Beautiful Thing
An LGBT classic gets a 20-year update with some great performances at its lovable core.
Clint May
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph (American Blues Theater, Mohrlein’s 11th Season)
Continuing its perennial holiday tradition, American Blues Theater brings a classic to wondrous life that transports you to a simpler time for a retelling of one of our most beloved inspirational tales.
The Nutcracker (House Theatre of Chicago, Paige Collins as Clara)
The kind of warm, witty production that shames most other holiday fare, this is a must see for the whole family this holiday season!
Sister Act the Musical
Another musical-based-on-movie that unfortunately lacks the charms and personality to keep the franchise alive twenty years later.
Black Watch
A stunning piece of stagecraft that melds big ideas with personal stories in this revisit of the National Theatre of Scotland’s landmark production.
Ruby Wilder
An icy tale of revenge that’s served hot. An excellent Halloween-season diversion—a psychologically suspenseful journey into the mind of victim-turned-vengeance-incarnate.
Dirty
A high-concept production from an exciting new voice in Chicago theater falls just short of greatness but is still an entertaining look at the American Dream.
The Magic Flute
The classic singspiel of strange magic and quests for love gets its first new Chicago production in 17 years. Complete with a new English translation, there are only three performances left!
The Dumb Waiter
It’s been over 50 years since Harold Pinter’s chilling and influential vignette of two hit men debuted, and TUTA’s revival proves it’s lost none of its power to haunt the mind.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
They’ve got the sound down, but can wearing a mop top make you The Fab Four? Rain can sing the tunes but it’ll never quite be the same as the original.