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THEATER REVIEW: "The Little Prince" at the Lookingglass Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Little Prince" at the Lookingglass Theatre ★★★ ... What early a…
THEATER REVIEW: 'Tribes' at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★½ Nina Raine has made a big splash with Tribes, now at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, an uncommonly fine play determi…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½…
1. "Smokefall," Goodman Theatre: Even if director Anne Kauffman's production of "Smokefall" had not showcased the incomparable Mike Nussbaum, the dean of Chicago actors, this still would hav…
The Mercury Theater on Southport Avenue will stage an Equity production of the Broadway musical "The Addams Family" during its 2014 calendar-year season, which the theater announced Thursday…
A show called "Blackout" opens Friday night in Chicago. You likely can't go, unless you get really lucky on Craigslist. This is a very hard show to catch. It has shown up sporadically over t…
THEATER REVIEW: "An Inspector Calls" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "An Inspector Calls" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★ ... J.B. …
THEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" at About Face Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" at About Face Theatre ★★½ ... Last year, About Face Theatre subtitl…
Chicago's Auditorium Theatre, which opened its doors in 1889, announced plans on Monday morning for its 125th-anniversary season. It includes the June 2015 return to Chicago of Britain's …
THEATER REVIEW: 'A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★ύ…
REVIEW: Sandra Bernhard at the MCA ★★★½
REVIEW: Sandra Bernhard at the MCA ★★★½ ... Finding "Sandyland" is never easy. But it's there, somewhere in…
Some Chicago theater companies become important by growing to the point they become institutions — entities that hire actors, build subscriber bases, raise money for new buildings, tha…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner" at the Mercury Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner" at the Mercury Theater ★★★½ ... Rolli…
THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a People: A Dancesical" at Black Ensemble Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a People: A Dancesical" at Black Ensemble Theater ★★ ... T…
The Chicago Commerical Collective, a small for-profit producer based in Chicago, has announced plans to market a tour of Off-Loop shows around the Midwest, aiming its wares at colleges and u…
THEATER REVIEW: "It's a Wonderful Life" by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "It's a Wonderful Life" by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse…
THEATER REVIEW: "Burning Bluebeard at Theater Wit ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Burning Bluebeard at Theater Wit ★★★½ ... On Dec. 30, 1903, Chicago's Iroqu…
The producers of “Wicked”  said Monday afternoon that the popular musical   grossed a whopping $1,935,432 in Chicago for the week ending   Dec. 1. That figure, lik…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Mikado" in the Garage at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Mikado" in the Garage at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★…
THEATER REVIEW: "Elf the Musical" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Elf the Musical" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★ ... At one poin…
You can make an excellent case that improvisation, at least in the modern entertainment sense of the word, was invented on the campus of the University of Chicago on July 5, 1955, when a gro…
Picking the upcoming opening nights
Picking the upcoming opening nights.
The earlier they trot out the decorations, the more quickly arrives the seasonal fatigue.
Second City on Tuesday night said that Katie Rich will be leaving its mainstage cast. She is to become a writer for "Saturday Night Live."
It's been known for months that the Steppenwolf ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro was directing a new adaptation of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" with James Franco on Broadway this spring…
