Reviews
Hell In A Handbag: Scary Town Review
Hell in a Handbag Productions presents Scary Town now through May 11, 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.
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.
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.
(English) Chicago Shakespeare: Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet Review
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Teatro La Plaza’s production of Hamlet now through March 23, 2025. The cast proudly embraces their uniqueness that comes from Down Syndrome and creates a production that is personal to them as they reflect and draw parallels to the famous play.
Strawdog Theatre Company Presents: Much Ado: The Ides REunion Episode Review
Strawdog Theatre Company presents Much Ado: The Ides Reunion Episode now through March 26, 2025. The company has adapted Shakespeare’s classic work into a modern setting where the actors play in Burke’s Public House and create a reality show vibe complete with cameramen and live streaming.
Jackalope Theatre: Dummy In Diaspora Review
Jackalope Theatre presents Dummy in Diaspora now through March 23, 2025. A one man show about the writer and performer’s, Esho Rasho's, experience growing up being gay as a child of immigrant parents and significant people and moments throughout his life.
Citadel Theatre: I And You REVIEW
Citadel Theatre presents I And You now through March 23, 2025. Two teenagers, one a homebound and chronically ill and the other a star student and athlete, form an unexpected relationship bonding over a Walt Whitman lit project that develops into something greater.
The Artistic Home: Hedda Gabler Review
The Artistic Home presents Hedda Gabler extended through March 30, 2025. The actors develop their characters’ strong personality quirks that are highlighted when they interact with each other in this fairly traditional rendition of Ibsen’s classic.
Goodman Theatre: Betrayal Review
Goodman Theatre presents Harold Pinter’s Betrayal now through March 30, 2025. Working backwards from the end of an affair, we watch the relationship between married couple Robert and Emma and Robert’s best friend and Emma’s lover, Jerry evolve and devolve.
Theatre Above The Law: The Pyg Hypothesis Review
Theatre Above the Law presents The Pyg Hypothesis now through March 9, 2025. A modern day Pygmalion has two queer researchers wondering if they can make their Elijah Doolittle an ally for women and the LGBTQ+ community.
Shattered Globe Theatre: Lobby Hero Review
Shattered Globe Theatre presents Lobby Hero now through March 8, 2025. When a rudderless security guard is caught in the middle of a police investigation and conflicting morals, he must decide what he stands for and which path to follow.
Open Space Arts: Mr. Parker Review
Open Space Arts presents Mr. Parker now through March 2, 2025. We follow a middle-aged man’s journey as he deals with his new relationship with a younger man while trying to work with his sister-in-law to remember his late husband.
Saint Sebastian Players: The Man Who Came To Dinner Review
Saint Sebastian Players present The Man Who Came To Dinner now through February 16, 2025. In this classic early 20th century farce, shenanigans ensue after the uppity and particular critic Sheridan Whiteside injures his hip and must stay with the Stanley family for a few weeks causing chaos and hijinks.
City Lit Theater: Glassheart Review
City Lit Theater Company presents Glassheart now through February 23, 2025. A modern retelling of Beauty and The Beast has us grounded in the original story, but this version expands it to look deeper and differently.
Trap Door Theatre: The Mannequin’s Ball Review
Trap Door Theatre presents The Mannequin’s Ball now through March 1, 2025. One night a year the mannequin’s escape their movement-free lives as atelier workers and display models to move freely at their ball. When one finds himself at a human ball, it dives deeper into political commentary.
Goodman Theatre: Fat Ham Review
Goodman Theatre presents Fat Ham extended through March 9, 2025. In this adaptation of Hamlet, we’re taken to a family’s backyard barbeque wedding reception where we get this modern retelling exploring being Black, queer, and your community around you.
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre: JaJa’s African Hair Braiding Review
Chicago Shakespeare Presents Jaja’s African Hair Braiding now through February 2, 2025. Sit down and make yourself comfortable in your seats because we’re in for a long day at Jaja’s African Hair Braiding salon in Harlem, New York City. The cast brings the different personalities of the women who work in the shop to life and give us a snapshot of what it looks like to work there.