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In his three decades as artistic director, Newell has taken the company to a series of heights, marked by a number of Jeff Awards, growth in audiences and engagement with its local South Side community, and, in 2022, the Tony Award for Regional Theater.

Nate Burger and Erik Hellman have a chemistry that crackles in Charles Newell's staging, which plays up the meta-theatrics of Tom Stoppard's absurdist take on Shakespeare.

“I am determined to prove a villain,” Richard III famously tells us at the very top of the Shakespearean drama that bears his name, justifying his choice by himself being “rudely stamped,” “not shaped for sportive tricks” and “cheated of feature by dissembling nature.” Even dogs bark just at the site of him, he says, channelling all of this resentment into a talent for murder, killing at least ...

Theaters may be tightening their belts in the wake of the pandemic, but January and February offer a wealth of attractions. They include quite a few theater festivals, among them

Drury Lane Theatres revival of "Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash" benefits from first-rate performances by the ensemble featuring Ron E. Rains and Michael Potter as the legendary man in black

Blood spills like a curtain, dribbles like egg yolk and curdles like a swamp thing in Jack Thorne’s adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel.

A charming alternative to nutcrackers and Scrooges, Northlight Theatres premiere of "Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley" is a sequel to "Pride and Prejudice" that Jane Austen fans wont want to miss.

In an era when many plays lack the kind of structure guaranteed to please an audience, “Georgiana & Kitty” is the very model of a well-made play.

Court Theatre becomes the first Chicago theater to win the award in more than a decade.

Watch the von Trapp kids closely and you’ll see a lot of shared glances and frowns as the comings and goings of the adults cause whipsaw changes in the lives of these kids.