Oklahoma! Archives - Chicago Reader

Grease is the show nobody wrote, according to the New York Times

The paper doesn’t think Grease‘s creators are worth mentioning.

Measure for Measure

Thinking about Hammerstein’s musical before its performance at Lyric Opera

The writer-director-filmmaker talks about what drew him to August Wilson; plus changes in faces at Broken Nose Theatre

by Kerry Reid

Forty years ago, Stations made a brilliant EP with Joy Division producer Martin Hannett. It was never finished or released—until now.

by Steve Krakow

Lucy Darling opens up the Rhapsody Theater.

by Kerry Reid

Madeline Sayet’s Where We Belong traces her journey to reclaim her Mohegan heritage.

by Irene Hsiao

Hell in a Handbag’s whodunit parody is a little overstuffed.

by Dan Jakes