It’s that time of year again, when Vulture’s critics embark on our messiest annual tradition: the finalization of our top-ten lists. Here is the best theater of 2025, according to critics Sara Holdren ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own. Here’s our annual celebration of the best ...

Servant Stage will open its 2026 season next month with a brand-new place to build and rehearse, but with the same pay-what-you-will ticketing model that is part of its mission ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Some years you just have to get through. I can’t pretend that 2025 delivered a banner crop of theater productions.

When describing the financial circumstances Portland area theater companies are facing this season, we’re past the term “challenging.” Fall 2025 is looking brutal. Several companies in the Portland ...

Enticements abound in New York City, including Jinkx Monsoon crooning, Dickens reciting Dickens and, for the whole family, the Big Apple Circus. By Laura Collins-Hughes Musical Advent calendars, ...

EXIT Theatre seeks plays for its 2026 Short Play Festival. Only one play will be accepted from each playwright. Plays should be no more than 15 minutes in length and submitted by email as a PDF or ...

This article has been updated to include information about an Irish play at Tellus360. The month of October spans two holiday seasons when it comes to local theater. Throughout the month, some shows ...

Each night, as federal immigration agents roam the streets of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs detaining people in real life, playwright and actress Sandra Delgado takes the stage in Timeline ...

Later this month, Cygnet Theatre will open its annual The Finish Line new play festival in its permanent new home: The Dottie Studio Theater at The Joan theater complex in San Diego’s Arts District ...