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Jay Españo, an actor, singer and director with experience in both film and live performance, has been appointed artistic director of PrideArts, the Chicago theater company formerly known as…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PMThis play with a complicated past is set to reopen Broadway in August. Let's not forget its heritage at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
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The tennis superstar doesn't want to talk to the press? She'll win in the end because the nature of celebrity is changing with the younger generation.
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In just 20 minutes on YouTube, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago sends feathers and angels to save a dancer.
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The “Saturday Night Live” star and former Second City touring company member was at his best when he was improvising, riffing with the crowd in Old Town.
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On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the city was freed. The COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful vaccines are the eq…
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More songs, fewer speeches: The actual awards ceremony will play second fiddle to a celebration of the return of Broadway performances this summer.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:28PMTuesday, May 25, 2021
Chicago's famed opera company has decided to perform this fall without intermissions. I say that's a bad move. Let the people pee without missing a note.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:31PMNorthlight Theatre and Court Theatre have released plans to return to live performance this fall. Both are treading carefully.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:53PMThursday, May 20, 2021
Ever heard of Yannis Tsarouchis? If the answer is yes, it’s a good bet you have some connection to Greece. But a new exhibit in Chicago at the Wrightwood 659 gallery argues this artist's w…
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After a tough year, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet announce their new seasons of live performances.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:58PMTuesday, May 18, 2021
Chicago arts organizations from Ravinia to Goodman Theatre have been going slow on reopening. Then along comes a full-capacity Lolla in July, knocking them aside when this should have been t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMThe producer of "Showboat" and "Ragtime" and also a convicted felon is coming back to Chicago with a new show, "Paradise Square." It's a big bet on COVID-19 recovery.
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A new show, "Breathe," claims to be the first COVID-19 musical. But where are the seniors who suffered the most?
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Adam Rapp's terrific play is about a Yale professor and her relationship with a freshman student, starring Mary Beth Fisher and John Drea, directed by Robert Falls.
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Back in front of live audiences, the cast has a new show in Chicago. It's a very tentative return but welcome nonetheless.
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When it came to defiant artistic visions, Helmut Jahn, Mark Rothko and Stephen Sondheim had a whole lot in common.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMHere’s a COVID-19 recovery policy I hope sticks around: tickets that are both changeable and refundable.
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As Broadway's biggest hits, they're usually competitors, but they've jointly announced a grand reopening of New York theater next September. Get your tickets now.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:29AMThe dinner-and-circus show Teatro ZinZanni is likely to be the first show back in Chicago’s theater district when it reopens July 8.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, May 5, 2021
Millennium Park will be full of music and dance this summer, performances are coming back to theaters and venues in Chicago on Broadway. The arts recovery is happening, and fast.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:11PMBroadway is coming back on Sept. 14., with its historic theaters selling tickets to their full capacity. Advance tickets are to go on sale Thursday.
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The tennis is only suggested on stage at Writers Theatre in this streaming play. But tennis fans won't look away for a second as an aging champ battles a younger opponent, and time.
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Streaming ballet by Joffrey rehearsal director Nicolas Blanc is set to music by Italian composer Ezio Bosso, from which it borrows its title. It's well timed for our current moment.
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The artistic leader of Steppenwolf and the director of "August: Osage County" is stepping down from her post effective at the end of August.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMIt's been so long, we've almost forgotten what a live show can be like. Up in Wisconsin, "First Lady of Song: Alexis Roston sings Ella Fitzgerald" takes that first step back into a theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:59AMThursday, April 29, 2021
New president Jeffrey P. Haydon and his staff have come up with an ambitious plan to present music outside in Highland Park this summer. Ravinia has been much missed.
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The Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its upcoming 2021-22 season in its new theater campus on Halsted Street.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:06PMAssuming the Chicago theater community puts its focus on its audience, live shows are about to come roaring back.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMTuesday, April 27, 2021
The magical adaptation from the "Ring" cycle is unlike anything you've seen before, with scenes and music in an automobile processional.
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