Chris Jones

Why does Marian the librarian fall for that slick con man Harold Hill, he who has manufactured trouble in River City purely so he can make a buck from peddling a kids’ marching band?

The new musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s novel has a fresh roots score by Jamestown Revival and a talented cast, but the audience is left not feeling much for these teenage boys.

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Planned shows include Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” starring Helen Hunt, a staging of “The Color Purple” and a revival of the classic “Inherit the Wind,” perh…

Michael Metcalf is a great Frankie Valli in this rollicking musical story of the Four Seasons and their many hits.

Pete Townshend’s prescient 1969 rock opera has returned to Broadway in a new, born-in-Chicago production from director Des McAnuff that will sock you right in the gut.

The danger of dense works like John Kolvenbach’s play, centered on an urban couple and a brother-sister relationship, is that the richness of the text can get in the way of the characters.

I’ve never before picked up my ticket at a box office under a sign offering titanium anodizing racks. Caryl Churchill’s play is presented by a company calling itself the Chicago New The…

I had a sense this “Streetcar” was going to be good when I first saw Stella’s face as Stanley entered. Blanche may depend on the kindness of strangers but this play depends on Stella.

Set around a Black family’s dining room table and following a story much like that of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., this world premiere compares to “August: Osage County” and should exp…