Amphibian friendship by Kerry Reid

Chicago Children’s Theatre’s (CCT) first production, back in 2006, was the Tony Award-nominated A Year With Frog and Toad, created by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and l…

Suburban circus extravaganza by Kimzyn Campbell

One of Chicagoland’s best-kept circus secrets is the Triton Troupers Circus, a motley cast of 80-plus circus performers who put on a traditional show every spring in Triton College‘s gym…

Chicago Tap Allstars Announces 2024 National Tap Dance Weekend This May

Chicago Tap Allstars, a collective of Tap dance artists and organizations brought together by M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre, commemorates National Tap Dance Day with a weekend…

Chicago's Robyn Hurder and Bianca Marroquín Compare Notes on Playing Roxie and Velma by Margaret Hall

After years of camaraderie, the two friends are finally opposite each other in Broadway's longest-running musical.

Glee Star Matthew Morrison Heads Cast of Chicago in Japan Beginning April 18 by Andrew Gans

The Tony nominee is playing slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Bob Fosse musical.

Demented bordello by Marissa Oberlander

My first visit to Trap Door Theatre did not disappoint, from the hidden alley entrance to the immediate sense of time travel and disorientation upon entry. For the last show of its 30th anni…

Time travel, Babes With Blades style by Kimzyn Campbell

What is better than a time travel play? Not much. A rare species in itself, it can only be improved upon by something equally awesome—like centering women, impeccable stage combat, and a r…

Mazurkas of memory by Kerry Reid

Hershey Felder first played Frédéric Chopin at the now-closed Royal George Theatre in 2005—one of several solo shows about great composers that Felder has created over the years (he’s …

Video: Jinkx Monsoon Is an Audrey for the Ages

In this video, watch as Jinkx Monsoon chats more about her take on Audrey, rejoining the cast of Chicago later this year, and so much more!

Children will listen by Matt Simonette

It’s tempting to start a review of Beyond the Garden Gate with a comment like, “The fairy tales I grew up with were never like this.” But let’s face it: The fairy tales we grew up wi…

Cast Complete for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Musical, Starring J. Harrison Ghee, Tom Hewitt, Sierra Boggess by Andrew Gans

Rob Ashford will direct the world premiere from Jason Robert Brown and Taylor Mac at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

Hat trick by Dan Jakes

Forgetting a hookup’s name? Bad. Forgetting your spouse’s name? So bad it requires Old Testament intervention.   Hetchman (Scott Danielson) is on a mission to find his lost partner (Da…

Spies like us by Jack Helbig

Written and directed by Grant Batdorff, this satire of spy thrillers for Two Chairs Theatre at the Annoyance begins with a bang: a wry, spot-on parody of those bombastic title sequences popu…

Offscript: Harry Lennix & Ken-Matt Martin Rediscover August Wilson in Chicago by American Theatre Editors

On this Chicago-themed episode, Rob and J.R. talk to the actor-director duo about staging August Wilson's solo play, 'How I Learned What I Learned,' and check in with arts journalist Mike Da…

CHICAGO “The sharpest, slickest show on the block”, heads to Canberra by Aussie Theatre

Australia’s leading theatre producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced that the acclaimed production of one of Australia’s favourite

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A Mission in the Theater: An Interview with Harry Lennix by Mary Wisniewski

Lennix, known for his work on television’s “The Blacklist” and “Dollhouse” and movies like “The Five Heartbeats” and “Ray,” is a busy man around Chicago these days. He’s …

Think global, drink local by Cristalle Bowen

Just like families, the places we call home can be chosen.  Athletes feel at home on the field and plenty of entertainers of all types declare they feel most comfortable onstage, which allo…

Popping an absurdist soap bubble by Kelly Kleiman

Tom Stoppard’s debut 1966 play could be called Waiting for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: it matches Samuel Beckett’s meditation on the meaninglessness of existence with Shakespeare’s p…

Cock presents a binary look at complicated queer relationships by Jt Newman

The play Cock, by Mike Bartlett, is ostensibly a show about turning the “all you need is to find a good woman” narrative for gay men on its head. Set in one apartment, the characters, Jo…

Video: Robyn Hurder Is Painting the Town in CHICAGO

In this video, as Robyn chats more about her new gig in Broadway's Chicago.

Broadway Who's Who: Gregg Edelman by JK

Gregg Edelman is one of an increasingly rare breed - the working Broadway actor. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he's really done it all: ensemble work, supporting roles, leading ro…

‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ will launch national tour by Michael Abourizk

The new Jocelyn Bioh play will offer engagements in Berkeley, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

‘The Lord Of The Rings’ UK Musical Sets Chicago U.S. Premiere by Greg Evans

The Lord of the Rings musical that opened last year in the UK will stage its U.S. debut in Chicago this July, producers announced today. Based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien and directed by …

Broadway's Jaja's African Hair Braiding Is Going on Tour by Logan Culwell-Block

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Jocelyn Bioh's play will travel to Washington, D.C.; California's Bay Area; and Chicago.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s New Season to Include Lord of the Rings

THE LORD OF THE RINGS - A Musical Tale to Have US Premiere This Summer

Paul Hart's production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS – A Musical Tale will make its U.S. Premiere this summer at The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Learn more about the show!

Jaja's African Hair Braiding Will Be Produced in Three Regional Hubs Across the US by Hayley Levitt

Jaja's African Hair Braiding, which had an extended Broadway run with Manhattan Theatre Club in fall 2023, will travel to three theatrical hubs across the country. Performances begin Septemb…

Ali Louis Bourzgui (‘The Who’s Tommy’) on making his Broadway debut with ‘one of the hardest characters I’ve ever come into’ [Exclusive Vi by David Buchanan

“I had heard the album,” shares actors Ali Louis Bourzgui about “Tommy,” the 1969 concept album by The Who that inspired the Broadway musical of the same name. The actor stars in the…

Spongebob Squarepants by Michael Portantiere

Original Cast, 2017 (Masterworks Broadway) The Spongebob Squarepants album — recorded following the Chicago tryout, before most of the cast transferred to Broadway — succeeds largely thr…

A SPRINKLING OF SUGAR by Ron Fassler

Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in “Sugar” (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Fifty-two years ago …