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Manhattan Theatre Club and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences), opens tonight starring Glenn Davis (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Downstate) and Chris Perfetti (“Abbott Elementary”). Read reviews for the production!

Ensemble member Kate Arrington pens an unconventional love story for the Chicago theater.

 Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 47th season with the world premiere of ensemble member Kate Arrington’s unconventional love story Another Marriage. See how to purchase tickets!

Tony winner Mary Zimmerman's performance collage based on the notebooks of the Italian Renaissance polymath arrives at the Old Globe in San Diego.

Thomas Bradshaw will debut his adaptation of Chekhov's classic play with the New Group.

Rajiv Joseph's funny and moving new play is having its world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre.

In “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,” we are introduced to the Italian polymath who, because everything fascinated him, never spent a dull moment in boredom.

By turning repeatedly to spectacle for the duration of the production’s 90-minute runtime, director/adaptor Mary Zimmerman crafts a show that while lovely to behold, too often treats the words like an afterthought.

When I first reviewed Mary Zimmerman’s “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” — gulp, some 19 years ago — it felt like witnessing a Chicago theater revolution.

Westport Playhouse Virtual Production of Tiny House Opens June 29 Written by Pat Blaufuss Westport, CT - Westport Country Playhouse will open its all-virtual 2021 production season with the regional premiere of “Tiny House,” a timely new comedy about downsizing, going green, escaping urban life, and fresh starts, written by Michael Gotch, and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. The production will stream on demand from Tuesday, June 29 through Sunday, July 18. �...