Theater
Reviews of Chicago’s stage shows and news from the actors and actresses putting on the performances.
In Chicago, Cobbs starred in 1988-89 production of ‘Driving Miss Daisy.’
The Rolling Stones, the annual Chicago Pride Parade and the opening of Illuminarium on Navy Pier are among the highlights of things to see and do in the week ahead.
This is a deeply beautiful piece of writing, bleakly funny, poetic in its plainness, aching in its intense empathy for the characters, brought to life by Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock at Steppenwolf Theatre.
The world-premiere musical, directed by Rob Ashford and set in sultry queer Savannah subcultures, boasts a far from traditional approach.
Chicago Pride Fest, the new ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ musical and a Billy Joel-Stevie Nicks concert are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
The Black Ensemble Theater’s production showcases a crop of talented actors, vocalists and musicians, but a fleshed-out plot would really make the musical sing.
Invictus manages to capture most of the play’s challenging, dramatic sprawl.
The actor, 85, who played Gandalf in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, cried out in pain after he fell during a performance of ‘Player Kings’ at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Broadcast highlights include electrifying performance by Alicia Keys, Jay-Z.
In celebration of the holiday, the Juneteenth Jumpoff, an annual cabaret-burlesque show, takes the stage on two nights — Tuesday and Wednesday — at the Baton Show Lounge and the Den Theatre, and allows Black performers to express themselves for “Jubilee Day.”
In his three decades as artistic director, Newell has taken the company to a series of heights, marked by a number of Jeff Awards, growth in audiences and engagement with its local South Side community, and, in 2022, the Tony Award for Regional Theater.
Comedy in mainstage theater’s show leans toward the bizarre — at times too bizarre.
This piece, based on Khaled Hosseini’s novel, is quite modest, but modesty — the focus on the central character’s interior journey, the clarity of the relationships, the novel’s language, the spare rather than the spectacular — has its own beguiling charms.
Janet Jackson at the United Center, Wilco at the Salt Shed, the return of Chicago SummerDance and Sundays on State are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
British costume designer Gabriella Slade won a Tony Award in 2022 for her work.
Actor Keith Kupferer, who stars with wife Tara Mallen and their daughter Katherine Mallen Kupferer, says he’s seen performers work through ‘real life baggage’ on stage — just as his character does in the film.
Reimagined as pop icons, the women of “Six” turn the party and the pages of history in a show with endless appeal whether you’re a Tudor scholar, a devotee of girl groups or some wondrous amalgamation of both.
Toronzo Cannon celebrates a new album, Shemekia Copeland kicks off the Blues Festival at the Ramova Theatre, “The Kite Runner” opens at the CIBC Theatre, and the Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade are among the highlights in the week ahead.
“Paul Robeson: Man of the People” makes its Chicago debut Friday at Hamilton Park.