4,886 stories by "Chris Jones"
Last week in New York, a group of very angry actors expressed their feelings to their union, Actors' Equity, about the collapse of salaries for the performers who tour with Broadway shows to…
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Smell of Success" by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Smell of Success" by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit ★&#…
Seth Meyers, the former Chicago actor turned star of "Saturday Night Live," was in Chicago on Monday to promote his new gig: host of "Late Night" on NBC. Meyers will take over from Jimmy Fal…
THEATER REVIEW: "Solstice" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Solstice" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★ ... The Zinnie Harris play Solstice, which had its first …
THEATER REVIEW: "End of the Rainbow" at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
THEATER REVIEW: "End of the Rainbow" at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre ... So was it worth driving to Milwaukee, the freeway…
The Chicago actor and playwright Tracy Letts is headed back to Broadway, it was announced Monday.
BROADWAY REVIEW: Early in "Beautiful," the new Carole King musical, the title character is trying to sell the song "It Might as Well Rain Until September" by banging it out on the piano. "Th…
NEW YORK — At age 67, British producer Cameron Mackintosh — or Sir Cameron, as he is known in the United Kingdom — has been the most famous theatrical producer in the world…
Reviewers can't logically say poor film exposes flaws in stage script
Curiously, the major reviews for "August: Osage County," the John Wells movie, have been turning into a referendum &mda…
The touring version of the Broadway musical "Cinderella" is to be a holiday attraction in Chicago next Christmas, playing the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., from Dec. 16 t…
THEATER REVIEW: "Ghost" at the Oriental Theatre ★
THEATER REVIEW: "Ghost" at the Oriental Theatre ★ "Ghost The Musical," does not anyhow work. And it has no charm whatsoever. T…
Jessie Mueller is Carol King in 'Beautiful' on Broadway
"Things like that freak me out," says Jessie Muelle at Bond 45, a Midtown eatery where Broadway stars like to be seen. Except that M…
The first full production of "Lost Lake," a new play by the Broadway scribe David Auburn ("Proof") is to take place in downstate Urbana in February, the University of Illinois' Department of…
Picking a mere 10 shows from the plethora of work on offer this winter in Chicago's theaters is no easy task. Here's a mere sprinkling of the different kinds of live entertainment on offer i…
The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for the Chicago premiere of "Venus in Fur," David Ives' audition-set play, and it is a major break for the Chicago actress Amanda Drinkall, who rec…
About a week before Christmas, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra put out a press release announcing the launch of a new "online multimedia magazine," titled CSO Sounds & Stories. The word journ…
Michael Halberstam, the co-founder and artistic director of Writers Theatre in Glencoe, is ambitious, likable and determined. That trifecta of qualities, rarer than you might think in artist…
THEATER REVIEW "The Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular" ★★★
THEATER REVIEW "The Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular" ★★★ ..."Baby, It's Cold Outside," sang Duke F…
THEATER REVIEW: "Annie Get Your Gun" at Light Opera Works ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Annie Get Your Gun" at Light Opera Works ★★½ ... "Annie Get Your Gun" is one tri…
Lincoln Lodge is shutting up shop, effective Saturday, Dec 28.
The story of how Walt Disney coaxed P.L. Travers, the creator of "Mary Poppins" and a soul as tough as old boots, into letting him turn her flying nanny into the star of a Disney movie featu…
The actor's life is arduous and peripatetic, but it can be a long and fulfilling ride. You can find yourself handed enormous responsibility at a young age, like Johnny Rabe, given the pivota…
THEATER REVIEW: "Winter Pageant" at the Redmoon Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Winter Pageant" at the Redmoon Theater ★★ ... For a good portion of the audience at Redmo…
In a blow to Chicago’s summer slate of tourist-friendly events, the major comedy festival Just for Laughs, a heavily promoted fixture for the past five years — and a summer draw …
The widely acclaimed 2012 Goodman Theatre production of "The Iceman Cometh" will be taken out of cold storage and re-ignited in 2015 in Brooklyn, including with Nathan Lane, Stephen Ouimette…
