Reviews
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.
Paramount Theatre: True West
Paramount Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s True West now through August 31, 2025. Two estranged brothers face off in their mother’s home as they try to one up each other while simultaneously envying each other.
Invictus Theatre: Angels In America
Invictus Theatre Company presents Angels in America: Part One and Two now through September 7, 2025. Set in a decaying 1980s New York, we follow the lives of different gay men during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Chicago Magic Lounge: Ryan Plunkett Old Fashioned Magic
Chicago Magic Lounge presents Ryan Plunkeett’s Old Fashioned Magic as the newest Wednesday mainstage act now through September 24, 2025. Dressed in a classic blue suit, he performs illusions all alluding back to old fashioned tricks and cocktails.
American Players Theatre: Picnic
American Players Theatre presents Picnic now through September 13, 2025. Going deeper than the standard tropes of the time, the actor’s dig to find deeper motivations for their characters against a perfect setting on a late summer evening.
American Players Theatre: The Death of Chuck Brown
American Players Theatre presents The Death of Chuck Brown now through September 25, 2025. The gentrification of DC’s Chocolate City causes conflicts for barbershop owner Kofi as he worries about the changing neighborhood.
American Players Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
American Players Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, now through October 5, 2025. Playing with opposites in their couples and adding a surprise duo, this production is sure to please fans of both this play and classic Shakespeare deliveries.
American Players Theatre: Fallen Angels
American Players Theatre presents Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, now through October 3, 2025. The perfect show for a night out with friends who enjoy bubbly and over the top comedies as two friends await the arrival of their past lover.
American Players Theatre: ‘ART’
American Players Theatre presents ‘ART’ now through September 28, 2025. What starts as an argument about a painting turns into a larger, philosophical questioning for three friends.