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One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, two eggs, two teaspoons of vanilla extract, two cups of flour. This recipe ― pinned to a bulletin board ― is the first thing the audience sees when walking into Northlight Theatre in Skokie. Hand-scrawled and simple, it promises the memories of home, family and a...

Kate Fry stars opposite her husband, Timothy Edward Kane, in Northlight Theatres Chicago-area premiere of "Birthday Candles," Noah Haidles dramedy chronicling the life of a self-described "rebel against the universe" whose impact is measured in the effect she has on family and friends.

Kate Fry, playing the heroine of the Northlight Theatre play from youth to centenarian, makes each step truthful.

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.

This Halloween weekend, also check out Haunted Halsted and a "Rocky Horror Picture Party" at the Den Theatre.

The Gift Theatres premiere of "The Locusts," a thriller about a serial killer stalking teenage girls in a coastal Florida city, is a grim but compelling look at the persistent plague of male violence and the women forced to live with the resulting fear and trauma.

An FBI special agent, known for her skills in profiling serial killers, returns to her small Florida town.

“Measure for Measure,” an Upside Down Halloween Parade, and a tribute to blues legends are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Martin McDonagh’s intense play used to be about the right of a writer to write his gruesome tales. Now we're not so sure.