Next to Normal might not sugar its spoonful of medicine, but it has a punchy zing all its own.

One Frank sells out; another Frank cashes in.

One sings the previously unsung; the other sure plays a mean pinball.

If you missed Lyric’s 2019West Side Story , here’s your chance to re-engage with this star-crossed classic.

The magical Into the Woods is touring the country, but its opening night in Chicago was proof-positive of the magic of live theatre.

Mercury Theater’s Big River is expectedly impeccable, and what it has to say is as important as ever, even if the musical itself remains imperfect.

Rock (‘n’ roll) is here to stay in Chicagoland this spring.

Fortunately for Chicagoland patrons—or unsurprisingly, given their batting average—Marriott Theatre’s new production of Damn Yankees is pitch-perfect. (There may be more baseball puns in store.)

Two musicals tackling everything under the sun.

Two brand new opera productions—one about a brilliant technician, the other technically theatrically brilliant.

Brecht and Weill’s sleazy oddball classic may be formally dusty, but its social commentary endures and the tongue-in-cheek depravity meshes well with these restless cynical times.

If shaggy around the edges, Tina is in its way charming and endearing, and Zurin Villanueva commands a stage like it’s her own arena.