Thursday, December 3, 2015
Michael Flatley, aka the lord of Irish dancing, announced Thursday he will headline the national tour of his "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games" and is bringing the farewell tour to Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:06PM[SHARE]Friday, November 20, 2015
Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind., has hired Philip Potempa as its new marketing director. Potempa comes to the theater from the Northwest Indiana Times, where he was a columnist and co…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PM[SHARE]Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind., has hired Philip Potempa as its new marketing director. Potempa comes to the theater from the Northwest Indiana Times, where he was a columnist and co…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Comedian John Cleese, the former Python (Monty), former Fawlty ("Towers"), former defense minister in British Prime Minister John Major's cabinet (according to press materials; must verify),…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:31PM[SHARE]Comedian John Cleese, the former Python (Monty), former Fawlty ("Towers"), former defense minister in British Prime Minister John Major's cabinet (according to press materials; must verify),…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Tim Meadows, the longtime "Saturday Night Live" star, former Second Citian and improviser at iO, is coming to City Winery for a pair of shows as part of his standup tour. He'll be at the Ran…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:39AM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2015
Actor Bernard White plays Amir, the New York attorney at the center of "Disgraced," now at the Goodman Theatre through late October. Playwright Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winner of a play …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:39PM[SHARE]Actor Bernard White plays Amir, the New York attorney at the center of "Disgraced," now at the Goodman Theatre through late October. Playwright Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winner of a play …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 10, 2015
Hannibal Buress will perform a pair of shows at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago on Monday, Sept. 14. Tickets will go on sale sometime late Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
The Joffrey Ballet has announced its open auditions for the children's cast of "The Nutcracker" this holiday season, an annual invitation that takes on a little extra poignancy this time. Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Performances start Thursday in the Jefferson Park neighborhood as part of the sixth annual Chicago Fringe Festival, with some 50 theater companies and solo artists from Chicago and around th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:22AM[SHARE]Monday, August 24, 2015
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will receive $500,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, it was announced Monday. The grant money will go toward the Chicago dance company's long-term go…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 20, 2015
Amy Schumer will appear 7 p.m. Thursday night at Constellation, the Roscoe Village music venue at 3111 N. Western Ave. - the second surprise announcement of a stand-up act in 24 hours. Schum…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:16PM[SHARE]Updated: Amy Schumer will appear 7 p.m. Thursday night in a sold-out show at Constellation, the Roscoe Village music venue at 3111 N. Western Ave. - the second surprise announcement of a sta…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2015
Dee Sandt is the new managing director of American Theater Company, the North Side theater has announced. Sandt assumes her new post effective immediately.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Comedian John Oliver is doing a night of stand-up comedy at the Chicago Theatre this winter, Live Nation and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:17AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2015
Say what you will about Redmoon, quitters they are not. The Great Chicago Fire Festival - that high-profile fizzle for the theater in its inaugural year in 2014 on the Chicago River - is …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:33PM[SHARE]Curious Theatre Branch has announced its 28th season, anchored by its annual Rhino Fest. Performances are at Prop Thtr, 3502 N Elston; more information at curioustheatrebranch.com.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:37AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Shattered Globe Theatre is celebrating its 25th season this fall and has announced a slate of three shows at Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont Ave.); more information about its 2015-16 lineup at …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PM[SHARE]Shattered Globe Theatre is celebrating its 25th season this fall and has announced a slate of three shows at Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont Ave.); more information about its 2015-16 lineup at …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Monday, August 10, 2015
Theater Wit has announced its 2015-16 season on the North Side. The three titles will play in the company's space at 1229 N. Belmont Ave.; more information at TheaterWit.org.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
What do you get when you cross stand-up comedy and an architecture cruise? Heck if we know, but Shoreline Sightseeing and Zanies are going to find out this weekend when they debut the Friday…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2015
The New Colony has announced its 2016 season, the first with four shows for the Wicker Park theater company dedicated to premiering new works. The first three titles are below; a fourth will…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:45PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
This latest Theater Loop Showcase is Kevin Pollack as a very commmited and convincing Joe Cocker, singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" - as Cocker sang the Beatles song at Woodstock …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:38AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Kelly Leonard, it was announced last week, is stepping down from his post as president of Second City Theatricals, his longtime role at the famed Chicago comedy theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2015
This latest Theater Loop Showcase is Kevin Pollack as a very commmited and convincing Joe Cocker, singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" - as Cocker sang the Beatles song at Woodstock …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:16PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Joffrey Academy of Dance has put out an open call for works by choreographers of color to be entered in its Winning Works Choreographic Competition. The sixth annual competition seeks to…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2015
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date." Somebody said that. Surely someone from Chicago. Doesn't sound like Royko. Wait, was it, maybe, Shakespeare?Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:33PM[SHARE]Monday, July 20, 2015
Stephen Colbert has a podcast in support of "Late Show" that for the past two episodes he has devoted to the subject of Chicago Â… the Chicago improv scene, Chicago theater, his memories …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2015
The title may seem a bit forced but the dance lineup is a welcome addition to Friday afternoons in the Loop. "Thank Dance it's Friday," a five-week series of dance performances, begins Aug. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 9, 2015
The Victory Gardens Theater on Wednesday announced the casting for its 2015 Ignition Festival of New Plays - including the return of actress Sandra Oh in a work by Julia Cho. Oh, best known …
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