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“Holiday” Blends the Past and Present at Goodman Theatre
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (67+ words) Holiday" Blends the Past and Present at Goodman Theatre'Newcity Stage by Charles Kenney | February 13, 2026 The Goodman Theatre's staging of Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Philip Barry's Holiday" is not dissimilar in character from the theater itself. Holiday" runs at Goodman Theatre,…...
The Charismatic Charles Dickens Comes to Life
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (121+ words) Blake Montgomery wins the audience over as Charles Dickens in this one-person play, where the celebrated author diverts from his 172nd annual reading of "A Christmas Carol" to throw a holiday party instead. by Amanda Finn | December 11, 2025 Which leads one to…...
"Giggle Hour" at The Lincoln Lodge Is Not Your Regular Poetry Reading
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (357+ words) by Carl Kozlowski | August 4, 2025 "We wanted to do a show that combined poetry but wasn't such a bummer. My team wanted to create a space that could be about poetry and storytelling in a lighter, more fun way," K.P. explains. "Like…...
Gavin Dillon Lawrence on “The Death of Chuck Brown” at American Players Theatre
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (589+ words) by Mary Wisniewski | July 25, 2025 When Lawrence looked at the picture later, he saw something that broke his heart. Lawrence incorporated into the play his feelings about the changes he was seeing in Washington, D.C., the "Chocolate City" where he grew up....
Review: "The Fly Honey Show"'s Final Flight at Thalia Hall
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (310+ words) by Sharon Hoyer | July 15, 2025 Opening night of the final Fly Honey Show was a wet one. Outside Thalia Hall, buckets of rain poured from the heavens. Inside, the Fly Honeys ground, thrusted and twerked up buckets of glistening, glitter-enhanced sweat…...
“Iraq, But Funny” at Lookingglass Theatre: A Marvel
8+ mon, 2+ hour ago (426+ words) by Mary Wisniewski | June 13, 2025 Directed by Dalia Ashurina, the play is about five generations of Assyrian women who wrestle with an absurd British gentleman over control of their narrative. It explores Iraqi history from World War I to the present'with…...
Review: “Neighborhood Watch” at Jackalope Theatre
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) Neighborhood Watch," a play in the style of a sitcom by Rehana Lew Mirza and directed by Kaiser Ahmed, explores what happens when two Muslim men move into a majority white Virginia suburb, and the prejudice they encounter from both…...
Preview: "First Date Comedy Gameshow" at the Laugh Factory, Chicago
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (510+ words) By choosing an audience member to come on stage and pick a comic to have a date with, "First Date Comedy Gameshow" at the Laugh Factory takes the idea of the first date to a whole other level....
Theater Review: "Titanique" at Broadway In Chicago and Porchlight Music Theatre
10+ mon, 4+ day ago (340+ words) If, by curtain call, you aren't at least marginally delighted by this rollicking musical comedy, feel free to sashay away. If you haven't, I strongly advise you to reconsider because, let's be honest, it was begging for campification Packed to…...