Goodman’s season closer, The Who’s Tommy, promises to be a blockbuster (it’s already extended through early August). But the story of the pinball wizard—first introduced in the Who’s 1969 double album, then seen in a 1975 film, and finally as a Broadway musical in 1993—isn’t just about the familiar anthemic songs. Dance and movement play […]
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Aloft Circus Arts and Actors Gymnasium bring the circus from their homes to yours
Sanctuary in Place! and Isolated prove you don’t need a big top.
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The Ghost in Gadsden’s Garden is a delightful environmental fable
Actors Gymnasium combines circus arts and a poignant story of aging in their annual winter show.
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Goodbye to Tony Adler, the best weekly theater critic Chicago’s ever had
His retirement after 38 years will leave a void both at the Reader and in Chicago’s theater scene.
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Spoiler alert: this Quixote comes to a bad end
Betrayal undermines an engaging man of La Mancha in Writers Theatre’s latest.
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American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.