400-Year-Old Shakespeare Meets U.S. Politics in Ambitious Adaptation
What do the famous playwright’s 400-year-old theater works have to say about our own divided age? Plenty.
Contributors: Zac Thompson
Disgraced Journalists Are Just the Beginning
“Spotlight” might have made journalists trendy, but the media is just the starting point for these two Chicago stage plays.
Shakespeare at 400: Why Is This Dead White Man Still Relevant
Chicago Shakespeare Company’s yearlong festival shows how the playwright’s themes can be adapted to all times and all places.
Idris Goodwin Pushes More Buttons in His Newest Play
The playwright and author of The Raid says he’s not a shock-monger, though.
The Last Days of Mary-Arrchie Theatre: ‘We've Had Enough’
The storefront theater is shutting down at the end of this season. The artistic director just doesn’t have the energy anymore.
Why Teller Added Magic Tricks to The Tempest
Penn’s silent partner on the magic he’s devised for Shakespeare’s The Tempest
A Kafka–Inspired Theater Festival is Coming to Wicker Park
Local playwrights revisit the prescient writer’s work in a weeklong festival of new dramas.
Remembering PJ Paparelli, the Artistic Director of American Theater Company
Paparelli was one of the most socially engaged theater artists in the city.
Chicago Theater Takes on Police Brutality, Obama, and More
Three political plays this spring engage in contemporary American issues.
Binge-Watching Theater Is Becoming a Thing
Two recent daylong shows prove that audience attention spans are as long as ever.