Chris Jones

2024 Equity Jeff Awards: Marriott’s ‘Beautiful’ and Steppenwolf plays are big winners

"Fidelio" at Lyric Opera: Prisoners sing about the joy of freedom

J.K. Rowling has said that this is the end of the “Harry Potter” saga and it is just a wonderful thing that she chose the theater to conclude her story, told through the next generation…

Suzan-Lori Parks’ masterwork is now in a new Chicago production by Gift Theatre.

Review: "Inherit the Wind" at Goodman Theatre is an open-and-shut case

"Noises Off": Steppenwolf Theatre goes off-brand with limited success

Review: Steep Theatre’s ‘Happy Days are Here (Again)’ is a searing new play about abuse at a Catholic school

Review: ‘East Texas Hot Links’ is a Black thriller in experienced hands at Court Theatre

Review: ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ at Northlight Theatre is the love story of the artist Chagall and his Bella

Rulers long have known that prosecuting a war against a foreign enemy is a helpful way of shifting focus from domestic strife.  That’s one way of looking at this play.

Based on Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” the material is not for all tastes. But that doesn’t detract from my enthusiasm for this production.