Stage Calendar & Reviews
This listing represents links to reviews published on this site for shows currently in production in Chicago. It does not include short runs (i.e. single weekend); see the home page for previews of those, which includes most dance and stand-up comedy coverage.
Shows marked with an asterisk (*) have been recommended by our critics
PLAYS
Blood and Gifts/ TimeLine Theatre Company/ July 28
*The Book of Mormon/ Broadway In Chicago/ Through October 6
*Brighton Beach Memoirs/ Raven Theatre/ Through June 29 July 14
*Cirque Shanghai: Dragon’s Thunder/ Navy Pier/ Through September 2
Electric Baby/ Rivendell Theatre/ Through June 22
The Glass Menagerie/ Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company/ Through June 30 July 28
Homecoming 1972/ Chicago Dramatists/ Through June 23
In The Company of Men/ Profiles Theatre/ Through June 30
Lear/ Red Tape Theatre/ Through June 22
Lives of the Pigeons/ The Side Project/ Through June 30
Kiss of The Spider Woman/ BoHo Theatre/ Through June 30
The Knowledge/ Steep Theatre/ Through May 19 June 23
*Million Dollar Quartet/ Apollo Theater/ Through January 5 (Half-Priced Tickets)
*Othello: The Remix/ Chicago Shakespeare Theater/ Through April 28 June 15 July 2
*The Pride/ About Face Theatre/ Through July 13
Reverb/ Redtwist Theatre/ Through June 23
Richard III/ Wayward Productions/ Through June 29
Sketchbook Destination/ Collaboraction/ Through June 30
Smudge/ Ka-Tet Theatre/ Through June 23
*Speech and Debate/ American Theater Company/ Through June 23
The Three Musketeers/ Lifeline Theatre/ Through July 21
Uncle Bob/ Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company/ Through July 21
Yellow Moon/ Writers’ Theatre/ Through August 4
COMEDY
*The Kates/ Mercury Cafe and The Book Cellar/ Open Run
*Let Them Eat Chaos/ Second City/ Open Run
*Messing With A Friend/ Annoyance Theatre/ Open Run
*The Second City’s Improv All-Stars/ UP Comedy Club/ Open Run
The Second City Guide To The Opera/ Second City & Lyric Opera/ Through June 30
OPERA
PERFORMANCE
*The City Life Supplement/ Bootstraps Comedy/ Open Run
