Reviews
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: 42 Balloons
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents the pre-Broadway premiere of 42 Balloons. Based on the epic true story from 1982 of one man’s flight into the air using only 42 weather balloons tied to a lawn chair from Sears. This new musical has everything from catchy songs to a feel good, hopeful message at the end.
Blank Theatre Company: Sweet Charity Review
Blank Theatre Company presents Sweet Charity now through June 8, 2025. Filled with fun costumes, bright set design, and a stellar lead as Charity Love Valentine, this production is a great fit for those who love an optimistic love story with Bob Fosse inspired choreography.
Paramount Theatre: Cats Review
Paramount Theatre presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats now through June 15, 2025. Set at the circus, each cat has their own featured act underneath the big top but still keeps the feel of the original spirit of the show with the costume and makeup designs.
Redtwist Theatre: Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Revew
Redtwist Theatre presents Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus now through June 1, 2025. In the aftermath of the final bloodbath, who is left to clean up the mess left by the royals? Enter Janice and newly promoted Gary who question the societal rules that created this ultimate mess.
Chicago Magic Lounge: Diary of a Black Illusionist Review
The Chicago Magic Lounge presents Diary of a Black Illusionist now playing as the Wednesday night act. Walter King Jr. aka The Spellbinder blows audience member’s minds with his illusions set against some funky, grooving music.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Hymn Review
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Hymn now through May 25, 2025. Two men find out they share a father late in their lives, but its never too late to form a friendship. We’re taken on a journey of brotherhood as they bound over boxing, music, and family life.
Remy Bumppo: Art Review
Remy Bumppo presents Art now through June 1, 2025. Three friends get into a heated argument about if this piece of modern art is good or not. Little do they know it will become a catalyst for changing how they view each other and their friendship.
The Story Theatre: At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen Review
The Story Theatre presents At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen at The Raven Theatre now through May 25, 2025. We see the last months of the glamorous drag queen Courtney Berringers’ life, including a whirlwind situationship and diving into what it means to be a Black, queer, drag queen in the South.
Porchlight and Broadway in Chicago: Titanique Review
Porchlight Music Theatre in association with Broadway in Chicago presents Titanique now through July 3, 2025. Titanique takes us back to the iconic love story of Titanic except now it’s told through the lens of Céline Dion because, obviously, she was there!
Hell In A Handbag: Scary Town Review
Hell in a Handbag Productions presents Scary Town now through May 18, 2025. Full of the company’s signature style, we follow what happens when family drama threatens to disrupt the happy-go-lucky day to day lives of the citizens of Merry Town.
Steppenwolf Theatre: The Book of Grace Review
Steppenwolf Theatre presents The Book of Grace, now through May 18, 2025. An estranged son and father reunite in a small, border town where their past slowly unfurls and something big simmers under the surface for the future.
Elsinore, A Theatre Ensemble: The Lifespan of a Fact Review
Elsinore, A Theatre Ensemble, presents The Lifespan of a Fact now through May 4, 2025. A writer, an editor, and a fact checker butt heads over their different views over what can be colorful and embellished in an article and what needs to be 100% facts as the publication deadline approaches.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Sunny AfterNoon Review
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Sunny Afternoon now through April 27, 2025. Based on the early days of the British rock band, The Kinks, we follow their story from creation to pitfalls and everything in between on their way to stardom.
Idle Muse: The School For Scandal Review
Idle Muse Theatre Company presents The School for Scandal now through April 12, 2025. Taking the original comedy of errors, Idle Muse amps the humor up to deliver on its already punchy script and adds more campy bits and slapstick humor.
Open Space Arts: It’s Been Ten Years Since Everyone Died Review
Open Space Arts presents It’s Been Ten Years Since Everyone Died extended through April 19, 2025. Combining traditional horror movie tropes with new and fresh queer characters, this show has twists and turns that will delight any horror fan.
Paramount Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Review
Paramount Theatre presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee now through April 27, 2025. The cast is a delightful band of misfits, each with their own quirks and eccentricities, that creates a show full of laughs and heartful moments as they all battle for the coveted winner’s title at the bee.
Invictus Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale Review
Invictus Theatre Company presents The Winter’s Tale now through April 20, 2025. The cast delivers on the provocative emotions from jealousy, to repentance, to love to tell this emotionally turbulent Shakespearean classic.
Theo Ubique: Tell Me On A Sunday Review
Theo Ubique presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me On A Sunday now through April 20, 2025. A 75 minute, sung through musical that follows one woman’s romantic journey and dating terrible men from NY to LA while finding herself along the way.
Seph Mozes: turkey and bones and eating and we liked it and other plays Review
Directed by Seph Mozes, turkey and bones and eating and we liked it and other plays pulls samplings of plays from Gertrude Stein’s work that makes you stay engaged to fully see the landscape the actors are building. Playing at the Facility Theatre now through March 29, 2025.
(Español) Chicago Shakespeare: Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet Review
El Chicago Shakespeare Theater presenta la producción de Hamlet de Teatro La Plaza, ahora hasta el 23 de marzo de 2025. El elenco abraza con orgullo su singularidad derivada del Síndrome de Down y crea una puesta en escena personal para ellos, mientras reflexionan y establecen paralelismos con la famosa obra.