Director Yasen Peyankov, helped by Conor McPherson’s translation/adaptation and a first-rate cast, goes full bore into the funny, which makes a miserable marriage far more understandable, and the play...

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

What to do in Chicago this weekend.

Andersonville’s annual Fika Fest returns this weekend with great food and plenty of activities. We’re getting a preview of what’s ahead with Charlie Wein from the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce.

“The Dance of Death” serves as a middle point of the fiftieth-anniversary season and is “a strain of work Steppenwolf has always been drawn to”—turn-of-the-century dramas which “feel absolutely contem...

The Chicago premiere of the play at A Red Orchid Theatre has a gripping generational dialogue between a father and daughter who bond over birdwatching.

The Father-Daughter Emotional Field Guide. PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Sarah Frances Fiorello Nestled snugly in their intimate Lincoln Park storefront performance space, A Red O...

The superb acting work by John Judd and Cassidy Slaughter-Mason is not unexpected at this particular theater, of course, but the design goes far beyond the typical.

Just when you thought the holidays were over, Philip Barry’s classic romantic comedy comes into view.

Around the area this weekend: the Wicker Park Indoor Farmers Market, DeffJam and an Intuit Art Museum exhibit. Plus the Illinois Home Show and Illinois Bridal & Wedding Expo.

A Red Orchid Theatre will continue its 33rd Season with the Chicago premiere of Anna Ouyang Moench's father-daughter drama Birds of North America, directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald.

Beginning with Sondra Radvanovsky at the Lyric and including Steppenwolf’s Caroline Neff as well as Ryan Hake as the lead of “Angels in America.”

Amadeus at the Steppenwolf Theatre has been extended through January 25, 2026 and we have Mozart himself - David Darrow - on the show with us!  David talks about what it's like playing one of the most...

Steppenwolf Theatre’s newest show, Amadeus, has twice been extended. The storyline focuses on the rivalry between two composers, and LeeAnn Trotter has the story.

The “Real Housewives” franchise has been in the ethos of pop culture for nearly two decades. The lives of wealthy divas from Atlanta to Dubai have been on display in this reality TV juggernaut. This w...

Our list of the best on Chicago stages in the past year also visits Writers Theatre in Glencoe and Sam Shepard’s desert by way of Aurora.

There's a menorah lighting in Daley Plaza, a winter wonderland family fest, the premiere of "Hanukkah, Shmanukkah" at Greenhouse Theater Center and more.

Amadeus starkly captures the destructive lengths we go to avoid confronting our own mediocrity.

Actress and singer Megan Hilty is back in Chicago.

Our list of the best on Chicago stages in the past year also visits Writers Theatre in Glencoe and Sam Shepard’s desert by way of Aurora.

Steppenwolf Theatre will present five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch, the hilariously charming Kate Flannery and The Tony Guerrero Quartet in The Trouble With Angels.

SNOW is the new single by Gladys Dasher, the sexy and vibrant and definitely not old cast member of The Real Housewives of The North Pole*. The hit holiday show playing in Chicago. Video created by Connor Wilk With Anna Rose Steinmeyer, Honey West, Robert Williams, Taylor Mercado Owen, Britain Shutters, and David Cerda. Makeup by Syd Genco for MAD Creations by Syd Wigs by Keith Ryan Costumes by Marquecia Jordan For more information go to handbagproductions dot org *A very silly unauthorized parody

In a tough year, laughter is “healing, and it is bringing people together,” says the artistic director and creative mastermind behind “The Real Housewives of the North Pole.”