Reviews
Theo Ubique: Urinetown
Theo Ubique presents Urinetown now through January 4, 2026. A satirical farce of a musical set in a dystopian reality where people aren’t free to pee. The audience is right there alongside the action in this theater-in-the-round immersive production.
Wild Door Theater: Smokefall
Wild Door Theater presents their inaugural show, Smokefall now through December 21, 2025. Unpacking a family’s history and what happens after a life altering event, we explore how patterns continue in the future.
The Village Theater: Calypso
The Village Theater presents Calypso now through November 23, 2025. When Odysseus comes crashing onto Calypso’s island, the two’s fates become intertwined as they learn from and start to develop feelings for each other.
The Artistic Home: Superior Donuts
The Artistic Home presents Superior Donuts now through December 6, 2025. A heartfelt play where two men unlikely to be friends find ways to inspire and help each other.
Invictus Theatre: The House That Will Not Stand
Invictus Theatre presents The House That Will Not Stand now through December 14, 2025. On the cusp of a changing United States and social class system, a household of women contend with their individual futures.
City Lit Theater & Black Button Eyes: Strange Cargo
City Lit Theater and Black Button Eyes Productions present Strange Cargo: The Doom of The Demeter now through November 23, 2025. Following the story of the captain’s log in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we wonder if the crew will make it safely from Transylvania to London.
Kokandy Productions: Jekyll & Hyde
Kokandy Productions presents Jekyll & Hyde now through January 10, 2026. A gothic tale of a science experiment gone wrong, this production is stacked with talent and has jaws dropping at its incredibleness.
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) extended through November 22, 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.