Writers Theatre's revival of Every Brilliant Thing asks us to find the small things that shine light in the darkest times.

The third annual Cariño Festival de Cine will continue to honor the legacy of its namesake by supporting local emerging ...

This revival succeeds on all levels, delivering a show that puts the sparkle back in Irving Berlin’s tunes and works as an ...

Seitu Hayden, artist and illustrator (including graphic biographies of Malcolm X and Barack Obama), has had a career that straddled publishing and advertising. He was a college student when he created ...

Alandra Hileman's dark comedy about falling in love (literally) with Death gets an intimate staging with Open Space Arts.

A reflection on basketball, education, and systemic racism 30 years after the release of the Chicago documentary Hoop Dreams ...

ROOMS with dropshift dance uses Edgewater's Gunder House to explore physical and personal interiority through movement and ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to ...

In both the teleplay and film version of 12 Angry Men, juror two is initially seen to be timid and impressionable, though he ...

Rebecca Gilman's stalker drama Boy Gets Girl gets a chilling revival with MadKap Productions at Skokie Theatre.

In her six-decade career, Paulette McWilliams has made countless stars sound better—but too few people know how great she sounds herself.

The nonbinding referendum follows Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election—while poll workers report their own harassment.