million magic theater off Magnificent Mile
Category: Theater
After 35 years, Trinity Irish Dance Company is still trying to be not what you expect
The Chicago dance company continues to break glass ceilings with debuts at MCA Chicago and Jacob’s Pillow this summer in Massachusetts.
David Cromer’s astonishingly busy spring with George Clooney, ‘Dead Outlaw’ and now ‘The Antiquities’
He’s co-directing the play at the Goodman Theatre, back in town after big openings on Broadway.
Review: ‘ART’ by Remy Bumppo is less about the painting, more about the friendship
The current Chicago production of Yasmina Reza’s 1994 play poses the question: What’s more important, uncomfortable honesty or unconditional support?
Review: New adaptation of ‘Tale of Two Cities’ at Shattered Globe leaves us sidelined from Dickens’ story
There are some talented actors in director Mikael Burke’s production but in the end this show is just very slow, heavy going.
Steppenwolf Theatre play ‘Purpose’ wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ work was commissioned by Steppenwolf, debuted in Chicago and is now on Broadway.
Review: A Black bromance under stress in ‘Hymn’ at Chicago Shakespeare
Director Ron OJ Parson foregrounds the power of friendship and the strength of Black familial bonds.
2025 Tony Award nominations: Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’ both score big
Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company woke up Thursday morning to boffo Tony Award news as plaudits landed on its world premiere production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drama, “Purpose,” a bold play very loosely based on the family of political activist Jesse Jackson Jr. and now playing on Broadway. “Purpose” scored a Tony nomination in the category of […]
Review: ‘Bust’ at the Goodman Theatre begins with a leap of imagination
What would happen if a Black man in the middle of a confrontation with the police was suddenly teleported away? So begins Zora Howard’s new play.
Review: ‘Real Women Have Curves: The Musical’ gets a feel-good Broadway bow
The title of the piece signals the show’s point of view, and that there will be support and community and body positivity aplenty. That’s exactly how it goes.