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For her beguiling reimagining of “The Magic Flute,” adapter/director Mary Zimmerman scaled back Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 18th-century singspiel. But she did not skimp. Zimmerman’s dow...

The rise and fall of a financial powerhouse isnt the only story that unfolds in "The Lehman Trilogy" in an exceptional co-production from TimeLine Theatre and Broadway in Chicago.

In lesser hands than those of director Jessica Thebus and her superb ensemble, the Chicago premiere of Noah Haidles “Birthday Candles” at Northlight Theatre might seem stilted and overly sentimental.

What do you get when you mix a rollicking road trip, a stereotype-busting satire and an attack on heinous social crimes?

Lydia R. Diamond’s play, now running at the Goodman Theatre, provides a compelling character study of a woman driven to achieve what she was told she couldn’t.