Chicago Theaters Schedule Tonight, This Weekend And Later In 2018

More in Chicago:

• Below the Belt suffers from a too-vaguely-imagined dystopia
  We can't worry about odd couple roommates until we know how much danger they're in. Below the Belt, written by Richard Dresser and presented by Hundo4u Productions at Redtwist Theatre, follows Dobbitt (John Hundrieser) and Hanrahan (Michael Lomenick), mismatched roommates who work as "checkers" at a mysterious company in a far-off time and place. Confined […]
• Storefront Theater Musical is a bad-faith disaster
  It commits the great satirical sin of punching down. Remember High School Musical? Cool, cool, here's what would happen if someone fused the squickiest parts of it onto a satire of Chicago theater.…
• La Havana Madrid returns, bringing cha cha, salsa, and love
  Sandra Delgado's immersive musical about a legendary 1960s Latinx nightclub is as heartfelt as ever. La Havana Madrid, Sandra Delgado's award-winning immersive musical, returns to Chicago, transporting us to the vibrant Caribbean Latinx music scene of the 1960s. Filled with intimate vignettes of Cuban-, Colombian-, and Puerto Rican-American life, it paints a picture of young […]
• More than a decade after its premiere, Next to Normal is still brilliantly weird
  It's a rock musical about suffering from bipolar disorder and getting electroshock treatment. This award-winning 2008 musical by Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) and Tom Kitt (music) began its life as a 10-minute rock musical, Feeling Electric, that was inspired by a Dateline NBC story about electroconvulsive therapy. (One of the most moving parts of […]
• Miracle is the theatrical equivalent of a no-stakes late-season game
  We waited 108 years for this? If you love the Cubs and don't see many musicals, then Miracle is the show for you. Like watching a mediocre baseball game, it's predictable and uninspiring with long stretches of little action interspersed with occasional cheers.…