The 10 Most Anticipated Theater Shows This Fall

By Catey Sullivan

Larry Yando, Deanna Dunagan, and Jerod Haynes star in some of the best shows to see in Chicago this fall. Read more

The 19 Best Dramas in Chicago Theatres This December

By Catey Sullivan

Tribes, The Little Prince, An Iliad, and Appropriate are all critic’s picks—and there are seasonal specials and a free show at the Goodman, too. Read more

The 22 Best Dramas to See in Chicago This November

By Catey Sullivan

Strong productions of Appropriate, An Iliad, and A Raisin in the Sun join seasonal classics on stage in November. Read more

C-Chat: The Goodman Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

By Emmet Sullivan and Jennifer Tanaka

The holiday favorite opens for another season at the Goodman. What we liked, what we didn’t—and what the kids thought, too. Read more

Killer Wales

By Rebecca Little, Lucia Mauro, Stuart Rosenberg, and Catey Sullivan

Golden Boy

Larry Yando—a.k.a. Scrooge in the Goodman’s A Christmas Carol—as Everyman? We are so there. And to those who claim he never met a scene he didn’t chew to toothpicks: Bah, humbug! Yando stars in the toe-tapping immigration tale Goldbrick, inspired by the story of the Chicago-by-way-of-Wales musician Jon... Read more

Bah, Humbug!

By Nora O'Donnell

Three Scrooges walk into a bar. (And it hurts like the Dickens. Ha!) Read more

A User's Guide to Stay-At-Home Holiday Theater

Audio plays, Zoom performances, and other ways theater companies are getting creative with their seasonal fare Read more

Hamlet Is the Latest Chicago Shakespeare Theater Role that Didn't Go to a Local

By Kris Vire

In casting Raúl Esparza as the Bard's thinky prince, the theater yet again overlooks qualified locals. Read more

How to Make a Scrooge Fly

By Catey Sullivan

Flight director Andrea Gentry gives the Goodman's Christmas Carol wings. Read more

The Best Dramas in December

By Catey Sullivan

The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our culture critics Read more

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