Good afternoon!

"Operation Mincemeat" essentially opened its national tour in Chicago (after technical rehearsals took place elsewhere due to tax incentives that Chicago really ought to match). It was a very good time, and if you didn't catch this show on Broadway, it's well worth your time. Especially if they improved the sound since opening night.

I also wrote this week about the new Steep Theatre in Edgewater, which is very exciting news. It struck me as a perfectly scaled theater for this justly beloved Chicago theater company, known for its intense, high-quality acting and its choice of plays that Chicago would otherwise be unlikely to see.

There also was big news last week about leadership changes at Lookingglass Theatre. 

See you at the theater.

— Chris Jones, chief theater critic

Chris Jones Recommends:  “Theater of the Mind” in an open run by the Goodman at the Reid Murdoch Building; “Pandemonium, Please Hold” in an open run on the Second City Mainstage; “Vape! The Grease Parody” through Jan. 3 at Apollo Theater; "Sunday in the Park with George" by Kokandy Productions through Nov. 29 at Chopin Theatre; “Come From Away” through Oct. 25 at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire; “The Attic” through Oct. 11 at the Goodman Theatre; “Jekyll & Hyde” through Nov. 8 at the Broadway Playhouse; “Play On!” through Oct. 18 in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier; “Kowalski” through Oct. 25 at Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works; “The Front Page” through Oct. 25 at Northlight Theatre in Evanston; “Topdog/Underdog” through Nov. 1 at Steppenwolf Theatre.