Sunday, October 22, 2017
Jean Nabers' world premiere at the Gift Theatre might best be described as a study in self-destruction and reconstruction.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:14PMSaturday, October 21, 2017
Long before it's all over it is hard to care about anything except the show's cleanup crew, which clearly has its work cut out for it after each show.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:54AMThursday, October 19, 2017
"Amarillo" is a scorching commentary that moves far beyond any of the political cant that attaches itself to this subject.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:46AMWednesday, October 18, 2017
The Sondheim show will run in the same slot, March 9 - April 29, 2018, with artistic director Fred Anzevino directing.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:29PMTuesday, October 17, 2017
In her fierce yet immensely exuberant production, Brenda Didier has gathered a phenomenal cast of more than 30 performers, including 17 kids.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:26PMThis wonderfully re-imagined reprise of the show, presented in association with the Actors Gymnasium, feels more timely than ever.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:58PMMonday, October 16, 2017
The play is based on the book of the same name by the late Illinois Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:46PMSunday, October 15, 2017
Emotion sometimes lacking in a powerfully cast touring production of the stage classic.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:40PMThursday, October 12, 2017
This Quixote — a creation of the past who is very much in touch with the present — engages members of the audience in ways that are funny & charming.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:38PMFestival says visas for Ludi Teatro became impossible after "logistical changes" mandated by the White House.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:00AMWednesday, October 11, 2017
Local photographer Dawoud Bey and community leader Rami Nashasibi are among the 24 people chosen for the $625,000 award.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:46AMTuesday, October 10, 2017
The renowned dancer and actor is scheduled to perform at the Harris Theatre in February.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:24PMThursday, October 5, 2017
Touring production moves at the speed of light through a songbook of close to five dozen megahits.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:54PMWednesday, October 4, 2017
"Moonlight" writer Tarell Alvin McCraney tackles classic issues in the play set at an all-boys school.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:36PMThe 28-year-old soprano makes her Lyric Opera debut this weekend in "Rigoletto."
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:00AMMonday, October 2, 2017
Gina Gionfriddo's play is now on stage at Windy City Playhouse in a production tautly directed by Scott Weinstein.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:34PMNews of the two new shows set for pre-Broadway debuts in Chicago during the 2018 season have already been announced, and include “Pretty Woman: The Musical” and “The Cher S…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:09PMSunday, October 1, 2017
In its U.S. premiere, 'The Worst of All' by Venezuelan playwright Iraida Tapias captures the nun's passion and tragic destruction.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:00PMThursday, September 28, 2017
Gary Griffin directs a dazzling production featuring a perfectly chosen cast.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:36PM"The Cher Show" will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Oriental, running June 12 - July 15, 2018.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:28AM“The Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare’s comedy about the war between the sexes, has had a rough time of it for decades now, ever since the dawn of the feminist revolution.…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:59AMMonday, September 25, 2017
The musical will be directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell ("Kinky Boots").
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:59PMThis production of the infrequently revived show, brilliantly directed by Fred Anzevino, is wholly captivating.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:51PMFriday, September 22, 2017
What happens when you very cagily flip the ordinary positioning of performer and audience?
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:14PMThe alliance will mark the end of the Joffrey's long-time relationship with the Auditorium Theatre.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:58AMThursday, September 21, 2017
This is also a jarringly uneven play that tries too hard to be hip and often ends up undercutting the very meaningful notions it is meant to explore.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:50PMWednesday, September 20, 2017
Sadly, the whole production wears you down as often as it enchants.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:48PMTuesday, September 19, 2017
Miller was a realist who tapped into the fractured heroic nature of his characters and the very specific time and place in which they lived.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:52PMMonday, September 18, 2017
The all too rarely revived 1990 musical devised by Clarke Peters features the wonderfully antic songs of 1930s saxophonist/bandleader Louis Jordan.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:44PMSunday, September 17, 2017
A long-running hit at the Apollo, the tribute to Elvis Presley and his fellow Sun Records artists finds its proper scale on a Broadway-size proscenium
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:27PMThursday, September 14, 2017
Stage versions of Atwood's work are still rare, so Rivendell's riveting world premiere production of her novel "Alias Grace" is reason to celebrate.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:06PM 
