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THEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience" at the Broadway Playhouse and Harris Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Exp…
THEATER REVIEW: 'James Joyce's The Dead' 2-1/2 stars; through Dec. 9 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.; 1 hour, 45 minutes; tickets: $45-$65 at 773-753-4472 or courttheatre.org
Sharper singing, acting mark touring production
Various old "Les Miserables" hands — and there are now many of us who've seen this great musical maybe 25 times over 25 years — …
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre announced Sunday night the shows it will present in the first half of 2013, as part of its World Stages series of global work, much presented in partnership with …
In William Shakespeare's "Othello," an important general finds himself the victim of a little scheme, concocted by a disgruntled subordinate, to bring him down by making him jealous. It's a …
Well, sing hallelujah for a new, fresh, first-class Equity tour, which is about as rare these days as murder witnesses hiding out in convents when the sisters are just dying to be taught to …
THEATER REVIEW: "My One and Only" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "My One and Only" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★½ ...…
"Hellcab," playwright Will Kern's black comedy about a hellish winter day in the life of a cipherlike Chicago cabby, is not, let us stipulate upfront, the aesthetic equal of "American Buffal…
The Drury Lane Oakbrook has postponed Thursday's opening night of its production of "Singin' in the Rain," due to a knee injury to Sean Palmer, the star of director Bill Jenkins' production.
THEATER REVIEW: "The Burnt Part Boys" by the Griffin Theatre at Theater Wit ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Burnt Part Boys" by the Griffin Theatre at Theater Wit ★★&…
NEW YORK — There are 400 possible permutations of endings for Rupert Holmes' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," the overachieving 1985 musical that was popular for a decade or so, but then …
Gary Griffin with direct a new play called "Appropriate" at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and then at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago …
The bar for what qualified as "odd" in 1965, we so easily forget, was not so high. A couple of unrelated men living together qualified — especially if one of them actually liked to dus…
The Riverfront Theater, the Chicago Tribune Media Group's tented venue located at the newspaper's printing plant, is closing down until the spring.
"Hello, Chicago," said the city's newly elected hometown president, speaking to ecstatic Grant Park celebrants four years ago this week amid a backdrop of iconic Midwestern skyscrapers, shim…
NEW YORK — The Chicago cast of the satirical musical "The Book of Mormon" will feature Nic Rouleau, the current star of the Broadway company, in the central role of Elder Price, along …
NEW YORK — Director James Lapine's much-anticipated revival of "Annie," which opened here Thursday night, was supposed to freshen up (and apply some new grit) to the famous red-headed …
Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Thursday that it has added a production to its World's Stage series of international touring productions.
One morning on a trip to Las Vegas, I was swimming in the pool. I looked up from the water and was startled to see that almost every woman in every lounger was reading exactly the same book:…
Around 8:30 p.m. on CBS, Scott Pelley announced that the network had called Wisconsin for President Barack Obama. Pelley, the best anchor of the election night broadcasts, immediately signal…
Sometimes in the theater, you're hit with a sudden awareness of what lies ahead. Something like that happened to me Sunday at the Den Theatre on Milwaukee Avenue, about halfway through the s…
The Evanston-based Light Opera Works has announced its 2013 season of shows.
Spotlight on human feats for 'Dragons'
Ever since David Carradine played a warrior monk on the run in that 1970s TV classic "Kung Fu," the Shaolin Warriors of the Henan province in China ha…
Magical figure now accused of widespread abuse
In 1971, when I was 8 years old and growing up in Rochdale in the North of England, I'd occasionally get to ride in the front seat of my paren…
As they exited Chicago this weekend, the cast of "Kinky Boots" left with a message, spelled out in boots.
