Reviews
Dark Room District: DIVE
Dark Room District presents DIVE now through August 1, 2026. Showing a slice of life at a Chicago dive bar, we’re flies on the wall watching all the regulars and the chaos and drama that comes with.
American Players Theatre: THe Matchmaker
American Players Theatre presents The Matchmaker now through October 2, 2026. The cast of this production delivers on every comedic bit in the play lead by Tracy Michelle Arnold as Dolly Gallagher Levi.
Derek Bertelsen: Fully Committed
Set in New York’s hottest restaurant, Fully Committed is playing at the Den Theatre thought March 28, 2026. Full of bits that actors also working in the food service and hospitality industry will understand, we experience a day in the life of Sam managing this restaurant’s reservations line.
City Lit Theater: Changing Channels
City Lit Theater presents Changing Channels now through April 12, 2026. At the height of the 1950s Red Scare, a popular TV show and its stars must decide if they should compromise their beliefs or risk losing it all.
Court Theatre: Miss Julie
Court Theatre presents Miss Julie now through March 8, 2026. Motivations governed by social class make for an interesting battle of wits and power as Miss Julie and her father’s valet dance around each other during the household’s Midsummer fest.
American Blues Theater: Come Back, Little Sheba
American Blues Theater presents Come Back, Little Sheba now through March 22, 2026. Taking us back a household in the 1950s, we see the tension build between a married couple as they watch their young, college student boarder make her own relationship choices.
Annoyance Theatre: Hot People Island
Playwright Deana Velandra presents Hot People Island at the Annoyance Theatre now through February 28, 2026. Perfect for reality show lovers alike, the show pulls out all the tropes for an absurd parody.
Goodman: Holiday
Goodman Theatre presents Holiday now through March 8, 2026. We’re taken inside this upper-class family’s home and get a peek behind a curtain seeing their dysfunction and that money isn’t everything.
Collaboraction: Trial In The Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till
Collaboraction presents Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till now through March 1, 2026. Taking the real transcripts from the trial that started the civil rights movement, we’re taken back to the 1950s to the courtroom trying Emmett Till’s murder.
The Artistic Home: Superior Donuts
The Artistic Home presents Superior Donuts now through December 6, 2025. A heartfelt play where two men unlikely to be friends find ways to inspire and help each other.
City Lit Theater & Black Button Eyes: Strange Cargo
City Lit Theater and Black Button Eyes Productions present Strange Cargo: The Doom of The Demeter now through November 23, 2025. Following the story of the captain’s log in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we wonder if the crew will make it safely from Transylvania to London.
TimeLine Theatre: Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
TimeLine Theatre presents Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars now through November 9, 2025. A mother faces deportation after applying for citizenship and brings up questions for her and her daughter.
Steppenwolf Theatre: Mr. Wolf
Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble presents Mr. Wolf now through November 2, 2025. Exploring the aftereffects of what happens when an abducted child is found, we see how different relationships were grown and now redefined.
Remy Bumppo: Wish You Were Here
Remy Bumppo presents Wish You Were Here now through October 19, 2025. Five Iranian women, each with their own dreams and goals, support each other even has time and circumstances cause them to drift apart in different ways.
Strawdog Theatre: The F*ck House
For two friends, growing up in the Chicago suburbs is tough enough with the promise of freedom just a train ride away. But in The F*ck House, we’re taken on a journey as they navigate jr. high and their changing friendship.
American Players Theatre: Tribes
Unpacking a chaotic, noisy family, Tribes takes us through the lives of a son born deaf into a family of hearing who then meets someone who introduces him to the deaf community. Packing in many plot points and subtopics, we see the different dynamics of this family and within the deaf community itself.
American Players Theatre: Fallen Angels
American Players Theatre presents Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, now through October 3, 2025. The perfect show for a night out with friends who enjoy bubbly and over the top comedies as two friends await the arrival of their past lover.
Redtwist Theatre: Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Revew
Redtwist Theatre presents Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus now through June 1, 2025. In the aftermath of the final bloodbath, who is left to clean up the mess left by the royals? Enter Janice and newly promoted Gary who question the societal rules that created this ultimate mess.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Hymn Review
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Hymn now through May 25, 2025. Two men find out they share a father late in their lives, but its never too late to form a friendship. We’re taken on a journey of brotherhood as they bound over boxing, music, and family life.
Hell In A Handbag: Scary Town Review
Hell in a Handbag Productions presents Scary Town now through May 18, 2025. Full of the company’s signature style, we follow what happens when family drama threatens to disrupt the happy-go-lucky day to day lives of the citizens of Merry Town.