Top Rated Plays In Chicago - Theatre In Chicago

The phenomenal Champions Of Magic bring their acclaimed illusion spectacular to Chicago for a limited engagement this summer. See the production that critics have described as ‘the most spectacular show’, ‘two hours of mind-twisting, logic-defying entertainment’ and 'the summer blockbuster of magic shows'.

Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Buzz Center Stage- Highly Recommended
The Fourth Walsh- Highly Recommended
Third Coast Review- Highly Recommended
Curtain Call Chicago- Highly Recommended

Pandemonium, Please Hold

Second City

The Second City's 114th Mainstage Revue delivers a high-energy night of sketch and improv, led by a fearless ensemble who bring outrageous characters, show-stopping musical numbers, and audience-driven moments to life - making every performance feel alive and ever-changing. Smart, sharp, and ridiculously funny, the show transforms the chaos of everyday life into something shared, cathartic, and unapologetically hilarious.

Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
Third Coast Review- Highly Recommended
Curtain Call Chicago- Highly Recommended
Splash Magazine- Highly Recommended
Allie and the After Party- Highly Recommended

Crime and Punishment

TUTA Theatre

Dostoyevsky’s epic novel distilled into a 90-minute play for three-actors and performed in TUTA’s hyper-intimate 24-seat theater. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT focuses on the plight of an intellectual young man whose moral struggle with his belief system compels him to commit a horrendous crime. A psychological game of cat and mouse ensues with the investigator who hunts him down. Dreams, waking visions, even ghosts paint this psychological portrait of crime, guilt, and retribution.

Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
EpochTimes- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Chicago Theatre Review- Recommended
Buzz Center Stage- Highly Recommended
Splash Magazine- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended
NewCity Chicago- Highly Recommended

Good People

4 Chairs Theatre at Theater Wit

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, this month's paycheck covers last month's bills, and Margie Walsh has just been let go from another job. Facing eviction, could an old fling who made it out of Southie be a ticket to a new start? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out. With his humorous glow, David Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.

Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Around The Town Chicago- Highly Recommended
Chicago Theatre Review- Highly Recommended
Third Coast Review- Recommended
Chicago On Stage- Highly Recommended
Curtain Call Chicago- Highly Recommended
Werner's Theatre Reviews- Highly Recommended

Theater of the Mind

Reid Murdoch Building

Inspired by both historical and current neuroscience research, the show takes you on an intimate and immersive journey inside how we see and create our worlds. Peer behind the curtain of the physical realm as you move through a series of rooms with your guide, where you’ll participate in thought-provoking experiences—and marvel at the wonders of your mind.

Chicago Sun Times- Recommended
Daily Herald- Highly Recommended
Chicago Reader- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
Let's Play Theatrical Reviews- Recommended
Around The Town Chicago- Highly Recommended
The Fourth Walsh- Recommended
Third Coast Review- Highly Recommended
Chicago On Stage- Highly Recommended
PicksInSix- Highly Recommended
Curtain Call Chicago- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended
NewCity Chicago- Recommended

Marble

The Gift Theatre at Copernicus Center

Marble follows two married couples, Ben and Catherine, and their friends Art and Anne, whose comfortable lives begin to splinter after a shared dream triggers suspicion and desire.

Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Chicago Sun Times- Highly Recommended
Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
Chicago Stage and Screen- Recommended
Around The Town Chicago- Highly Recommended
Third Coast Review- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Recommended
NewCity Chicago- Somewhat Recommended

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Medieval Times Schaumburg Castle

Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain.

Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Chicago Sun Times- Highly Recommended
Chicago Stage Review- Recommended
Chicagoland Theater Reviews- Recommended

Hair

Kokandy Productions at Chopin Theatre

The American tribal love rock musical HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like "Aquarius," "Good Morning, Starshine," "Hair," "I Got Life" and "Let The Sunshine In." Exploring ideas of identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a young person in a changing world.

Chicago Tribune- Somewhat Recommended
Chicago Sun Times- Recommended
Chicago Reader- Recommended
Let's Play Theatrical Reviews- Recommended
Around The Town Chicago- Highly Recommended
Chicago Theatre Review- Recommended
Third Coast Review- Highly Recommended
Chicago Theater and Arts- Recommended
Chicago On Stage- Highly Recommended
PicksInSix- Recommended
Curtain Call Chicago- Highly Recommended
Allie and the After Party- Somewhat Recommended
NewCity Chicago- Highly Recommended

Windows

PrideArts Theatre at Center on Halsted - Hoover-Leppen Theatre

Olivia is a former soccer player still recovering from a career-ending injury. Her girlfriend, Natalie, is stuck in a job she's not passionate about, caught between finding her own happiness and caring for Olivia's. Meanwhile, Natalie's roommate Clay is trying to take the next step in his life - towards a new promotion, away from a past relationship, and into his own power. As all three maneuver through the ever-present reality of Olivia's injury, they find escape however they can.

Chicago Reader- Recommended
Around The Town Chicago- Recommended
Chicago Theatre Review- Recommended
PicksInSix- Recommended

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