Emily Mcclanathan

| For the Chicago Tribune On the heels of the United States' 250th anniversary, the national tour of Shaina Taub's Tony Award-winning

When I first learned that Surging Films & Theatrics planned to stage Newsies at Theater Wit, I wondered how the choreography would fit into that long, narrow space.

The theatre that first premiered Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years returns to its roots in Evanston.

Dawn Turner's tale of a Black couple moving to suburban Chicago is inspired by a period early in her own marriage.

“Jesus is an answer; Judaism is a series of questions,” the Jewish comedian Alex Edelman says as part of his latest show, now in Chicago at Steppenwolf Theatre.

Will Quam’s "Fire and Clay" traces the colors, textures and histories embedded in the city’s architecture.

After eight years of writing about Chicago theater, I'm always excited to discover new, or new to me, companies in this city of 200-plus theaters.

"Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II" is a compelling sequel to the acclaimed Indigenous anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Dystopian writers such as Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood tend to eschew the title of prophet.

Since being diagnosed with cancer, the circus artist can no longer perform. But she can still create.