Want to go to a play--but you don't know how? The Trib has you covered. This "Theater 101" article is full of such helpful tips as "If the show starts at 8:00, get there at 7:50." Honest to God, we can't tell if the item "Applause: When the play ends, there's a blackout, then the lights come back on and all the actors come on stage to take a bow. This is when you should... more ›

The House Theatre has become the “it girl” of the local theater community by following a very familiar playbook, a story that never seems to get old: core members meet in their college drama program, produce their first Chicago play in some out-of-the-way black box, repeatedly outdo themselves to become a cult favorite and, as word spreads, are deemed the Company Everyone’s Talking About. That moment for the House came in 2004 when they produced... more ›

�The Rocket Man� opened at The House Theater this weekend to mixed reviews, the Trib calling it a "particular drag," but the Sun-Times giving it a more enthusiastic "playful if overly long." The House supports cheap ($10-$19), accessible theater under the leadership of artistic director Nathan Allen, who brought Windy City drama dorks �Death and Harry Houdini� and the highly acclaimed �The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan.� �The Rocket Man� is an interplanetary love story... more ›