Cirque du Soleil meets Shakespeare in The Tempest at the Steppenwolf. The Tempest is the company's first Shakespeare show, and instead of taking the obvious route, they teamed up with circus and performing arts school The Actors Gymnasium in Evanston, where some actors had to "learn to fly." more ›

This Tuesday, try an alternative to melting into the couch while flipping between American Idol and The Biggest Loser and check out the one-night-only, one-woman performance of Last Days of Desmond ‘Nani’ Reese: A Stripper’s History of the World at Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theatre. more ›