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THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a Dream Starring the Rascals" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a Dream Starring the Rascals" at the Cadillac Palace…
The Steppenwolf production of David Lindsay-Abaire's drama "Good People," and its lead actress, Mariann Mayberry, emerged triumphant at the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Oakbrook Terrace on Mon…
THEATER REVIEW: "Miss Saigon" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Miss Saigon" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★★ …
BROADWAY REVIEW: "After Midnight" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "After Midnight" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre ... At the Cotton Club, the famed nighterie on the corner o…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Normal Heart" by Timeline Theatre at Stage 773 ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Normal Heart" by Timeline Theatre at Stage 773 ★★★½ .…
THEATER REVIEW: "Wicked" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Wicked" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★½ ... We all have o…
Glen Berger really loves Julie Taymor, his authorial collaborator on the famously fraught Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” a show that filled Broadway gossip co…
The Brothers Q brand of rapping the classics has another manifestation: a Christmas show entitled "A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol."
When the Greenhouse Theater Center looks run-down — and, over the past year or two, the notorious carpet in the joint has seemed on the edge of total disintegration — a certain s…
THEATER REVIEW: "Mary Poppins" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Mary Poppins" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★ ... If Mary Poppins walke…
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Betrayal" at the Barrymore Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Betrayal" at the Barrymore Theatre ... Despite the play's reputation as an exquisite fusion of simmering menace and in…
THEATER REVIEW: "Hello, Dolly!" at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Hello, Dolly!" at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½ ... The heroine of the 1964 musical is one …
What Mike Nussbaum does in the Goodman's 'Smokefall' is amazing, for any actor
If an actor is doing extraordinary work for an 89-year-old — and I don't use that adjective lightly &md…
THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★
I needed a drink after "We Will Rock You," the Queen musical that was incoherent when I first saw it in Lond…
THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "We Will Rock You" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★ ... I needed a drink after …
Missouri's down-home tourism magnet might just surprise you
BRANSON, Mo. — At Charlie's Steak, Ribs & Ale, just off the famous 76 Country Boulevard in Branson, a prime cut of New York…
Show is an amped-up version of riveting book about bullying
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was required reading for every 12-year-old in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in the United…
THEATER REVIEW: "Lord of the Flies" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Lord of the Flies" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★ ... William Golding's "…
THEATER REVIEW: "Trevor" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Trevor" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... If you called central casting and screamed …
THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at Goodman Theatre ★★★★
"Smokefall," the fragile, haunting, not-to-be-missed new family drama at the Goodman Theatre is one of those rare…
THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at the Goodman Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at the Goodman Theatre ★★★★ ... Noah Haidle, the overachi…
"Motown the Musical" is still weeks away from coming to Chicago, but the Harris Theater for Music and Dance has booked some real Motown artists for the upcoming holiday season. &n…
Steven Van Zandt — the 62-year-old guitarist for the E Street Band, a political activist who famously took action in the 1980s against the Sun City resort in South Africa and a late-in…
The Harris Theatre for Music and Dance is to officially announce a major fundraising campaign Friday night. Dubbed “Imagine: The Campaign for Harris Theatre,” the campaign aims t…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Table" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Table" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★ ... The physi…
