Theater | Review: ‘The Devil is in the Detours’ at Second City is a signpost for where sketch comedy is going By Chris Jones June 14, 2024 at 2:12 p.m. This 112th Mainstage revue at Second City features a don't-mess-with-us crew that pokes fun at...
Theater | Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ at CIBC Theatre has a compelling story that struggles to fly on stage By Chris Jones June 13, 2024 at 1:46 p.m. I liked the touring cast very much indeed, but this adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel...
Theater | 2024 Tony Awards: Best musical is a guessing game, but not all the deserving were nominated By Chris Jones June 14, 2024 at 6:01 p.m. When it comes to what is arguably the biggest prize of all, the Tony Award...
Theater | Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ adaptation explores the social circles of wealthy Midwestern gays By Emily McClanathan June 11, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Underlying the farcical hijinks of mistaken identities and lovers’ quarrels, the theme of found family...
Theater | Review: ‘The Singularity Play’ by Jackalope at Berger Park unleashes AI terror on theater people By Chris Jones June 10, 2024 at 2:24 p.m. "The Singularity Play" explores the terror that the rise of artificial intelligence should and does...
Theater | John Cleese is in town for ‘Last Chance To See Me Before I Die’ By Chris Jones June 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Cleese, now 84 and long famed for his seminal comedic work on "Monty Python's Flying...
Theater | Larry Yando will trade Scrooge for Severus Snape in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ By Chris Jones June 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. The veteran Chicago actor, long the star of the Goodman Theatre's annual production of "A...
Theater | Review: ‘A Little Night Music’ at Theo Ubique has Sondheim’s summer songs in the right place By Chris Jones June 7, 2024 at 1:48 p.m. This musical is operetta-like in its structure and transfixing in its musical pleasures, not the...
Theater | Review: ‘Six’ is back in Chicago, still the first-class show its fans want By Chris Jones June 6, 2024 at 2:18 p.m. These royal divas sing out as the six wives of Henry VIII — the Broadway...
Theater | Review: ‘Home’ on Broadway is the moving, understated story of a man searching for his past By Chris Jones June 5, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. Playwright Samm-Art Williams wrote "Home" in 1979, and this Roundabout Theatre production makes that time...