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The Ambitious 'Bad Apples' Musicalizes the Abu Ghraib Torture Scandal

Circle X Theatre Co’s. world-premiere musical “Bad Apples, which examines the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, has a memorable score and a fine cast but needs considerable editing.

Techniques to Help Physical Performance

How to get out of the head and into the body.

‘The Iceman Cometh’ and ‘Follies’ Top Jeff Award Winners

Celebrating excellence in Chicago-area Equity theater, the 44th annual Joseph Jefferson Award winners were announced Oct. 15 at a gala event.

Julia Murney Is a Standout in Autism Drama 'Falling'

Deanna Jent’s fascinating, precisely observed play “Falling,” in a commercial run at the Minetta Lane Theatre, is about an autistic 18-year-old boy’s effect on his family.

John Jiler’s Touching Memoir ‘Ripe’ Is Consistently Engaging

Though playwright-performer John Jiler deals provocatively with the subject of death in his one-man play “Ripe,” at Theater for the New City, the show is vibrant with life.

John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt' Remains an Appealingly Unsolvable Puzzle of a Play

T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre’s workmanlike rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” provides an opportunity to see the 2005 Broadway hit in an intimate setting.

Auditions Announced for Broadway ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

Casting directors Ilene Starger and Zoe E. Rotter are holding auditions in October for a new stage adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic 1958 novella, starring Emilia Clarke as Holly Golightly.

Steppenwolf's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Is Tip-Top Albee

Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” may be 50 years old, but you’d never guess it from Steppenwolf’s jolting Broadway revival starring Tracy Letts and Amy Morton.

First-Rate Acting Redeems the Schematic 'Don't Go Gentle'

“Don’t Go Gentle,” Stephen Belber’s schematic drama about race and regret from MCC Theater, is enlivened by fine performances from a cast of five led by Michael Cristofer.

Brian Friel's "The Freedom of the City" Is Sincere but Distancing

Brian Friel’s “The Freedom of the City,” a 1973 work about the “Bloody Sunday” protest in Northern Ireland, gets a first-rate production from Irish Rep but proves uninvolving.