Reviews
Redtwist Theatre Presents: Chicago
Redtwist Theatre presents Chicago: Queerly Adapted From The Play You’ve Never heard Of That Inspired The Musical You Can’t Get Away From now through November 23, 2025. The original story that inspired Chicago in a campy, over the top, gender bending production.
TimeLine Theatre: Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
TimeLine Theatre presents Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars now through November 9, 2025. A mother faces deportation after applying for citizenship and brings up questions for her and her daughter.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Paranormal Activity
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Paranormal Activity now through November 2, 2025. We follow a couple as they settle into their new home but still are plagued by a dark force in this new and thrilling story adding to the Paranormal universe.
Goodman Theatre: Revolution(s)
Goodman Theatre presents Revolution(s) now through November 16, 2025. Going back and revisiting their family’s radical activism history set in Chicago, two brothers face what that means for them in their own ways.
Theatre Above the Law: Grimm
Theatre Above the Law presents Grimm now through November 2, 2025. Following the original Grimm’s fairytales, we follow one of the brothers on his quest to find the big, bad wolf.
Hoodbutch Studios: To Wong Foo Turns 30
Hoodbutch Studios presents a special screening and night of events during To Wong Foo Turns 30: A 30th Anniversary Celebration of Queer Cinema, Drag, and Ballroom Culture.
Corn Productions: DeathToll
Corn Productions presents DeathToll now through October 31, 2025. Packed with Halloween vibes and horror movie tropes, this show will have you laughing and drinking your way through all the death and blood.
A Red Orchid Theatre: Veal
A Red Orchid Theatre presents Veal extended through November 9, 2025. An alternate dystopian future hails the Queen of North America living in the shadow of her traumatic middle school experience.
Steppenwolf Theatre: Mr. Wolf
Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble presents Mr. Wolf now through November 2, 2025. Exploring the aftereffects of what happens when an abducted child is found, we see how different relationships were grown and now redefined.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Rome Sweet Rome
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Rome Sweet Rome now through October 19, 2025. A parody of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, this production is a tight 80min parody that is high energy that cleverly incorporates political parallels.
Promethean Theatre Ensemble: The Book Of Will
Promethean Theatre Ensemble presents The Book of Will now through October 25, 2025. Following two company members of Shakespeare’s theatre troupe, we’re taken on a mostly historical account of how his first folio came to be.
Remy Bumppo: Wish You Were Here
Remy Bumppo presents Wish You Were Here now through October 19, 2025. Five Iranian women, each with their own dreams and goals, support each other even has time and circumstances cause them to drift apart in different ways.
Goodman Theatre: Ashland Avenue
Goodman Theatre presents Ashland Avenue now through October 19, 2025. Stuck in the glory days when his shop was filled with people and locals loved his kooky commercials, Pete and his daughter, Sam, must figure out how to move Pete’s TV and Video store forward.
Strawdog Theatre: The F*ck House
For two friends, growing up in the Chicago suburbs is tough enough with the promise of freedom just a train ride away. But in The F*ck House, we’re taken on a journey as they navigate jr. high and their changing friendship.
Theo Ubique: TL;DR
Theo Ubique presents TL;DR now through October 12, 2025. We’re taken to a suspended reality as Thelma and Louise get the space to process their feelings and newfound relationship. Accompanied by a queer rock band, the band tries to help T and L alongside playing some rock ‘n roll.
American Players Theatre: A Winter’s Tale
American Players Theatre’s production of A Winter’s Tale shows us two different worlds as we travel between formal Sicilia and fun-loving Bohemia, both in design and performances from the cast. Now through October 4, 2025.
PrideArts: A New Brain
Inspired by true events, A New Brain takes us through one man's diagnosis of a brain illness that requires surgery. Though dealing with the looking surgery, the musical feels like a musical episode of a TV show where everyone bursts out into song at a moments notice.
American Players Theatre: Tribes
Unpacking a chaotic, noisy family, Tribes takes us through the lives of a son born deaf into a family of hearing who then meets someone who introduces him to the deaf community. Packing in many plot points and subtopics, we see the different dynamics of this family and within the deaf community itself.
44 The Musical
44 The Musical, now playing at the Studebaker Theatre, shows us the Obama presidency through the eyes of Joe Biden in a campy new musical.
American Players Theatre: Anna In The Tropics
Set in hot and humid Florida, a Cuban family relishes in their traditions inside the family owned cigar factory. They each explore their individual relationships - with each other, with their partners, and outside their familial ties as well.