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The former "Saturday Night Live" star Nora Dunn is to star in the upcoming production of the Broadway farce "Boeing-Boeing" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. &n…
THEATER REVIEW: 'Roadkill,' presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: 'Roadkill,' presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★&…
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company is about to post "pardon our dust" notices in its lobbies.
As historic types, Chicago aldermen do not lack for color. But despite the height of the bar for eccentricity on the City of Chicago's council, Ald. John Coughlin vaults over it with ease. I…
Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, kicked off a series of 100th birthday parties with a bash Monday night at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.…
Being the kind of tavern where the sunlight generally is about as welcome as a penniless A.J. Pierzynski, Lou's bar in South Philadelphia is expected to light up when Rhea Perlman walks into…
THEATER REVIEW: "Blood and Gifts" at TimeLine Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Blood and Gifts" at TimeLine Theatre ★★½ ... Far from a great game, the British and …
In 2008, New York's Lincoln Center revived a Broadway warhorse: "South Pacific." At the beginning of the overture in the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the lip of Michael Yeargan's setting, which …
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company said Thursday it had raised $1.1 million at its annual gala last Saturday for its artistic, educational and community programming.
A new summer enterprise, the Three Oaks Theatre Festival, aims to bring single-performance engagements of hit Chicago theater productions to to this small Michigan town, known for its art…
Robert Sickinger, a pivotal figure in the development of Chicago's Off-Loop theater scene died on Thursday morning at his home in Delary Beach Florida. Sickinger was 86. His daughter, Eri…
William Shakespeare and his company were not the first artistic entity to suck up to their funders and protectors, and they surely weren't the last. Still, it's hard to watch the last scenes…
THEATER REVIEW: "Lascivious Something" by Signal Ensemble ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Lascivious Something" by Signal Ensemble ★★★ ... Since sexy is a subjectiv…
American Theater Company will stage the musical "Hair" and Stephen Karam's play "Sons of the Prophet" during the 2013-14 season, but those will be the only two new, full productions on offer…
The TBS Just for Laughs Comedy Festival has added Russell Brand to its list of headliners.
The peak fall weeks at the Biograph Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., won't be occupied by a Victory Gardens Theater production, but a small commercial musical themed set during the era of t…
Rich Cotovsky, the veteran artistic director of the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company on Chicago's North Side, is to receive a special Joseph Jefferson Award at the upcoming Non-Equity Jeffs awar…
THEATER REVIEW: "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at the Goodman Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at the Goodman Theatre ★★ ... In the first part…
THEATER REVIEW: "Oklahoma" at Lyric Opera of Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Oklahoma" at Lyric Opera of Chicago ★★★ ... Early in "Oklahoma!" the 1943 maste…
'An Evening of Beckett' with Rick Cluchey at Stage 773
On Wednesday night at Stage 773, the 79-year-old actor Rick Cluchey observed that the plays of Samuel Beckett are all really about inc…
With all the distrust and conflict surrounding the Chicago Public Schools' list of school closings and the rancorous debates over class sizes and public pensions in the state of Illinois, it…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Lake Effect" at Silk Road Rising ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Lake Effect" at Silk Road Rising ★★½ ... Rajiv Joseph is best known for "Bengal …
THEATER REVIEW: "Rabbit" by Stage Left at Theater Wit ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Rabbit" by Stage Left at Theater Wit ★★★ ... I smell a niche at Theater Wit, t…
"The Phantom of the Opera," the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that has entertained multitudes of Chicagoans over the last two decades, is returning to Chicago.
THEATER REVIEW: "The Pajama Game" by the Music Theatre Company of Highland Park ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Pajama Game" by the Music Theatre Company of Highland Park ★…
