When the inevitable happens, we are right there with each and all of them—those who make it and those who don’t—powerfully ...

Funny, thought-provoking and well-written, "A Jukebox for the Algonquin" is not just a “play about old people” but a ...

Running at three hours with two intermissions, “Prayer for the French Republic” is an engaging and thoughtful play that ...

A co-production of Hedwig Dances and Germany’s Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, the programs celebrate the German modernist art and ...

In Mamet’s usual acerbic style, we learn that in a world of high-stakes competition there are no friendships. Each act is ...

Vershawn Sanders-Ward created a piece about the pernicious nature of racial bigotry in America for her then young company.

This is the vibrating triangle that forms “The Book of Grace,” a play by Suzan-Lori Parks. The play is a companion piece to ...

“Translations” runs through May 4 at Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. Wednesdays, 3pm (April 30 only) and 7:30pm; Thursdays, 7:30pm; Fridays, 7:30pm; Saturdays, 3pm and 7:30pm; and Sundays, ...

For some artists, recognition flares up for a hot season or two when they seem everywhere all at once, but then their sparkle burns off. Then there are folks like Ron OJ Parson. His brilliance sneaks ...

W. Kamau Bell started out as a popular presence on the Chicago comedy scene in the mid-nineties, and his biggest love has ...