Steppenwolf Theatre play ‘Purpose’ wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' work was commissioned by Steppenwolf, debuted in Chicago and is now on Broadway.
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Review: ‘At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen’ is about identity in a small Southern town at the end of the AIDS crisis
Terry Guest's two-character play is set in 2004 and includes one of the best Chicago performances of the year.
Review: A Black bromance under stress in ‘Hymn’ at Chicago Shakespeare
Director Ron OJ Parson foregrounds the power of friendship and the strength of Black familial bonds.
What the Tony nominations got right — and wrong
A cautionary tale: Do great work in a bad production and Tony nominators likely will pass you by. But the reverse can be true, too.
2025 Tony Award nominations: Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’ both score big
Three Broadway shows stood out in the list of nominations — “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending,” each earning 10 nominations Thursday.
Review: ‘Bust’ at the Goodman Theatre begins with a leap of imagination
What would happen if a Black man in the middle of a confrontation with the police was suddenly teleported away? So begins Zora Howard's new play.
Fred Anzevino, founder of Theo Ubique Theatre, dies at 67
His theater's jewel-box productions of Broadway musicals — first in Rogers Park, then on the Evanston border — set the standard for storefront musical theater in Chicago.
Review: Epic ‘Berlin’ at Court Theatre pictures the end of a cultural paradise
As adapted by the Chicago writer Mickle Maher and directed by Charles Newell, this world premiere comes from a graphic novel by Jason Lutes and is a significant new work...
Review: ‘Real Women Have Curves: The Musical’ gets a feel-good Broadway bow
The title of the piece signals the show's point of view, and that there will be support and community and body positivity aplenty. That's exactly how it goes.
Review: ‘Dead Outlaw’ on Broadway is an unlikely musical with a lot of life
This deliciously sardonic little tuner is about a real-life outlaw, a man vividly named Elmer McCurdy, shot dead by a sheriff's posse but never buried.