History, Politics, Geography, Business — everything gets skewered* in "Manifest Destiny," the latest production by your friends fr...

First premise: We can't separate ourselves from our skin color. It's a coat we cannot take off and put away in the closet. And our c...

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He's a bit of a ham, and just a little corny. But what did you expect from "The Quad Cities Magician," T.J. Regul from the Lan...

There's been more talk about "Your Silent Partner" at the Elgin Fringe Festival than maybe any other show. If you're readi...

In a Fringe World of queer-positive art, it's refreshing to see an act that dares to trip your trigger with old school humor, piano b...

In this autobiographical trip through modern relationship structures, "the gospel of sex positivity" is just one of the unexpected...

Snapshots of post-divorce dating, swimwear shopping, colonoscopies and mammograms scroll past you like an Instagram album of life after 40 a...

The moment Marga Gomez walks on stage, you recognize the natural talent for subtle comedic movement, character voices, great timing and a pr...

Forget about the nose ... Cyrano de Bergerac is the classic embodiment of a surrogate voice and unrequited love. By this definition he is...

Nobody works so hard at something so #EFFing ridiculous as the Robert Frosty Theatre Company, whose one-act play "Frostvengers: Insanit...

"Psychedelic song and dance" are just four of the words that appear in a description of "54 Strange Words," the groundbr...

Comedy improv is really the truest expression of "whatever happens happens," as actors tag in and out of a play that is literally ...

Every great piece of theatrical art bears the stamp of something like divine intervention, in the form of a few words from the script that s...

Full of Chicago references and a critical subtext, "Honey Fly Rum" isn't about life on a plantation, or is it? Combining drama...

You might think of it as comedy with an edge, if not an agenda: "Participation Trophy" is nine sketches that capture life in 2018 ...

Don't be fooled by the makeshift set, exaggerated stage combat and ridiculous premise. "Andrew Jackson: American Maniac" stand...

Elaine Phillips is not the Zingbot you're looking for. Bringing thoughtful humor to her show "No Place Like Home," she uses ...

It strikes you as a vaudeville rendition of a heartland supper: a loving, homemade spread of musical theatre, and lots of it. But the feast ...

Giving voice to a viewpoint that's rarely examined, Jeremy Schaefer's "Sportsball" questions the preeminence of sports in ...