RECOMMENDED: HAIR
Kokandy Productions HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory.
Chicago
THE GOLDEN GIRLS: THE CHEESE PYRAMID
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid is the newest installment in Hell in a Handbag’s The Lost Episodes parody series.
EXTENDED: THE TARGETED
They call themselves The Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance and harassment by global intergovernmental powers.
MUST SEE: WINDFALL
Windfall, a new play from Tarell Alvin McCraney asks the eternal question: what is the monetary value of human life? Now on stage at Steppenwolf.
THE TALE OF TWO (VERY DIFFERENT) MUSICALS: LOKI AND OCTET
Two very different musicals, two extraordinary experiences. Don’t miss Lifetime’s Loki: The End of the World Tour, and Raven’s Octet.
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
Birds of North America takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
THE DANCE OF DEATH
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents August Strindberg’s masterclass in marital warfare The Dance of Death, adapted by Conor McPherson, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov and featuring an all ensemble cast.
RECOMMENDED: TERRY GUEST’S OAK
Terry Guest’s OAK dives into the world where kids aren’t safe, and adults fail to protect them. Relevant? We think so.
RECOMMENDED: MR. WOLF
Steppenwolf Theatre launched its 50th anniversary season with the Chicago premier of ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s unflinching family drama Mr. Wolf.
QUEEN FOR A DAY
The Queen needs a burial gown. Liza demands notes on her upcoming show. Statue of Liberty makes an appearance. What is Halston to do? Part drug infused fever dream, part variety show extravaganza, Queen for a Day is filled with drama aplenty.
RECOMMENDED: SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN
Set in the early days of the Soviet Union, in a neglected part of the Kremlin, A Red Orchid Theatre’s Chicago premiere of Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin follows two actors as they prepare for their most significant role yet: Joseph Stalin.
EXTENDED: FOOL FOR LOVE
Perhaps the most haunting play of the 20th century, Fool for Love is a twisted and tequila-soaked love letter from Sam Shepard, one of the greatest American playwrights, indulging the need to get inside someone just to tear them apart.