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

*Admiral Earth: A Working Title/Au Naturale Productions/Through June 7

All Girl Moby Dick/Chicago Mammals/Through June 9

*Angels in America/Court Theatre/Through June 3

*Arcadia/New Leaf Theatre/Through June 16

Bachelorette/Profiles Theatre/Through May 27

Bang the Drum Slowly/Raven Theatre Company/Through June 30

*The Butcher of Baraboo/A Red Orchid Theatre/Through June 3

*The Cripple of Inishmaan/Redtwist Theatre/Through June 24

*The Duchess of Malfi/Strawdog/Through May 26

*Elephant’s Graveyard/Red Tape Theatre/Through June 16

*Freud’s Last Session/Mercury Theater/Through July 15

Her Naked Skin/Shattered Globe Theatre/Through June 3

*The Iceman Cometh/Goodman Theatre/Through June 17

*In a Forest, Dark and Deep/Profiles Theatre/Through June 3

*Jersey Boys/Broadway In Chicago/Through June 3

Kin/Griffin Theatre/Through June 10

*A Little Night Music/Writers’ Theatre/Through July 22

The March/Steppenwolf/Through June 10

*Million Dollar Quartet/Apollo Theater/Through September 2

My Kind of Town/TimeLine Theatre/Through July 29

Pride and Prejudice/Lifeline Theatre/Through July 8

*Rent/American Theater Company & About Face Theatre/Through June 17

Rise of the Numberless/Bailiwick Chicago and The New Colony/Through May 26

Sixty Miles To Silver Lake/Collaboraction/Through May 27

Superboobs: A Superhero Burlesque Adventure/Gorilla Tango Theatre/Through May 26

*Tigers Be Still/Theater Wit/Through June 16

Timon of Athens/Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Through June 10

 

COMEDY

*The Kates/Mercury Cafe and The Book Cellar/Open Run

*Messing With A Friend/Annoyance Theatre/Open Run

*The Second City’s Improv All-Stars/UP Comedy Club/Open Run

*Who Do We Think We Are?/Second City/Open Run

 

OPERA

 

PERFORMANCE

*The City Life Supplement/Bootstraps Comedy/Open Run

*The Doyle & Debbie Show/lonesome road productions/Through May 27