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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Alana Arenas on Her Broadway Debut in Purpose, Making an Entrance and Bunny Dreams

by Beth Stevens

Age: "My age? To quote Claudine in the play…” [covers her mouth and whispers something we can’t quite catch, then laughs.] Current Role: Alana Arenas is making her Broadway debut as Morgan Jasper, the …

Ghosts review – gasps and laughter greet this modern revamp of Ibsen’s shocker

by Mark Lawson

Lyric Hammersmith, LondonGary Owen’s update changes the names and themes from the original, but retains the toxic power as a stellar cast negotiate the myriad secrets and suspicions When Henrik Ibsen publishe…

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Supermodel Ashley Graham Takes Her 1st Curtain Call in Broadway's Chicago - YouTube

Supermodel Ashley Graham Takes Her 1st Curtain Call in Broadway's Chicago. 545 views · 6 hours ago ...more. Playbill. 232K. Subscribe.

Photos: Ashley Graham's Opening Night in CHICAGO on Broadway

Supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham is currently making her Broadway debut the role of “Roxie Hart” in Chicago! Check out photos from Graham's opening night here! 

Video: Watch Supermodel Ashley Graham Take 1st Broadway Bow in Chicago

by Andrew Gans

The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.

Supermodel Ashley Graham Takes Her 1st Curtain Call in Broadway's Chicago

by Playbill

Graham joined the long-running revival at the Ambassador Theatre beginning April 15, and will continue through May 25, 2025.

Dig Deep: A Preview of W. Kamau Bell at The Den

by Carl Kozlowski

W. Kamau Bell started out as a popular presence on the Chicago comedy scene in the mid-nineties, and his biggest love has always been for performing as a stand-up.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Video: CHICAGO Star.Ashley Graham Takes Her First Broadway Bow

Supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham took her first Broadway bow this evening as she makes her debut in the role of “Roxie Hart” in Chicago! watch the video!

Sophie Carmen-Jones Takes Her First Curtain Call in Broadway's Chicago - YouTube

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Court Theatre in Chicago Presents a New Adaptation of Berlin Graphic Novel

by Emily McClanathan

The James Lutes graphic novel is now a stage show, with its Weimar-era story eerily relevant.

Ashley Graham chats on her “whole world full of YES” making her Broadway debut as Roxie in CHICAGO

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Sophie Carmen-Jones Takes Her First Curtain Call in Broadway's Chicago

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Supermodel Ashley Graham Begins Her Run as Chicago's New Roxie Hart

by Broadway.com

Broadway’s Chicago will welcome supermodel, author and body positivity advocate Ashley Graham in the role of Roxie Hart from April 15. Graham's stint at the Ambassador Theatre will run through May 25. Since…

Supermodel Ashley Graham Makes Broadway Debut in Chicago Beginning April 15

by Andrew Gans

The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.

Monday, April 14, 2025

'Sunny Afternoon' shines brightly in story of British band The Kinks - The Chicago Crusader

PLAYBILL COVER FOR The Kinks 'Sunny Afternoon.' Chicago Shakespeare Theater continues its run of “Sunny Afternoon,” the North American Premiere ...

Ashley Graham on Her Broadway Debut in 'CHICAGO'

by BroadwayWorld

Ashley Graham has a world full of YES! Before she makes her Broadway debut in Chicago tomorrow night, watch her discuss taking on the iconic role of Roxie Hart here: bway.world/pgz2g

Ashley Graham Is Stepping Into Roxie's Heels in CHICAGO

by BroadwayWorld

"I have the time to put in for the rehearsals; I have the energy to be able to do it; and I feel really grateful that at this point in my career I'm able to be able to do something that feels completely differe…

Chicago Ballet Company’s Sleeping Beauty Features Internationally Award-winning Cast

Broadway Review: “The Last Five Years” at the Hudson Theatre (Through Sunday, June 22, 2025)

by David Roberts

“The Last Five Years” featuring a book, music and lyrics, by Jason Robert Brown, has had a long journey since first opening in Chicago in 2001. It has had two off Broadway runs, two London runs (one West En…

Sunday, April 13, 2025

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Saturday, April 12, 2025

BOOP! THE MUSICAL****

by Patrick Christiano

By Patrick Christiano April 11, 2025: Boop! The Musical is a delightful homage to the iconic cartoon character created by Max Fleischer in the 1930s and embodied beautifully by Jasmine Amy Rogers making her Br…

Friday, April 11, 2025

An Anthropomorphic Wonderland: A Review of “Beatrix Potter Tea Party” at Raven Theatre

by Tristan Bruns

Prepare to be transported to an anthropomorphic wonderland in "Beatrix Potter Tea Party," presented by Chicago Children’s Theatre and running through April 20 at Raven Theatre. Created and directed by Will Bi…

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Brokeback Mountain Play Will Make North American Premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live will play 20 cities. PLAYBILL SITES. Playbill Store ...

Photos: Steppenwolf Theatre Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE BOOK OF GRACE

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 49th season with the Chicago premiere of The Book of Grace, an incendiary tug-of-war between family and freedom by Suzan-Lori Parks. Check out photos from inside op…

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Season to Include Hamnet, Brokeback Mountain, and More

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Brokeback Mountain Play Will Make North American Premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Logan Culwell-Block

The company will also present a reimagining of Ain't Misbehavin', co-directed by original director Richard Maltby, Jr. and original star André De Shields.

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN & More Set For Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2025/26 Season Lineup

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) Artistic Director Edward Hall and Executive Director Kimberly Motes have announced the 2025/26 season lineup. The season includes 12 productions across CST’s three stages, wi…

Ashley Graham razzle dazzles as Roxie in Broadway’s CHICAGO beginning April 15th! Broadway.com 🎟️

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Photos: Ashley Graham Meets the Press for CHICAGO on Broadway

​Chicago will welcome supermodel, author, and entrepreneur Ashley Graham, making her Broadway debut in the role of “Roxie Hart'. See photos of Graham meeting the press here!

Video: Ashley Graham Talks Manifesting Her Broadway Dreams on Her Vision Board

On a recent visit to CBS Mornings, supermodel Ashley Graham discussed making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago and how she wrote down her Broadway goals on her vision board in 2019. Watch the intervie…

Titanique C’est Magnifique: A Review of “Titanique” at Broadway In Chicago and Porchlight Music Theatre

by Amanda Finn

If, by curtain call, you aren’t at least marginally delighted by this rollicking musical comedy, feel free to sashay away.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

'Wicked,' 'Chicago' and 'Six' among Pittsburgh's 2025-26 Broadway series at the Cultural Trust

by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ep56. Hamilton, Heritage & Horror: A Theater Deep Dive with Robert Ariza and Maya Jacobson

by Lauren Van Hemert

Robert Ariza (Hamilton, Spring Awakening) and Maya Jacobson (Fiddler on the Roof) join the podsquad to discuss how even quirky cult musicals like Little Shop carry deeper critiques of capitalism and power. Whil…

Monday, April 7, 2025

Titanique Makes A Big Splash At Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse

by Jeffery Lyle Segal

There’s no sinking feeling in the uproarious Porchlight Music Theatre production of the parody musical Titanique,”now playing at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse.  I missed seeing this show during its New Yo…

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross

by Carey Purcell

Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk I lost track of the number of times I thought, “It was a different time,” while watching Glengarry Glen Ross. …

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross ***, Deep Blue Sound ****

by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 5, 2025. Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s savagely funny takedown of cutthroat Chicago real-estate salesmen, has been a magnet for male actors to prove their theatrical chops since i…

The Last Five Years Through the Years: Veteran Cathys and Jamies Reflect as the Musical Two-Hander Lands on Broadway

by Hayley Levitt

In 1999, just on the cusp of 30, Jason Robert Brown won his first Tony Award. It was for Best Original Musical Score for Parade, an ambitious, two-act drama with sweeping Americana melodies, dark themes of sy…

Kieran Culkin mixes up the rat-a-tat rhythms of an uneven ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ (Broadway review)

by Thom Geier

The Chicago salesmen cursing and scheming in David Mamet’s 1983 drama Glengarry Glen Ross are just as small (and petty) as ever, but to invert the words of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, it’s the pictur…

Friday, April 4, 2025

Making Things Happen: An Interview with Theater Maker LC Bernadine

by Hugh Iglarsh

Chicago-based playwright, producer and cultural activator LC Bernadine is a theater maker who thrives on the freedom and spontaneity of one-off projects. Bernadine would like nothing better than to facilitate t…

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Photos: MOULIN ROUGE! On Tour Featuring Jay Armstrong Johnson, Robert Petkoff, and More

Check out new production photos of the 2025 North American touring company.  Moulin Rouge! The Musical returns to Chicago, where the tour launched in March of 2022 with performances beginning tonight throug…

George Clooney, Making His Broadway Debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, on the Ongoing Battle for Truth

by Broadway.com

In the Playbill for Good Night, and Good Luck, George Clooney devotes his limited page space to a shamefaced confession: The last time he set foot on an Equity stage was in June 1986. “He has never appeared o…

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Chicago Staging of Titanìque

by Andrew Gans

The irreverent send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic plays the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place.

Purpose ****, Last Call **1/2, Love Life ****

by Barry Gordin

Reviewed by David Sheward April 2, 2025. The family drama is making a dynamic comeback this theater season. Cult of Love, The Blood Quilt, We Had a World, and now Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose have taken t…

Questions and Anniversaries

by Gabriela

This month in Chicago, a rundown of theatre companies' anniversaries, a lament for Victory Gardens, and a celebration of disability representation.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The Stars of Glengarry Glen Ross Pose for Exclusive Portraits on Stage at the Palace Theatre

by Broadway.com

It's the dreariest office you've ever seen—papers strewn about and file boxes piled haphazardly—but the stars of Glengarry Glen Ross can put a shine on even the grimy, grungy, dog-eat-dog world of Chicago…

Glengarry Glen Ross

by Jacob Malizio

A group of Chicago real-estate salesmen battle ruthlessly for the big deal in David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The post Glengarry Glen Ross appeared first on Did They Like It?.

Monday, March 31, 2025

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ review: Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk’s play is bleeping underwhelming

by Johnny Oleksinski

David Mamet's should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes and ruin lives to close a deal is as laid-back as a work-from-home Friday.

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Theater Review: Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr Bristle With Cutthroat Rivalry in Punchy David Mamet Revival

by David Rooney

Michael McKean also stars in Patrick Marber’s Broadway production of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner about Chicago real estate hucksters driven to desperate measures.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Of Ethel Owen and Pamela Britton: A Mother and Daughter in Sit-Coms

by Trav S.D.

March 30 was the birthday of Ethel Owen (Ethel Waite, 1893-1997), best known for playing Ralph Kramden’s bossy, meddlesome mother-in-law on The Honeymooners. Originally from Chicago, Owen began her career in …

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Do Maggie Lockwood & John Frost Get Together in Chicago Med? - Soaps.com

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Friday, March 28, 2025

A Second Career: A Preview of “Chicago’s Funniest Teachers” at Zanies Rosemont

by Carl Kozlowski

Stand-up comedians dread the prospect of a tough crowd in nightclubs, but Jeanie Doogan and Tom Filline face tough crowds five days a week as schoolteachers. Each turned to stand-up as a source of relief.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

David Mamet’s Henry Johnson to Have Chicago Premiere

An Electric Jolt to the Heart: The Story of the Kinks at Chicago Shakespeare

by Mary Wisniewski

How did one group, formed by often-feuding brothers from working-class North London, have this much depth and scope? “Sunny Afternoon,” a musical playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, tries to answer this…

Review: ‘Working Man’ big on thrills, predictably short on depth

by Tribune News Service

In the latest episode of “Jason Statham Takes On,” otherwise known as “A Working Man,” directed by David Ayer, our hairless hero takes on the Chicago branch of the Russian mob, as well as a crew of meth…

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Review: Can Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Find a New Voice?

by Brian Seibert

On a program with three New York premieres, the company seems stuck in an international style, though there are flickers of something more distinctive.

Dan Burton and Darren Day to Star as Billy Flynn, Sinitta to Star as Mama Morton in UK and Ireland Tour of Chicago

by Staff Writer

Dan Burton and Darren Day will return to share the role of Billy Flynn, alongside Sinitta as Mama Morton, in the UK and Ireland tour of Chicago

Titanìque Extends Chicago Run

by Andrew Gans

The irreverent send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic plays the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin

by Trav S.D.

Many factors at work in the genesis of today’s post. 1) The recent release of what are purported last remaining “JFK files” by the Trump administration; 2) Today is the most commonly given date for the bi…

Dance Top 5: April 2025

by Sharon Hoyer

April marks milestones for dance companies from Chicago and beyond.

Monday, March 24, 2025

CHICKEN LITTLE at Chicago Kids Company

PETER PAN at Chicago Kids Company

Friday, March 21, 2025

Prepare to Sing & Dance this May at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center

by Website Administrator

AVENTURA, Fla. – The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center showcases a diverse lineup of performances this May, featuring Marco Flores’ flamenco creation Rayuela, Chicago/Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute, the c…

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Brittney Mack Will Star in The Color Purple at Chicago's Goodman

by Logan Culwell-Block

Lili-Anne Brown is directing the new production of the Tony-winning musical.

Goodman Theatre Centennial Press Event | February 25, 2025 | Sizzle Reel

by Goodman Theatre

ICYMI—we recently announced our Centennial 25/26 Season with hundreds of patrons, friends and supporters in attendance! Join us for "a celebrity-crusted Centennial Season with a remarkable six world premieres…

Hamlet-Inspired: A Review of Teatro La Plaza’s “Hamlet” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

by Ted C. Fishman

Teatro La Plaza’s "Hamlet" is nearly entirely about the actors themselves, framed by the playwright’s agitprop on their behalf.

Happy Birthday to the master, Mr, Kander! Chicago dedicates tonight's performance to you ...

... Mr, Kander! Chicago dedicates tonight's performance to you! Wonderful tribute article as he turns 98 today on Playbill.com".

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

‘Purpose’ Review: In Broadway Directorial Debut, Phylicia Rashad Deftly Teases Out Caustic Portrait of Black Political Dynasty

by Lovia Gyarkye

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' latest play, starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young, observes a powerful Black family during a chaotic birthday weekend in Chicago.

Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Oscar Winner Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, Extends Again on Broadway

by Darryn King

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr has extended its Broadway run for a second time by another two weeks. The drama, directed by …

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

On March 18, 1927: Tony-Winning Cabaret, Chicago Composer John Kander is Born

by Logan Culwell-Block

Celebrate a true living Broadway legend as he turns 98 today.

On March 18, 1928: Tony-Winning Cabaret, Chicago Composer John Kander is Born

by Logan Culwell-Block

Celebrate a true living Broadway legend as he turns 98 today.

Purpose review – dysfunctional family drama hits highs and lows

by Jesse Hassenger

Helen Hayes Theater, New York Tony-award winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has crafted an ambitious and bold new play but not all of his big swings hit their mark Technically speaking, Branden Jacobs-Je…

The Last Five Years, Starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Starts the Clock on Broadway Tonight

by Broadway.com

Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, starring pop star Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren, begins previews at the Hudson Theatre on March 18. The musical two-hander by Jason Robert Brown…

Monday, March 17, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘hang’ at 1st Stage

by Corvin Kevlihan

Playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s “hang” premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2015. The show has since been produced in Toronto and Chicago, as well as being staged in 2022 at the Tron Theatre in Glasgo…

Leonid & Friends – The World’s Greatest Chicago Tribute Band

Sunday, March 16, 2025

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The Goodman Theatre's revised staging of the Broadway classic Brigadoon received the Production-Musical large tier honor at the Chicago-area ...

Saturday, March 15, 2025

In 2025 Vape! Is the Word for A Fun Evening

by Craig J Horsley

They say “dying is easy comedy is hard,” I say parody can be harder. On Tuesday May 11th a charity event reading of Vape!, a Grease parody, was presented at Town Hall and the excellent cast and crew made it…

Thursday, March 13, 2025

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Chicago Sings 30 Years of Porchlight

Ashley Graham to Make Broadway Debut in Chicago

Supermodel Ashley Graham to join ‘Chicago’ on Broadway as Roxie Hart

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Graham takes over the role beginning April 15, through May 25.

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