Chicago Theaters Schedule Tonight, This Weekend And Later In 2018

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• Hellcab's appeal remains just as mystifying now as it was in 1992
  Despite the update to a female cabdriver, the script's fundamental flaws remain unaddressed. The reason for the popularity of Hellcab, Will Kern's evening-length one-act set in a Chicago taxicab right before Christmas, has long eluded me. Famous Door's original 1992 production, initially slated for 12 performances, ran for ten years, a nearly unheard-of feat for […]
• The Winter Wolf is so delightful, with its infinite capacity for wonder
  Otherworld Theatre presents a cozy, nourishing holiday story. With his original 70-minute Christmas "fairytale play," Joseph Zettelmaier takes a stab at creating a new family-friendly holiday classic, and director Lauren Nicole Fields makes a concerted effort to up the Hallmark coziness of the surroundings. Audience members can sit on big, comfy sofas, ensconced amid a […]
• In Stomp, power comes not from being the loudest but from sharing what you have
  And just about anything can be an instrument—even the kitchen sink. To be mortal is to sense that time passes and is finite. To make rhythm is to know that time subdivides infinitely—the more you make, the more you have.…
• Inside SAIC’s Bio Art Lab, where art is life—literally
  In a basement below Michigan Avenue, poetry turns into viruses and yeast into music. David Hale doesn't know whether his poem will kill the culture.…
• The Santaland Diaries hilariously exposes the ugly underbelly of the holiday season
  Though maybe the script could stand a few updates. The Santaland Diaries at the Goodman is a hilarious adult romp through the holiday season. This one-man show, adapted by Joe Mantello from David Sedaris's 1992 This American Life essay, delivers an uncensored tour through the dark heart of retail, told through the eyes of Crumpet, […]