Stage Calendar
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
Abigail’s Party/A Red Orchid Theatre/Through April 25
Adore/XIII Pocket at Steppenwolf Garage/Through April 25
*The Brother/Sister Plays/Steppenwolf/Through May 23
*Dancing at Lughnasa/Seanachai Theatre/Through April 4
The DNA Trail/Silk Road Theatre Project/Through April 4
*11:11/The New Colony/Through March 13
*Epic Proportions/Project 891/Through March 28
*The Gimmick/Pegasus Players/Through March 28
*Harper Regan/Steep Theatre/Through April 25
*Here Where It’s Safe/Stage Left/Through April 3
I Am A Camera/Neo-Futurists/Through March 13
*Killer Joe/Profiles Theatre/Through April 11
The Long Red Road/Goodman Theatre/Through March 21
Lower Debt/LiveWire Theatre Chicago/Through April 4
*’Master Harold’ and the Boys/TimeLine Theatre/Through March 21
*The Pillowman/Redtwist Theatre/Through April 18
Pretty Penny/The Right Brain Project/Through March 20
*punkplay/Pavement Group at Steppenwolf Garage/Through April 25
The Rant/Mary-Arrchie/Through March 28
*The Ring Cycle/The Building Stage/Through March 21
Rush Limbaugh! The Musical!/Second City/Through March 24
*The Twins Would Like to Say/Dog & Pony at Steppenwolf Garage/Through April 25
*Uncle Vanya/Strawdog Theatre/Through March 27
*Wilson Wants It All/House Theatre/Through March 27
COMEDY
*The Kates/Mercury Cafe and The Book Cellar/Open Run
*Messing With A Friend/Annoyance Theatre/Open Run
O.I.N.K./The Playground Theatre/Open Run
*Studs Terkel’s Not Working/Second City e.t.c./Open Run
*Taming of the Flu/Second City Mainstage/Open Run
OPERA
*The Damnation of Faust/Lyric Opera/Through March 17
*The Marriage of Figaro/Lyric Opera/Through March 27
PERFORMANCE
*Oh, Coward!/Writers’ Theatre/Through May 16