The past 20 months have been such a whirlwind of sickness, grief, political madness, and worldwide protests for causes either righteous and necessary or selfish and deranged—it hasn’t been easy for music fans to do justice to the lives and memories of all the amazing artists who’ve passed away during this chaotic period. Famous folk […]
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From Hull House to Second City, Ensemble-Made Chicago documents a distinctively democratic way of making theater
A new book by Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg makes a persuasive case that devised performance is in Chicago’s DNA.
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier brings us hope, gratitude, and magic
The enchanting Christmas pantomime is masterfully crafted for play and wonder.
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Plantation! uses a sitcom sensibility to explore the case for reparations
The Lookingglass world premiere strives to be a very special episode.
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Lookinglass’s Beyond Caring shows us how the sausage gets made
Temp workers toil in this immersive play set in a factory.
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The Phantom of the Opera and four more new stage shows
The longest-running musical on Broadway returns to Chicago as impressive as ever.
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Mary Zimmerman’s Treasure Island is most remarkable for what it isn’t
The adapter-director’s latest for Lookingglass tells the classic story straight.
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Lookingglass Theatre moves Moby-Dick from sea to sky
Lookingglass Theatre’s dazzling new staging of Moby-Dick uses aerial acrobatics to buoy Melville’s masterpiece.
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Hnath Fest! Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by the same up-and-comer
Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by up-and-coming playwright Lucas Hnath, one effective, one coy.
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The Lake Effect keeps the mold intact
In The Lake Effect, Rajiv Joseph returns to his quirky/intimate style.
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Alzheimer’s from the inside out
Christine Mary Dunford adapts Still Alice, Lisa Genova’s novel about early-onset Alzheimer’s, to the stage.
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In Lookingglass Theatre’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, the big cat sleeps tonight
Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
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Sita Ram gives heat for the holidays
Chicago Children’s Choir, Natya Dance Theatre, and Lookingglass Theatre revive Sita Ram
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Metamorphoses transformed
Mary Zimmerman and Lookingglass Theatre Company revisit Metamorphoses 14 years later.