Chris Jones

“The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back” is the stunning season-opener at the Goodman Theatre.

Major acting awards were also won by Al’Jaleel McGhee, Gwendolyn Whiteside, Cody Comb, Allsun O’Malley, Maxel McLoud Schingen and Kelvin Roston Jr.

The director Lonny Price has worked a minor miracle with “Dirty Dancing: The Musical.” On stage, it’s never quite felt this way before.

Big anniversaries for Midnight Circus and Arcada Theatre of St. Charles.

This musical, set in Gander, Newfoundland, on and around the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is warm, generous, nonjudgmental and appreciated by all.

STRATFORD, ONTARIO — The Stratford Festival of Canada’s departing artistic director Antoni Cimolino chose William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as his valedictorian show in the huge Festival Theatre. Unsurprising, gi…

Of all the musicals in the world, Sondheim’s musical based on the Seurat painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte” has the most advice for living.

Our critic’s picks for the season include “Birth of the Pill” at TimeLine, “Kowalski” at Lookingglass and the Victory Gardens Biograph returning to life.

I’ve reviewed Alan Janes’ jukebox musical many times, and every time the show mentions Holly’s age of 22 when he died, the audience lets out a collective gasp.

Plays written about teenagers are not easy to pull off with authenticity. But Tim Venable’s play builds its dramatic action slowly, pulling you into the world of its central character.