Reaching out to Chicago Posters!

Heading back to Chicago in May for some great food and exceptional theater. Definitely planning Cromer’s Next to Normal, WSS at the Lyric Opera, and Robert Fall’s The Winter’s Tale at the Goodman. Tentively thning of Esparza’s Hamlet as well. Anything else I should be looking at?

Thank you! But both are kind far away from Chicago, no?

I've heard good things about Lookingglass's Frankenstein!

Depending on when you're coming, the North American premiere of SIX will be at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.



(Also you may want to check out For Colored Girls at the Court Theater in Hyde Park. -- sorry checked the dates on this and it's April-May, sorry!)

Updated On: 2/3/19 at 07:06 PM

Hard to reply without knowing your trip dates but the Falsettos tour and SIX he Musical will both be in Chicago in May. Both have been well received so far in other cities.

I'm visiting Chicago in May as well. Shows I'll be seeing are:
- Next to Normal (David Cromer)
- Queen of the Mist - A rare production of the LaChiusa musical. I'm a LaChiusa fan and was impressed with Firebrand's Caroline or Change last year. I planned this trip around it. But be warned that it might not be your taste if you haven't seen/listened to any of his works. You can give the Off-Broadway cast recording a listen first.
- SIX - the London sensation
- Drunk Shakespeare - They have late night performances and fit perfectly in my tight schedule. I'll never see it in my New York trips, even though it has that Critic's Pick stamp from NYT.

Also Falsettos is touring there. But I'll wait for it in DC. Hope these are helpful.

I've heard great things about Porchlight's A Chorus Line and Shattered Globe's Hannah and Martin. I'm looking forward to Firebrand's Queen of the Mist as well as Ms. Blakk for President at Steppenwolf. For something completely different, Windy City Playhouse is running two very solid productions right now--Noises Off and an immersive play called Southern Gothic, now in its second year.

Otherwise, most of the really exciting stuff right now has already been mentioned in this thread. Definitely the things I'm most excited to see this month are Next to Normal, Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, and West Side Story.