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An Australian tribute show to the Bee Gees has been booked for July at the Broadway Playhouse, the mid-sized Broadway in Chicago venue located just off Michigan Avenue behind Water Tower …
Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company had a very good New York morning Tuesday with three of its ensemble members scoring 2013 Tony nominations: Tracy Letts and Amy Morton for their work in …
THEATER REVIEW: "The Knowledge" at Steep Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Knowledge" at Steep Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW "Ploughed Under: An American Songbook" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★
THEATER REVIEW "Ploughed Under: An American Songbook" at House Theatre of Chicago ★ …
Signal Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2013-14 season, including the world premiere of a new play by the well-regarded Canadian writer Hannah Moscovitch.
It's axiomatic that success in the business, academic or creative worlds — heck, success in life in general — comes much more easily to those who are lucky enough to have a power…
THEATER REVIEW: "Yellow Moon" at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Yellow Moon" at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe ★★ ... This should be an edgy, frenetic,…
NEW YORK — There are shows that revive aging material through revisionism. And there are productions that prefer to celebrate the pull of nostalgia, especially when the songs are great…
Preservationists have their lists of endangered buildings; conservationists, their list of endangered species. I have my list of endangered artistic experiences.
NEW YORK — Almost none of us would have been invited to one of the famous parties at Sue Mengers' swishy pad in "The Hills of Beverly." Those networking opportunities — wherein F…
THEATER REVIEW: "Pal Joey" by Porchlight Music Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Pal Joey" by Porchlight Music Theatre ★★★ ... You only had to be sitting in S…
The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that Andre de Shields, a growing presence on the Chicago theater scene, would be part of the ensmeble cast of Mary Zimmerman's "The Jungle Book" this sprin…
The Annoyance Theatre, a venerable Chicago comedy theater, is on the move. Jennifer Estlin, the theater's owner and executive producer, said Wednesday that it will exit its Uptown digs on th…
Bill Maher, Seth Meyers and Bob Newhart are among the old school-new school headliners of TBS Just for Laughs Chicago, the Chicago franchise of the Montreal-based comedy festival. It's slate…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" at the Royal George Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" at the Royal George Theatre ★a…
Evanston's Next Theatre has announced its 2013-14 season: the company's 33rd year.
Northlight Theatre will produce the Midwest premiere of "Detroit '67," the Skokie-based theater said on Tuesday. Penned by Dominique Morisseau and set in the Motor City during the Motown era…
At a time when many other Chicago have reduced the number of new shows in their seasons, Profiles Theatre has bucked the trend by announcing six plays, five of which are Midwest premieres, a…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Happiest Song Plays Last" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Happiest Song Plays Last" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★Â…
At one point in "Still Alice," the new show at the Lookingglass Theatre based on the novel by Lisa Genova about the emotionally devastating subject of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, a moth…
The Chicago Children's Theatre will reprise its production of the Broadway musical "A Year with Frog and Toad" as part of a 2013-14 season made up of just one major new production. &nbs…
Porchlight Music Theatre, the small Equity company specializing in "Chicago-style" musicals has announced its 2013-14 season with a distinctly retro flare.
THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★ ... Time surely is ri…
In 2011, Nick Bilton of The New York Times asked Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, an interesting question: "Did he try to control what you wrote in the book?" …
THEATER REVIEW: "Untitled Feminist Show" by Young Jean Lee's Theater Company at the MCA Stage ★★★ݡ
THEATER REVIEW: "Untitled Feminist Show" by Young Jean Lee's Theat…
