4,886 stories by "Chris Jones"
3 stars for Smokey Joe's Cafe from Theo Ubique Cabaret
THEATER REVIEW: "Smokey Joe's Cafe," 3 stars; through Nov. 11 at No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood Ave.; 2 hours; $34-$39 at 773-347-1109…
THEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA …
THEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★ ... In the first scene of playwright Bill C…
How Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein came together for a musical
NEW YORK - The New 42nd Street Studios, where many Broadway musicals rehearse, are full of drama. Once at this very addres…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in the Upstairs Theater at Chicago Shakespeare ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in t…
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Bird of Youth" at the Goodman Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Bird of Youth" at the Goodman Theater ★★★½ ... Tennessee W…
THEATER REVIEW: "Seascape" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Seascape" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★ ... The show at Northlight Theatre is about t…
"Ann," the dramatic tribute to the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards by actress Holland Taylor, has announced dates for Broadway this season.Â
In the most devastating scene of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," a young businessman named Howard fires Willy Loman, even though the past-his-prime salesman knew his new boss when How…
On Thursday, the Poetry Foundation, in association with the Poetry Society of America, is hosting a timely event in Chicago titled "Red, White & Blue: Poets on Politics." It's part of a nati…
Production manages look but not details that made TV show so beloved
About halfway through "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined," an edition (season three, episode 13) of CBS' "I Love Lucy" show, Et…
Jimmy Smits, known for his TV work on "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," and "The West Wing" is headed to the stage of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
Plays about pornography have much the same problem as plays about professional sports. You can stage plenty of scenes of pregame conversation, locker-room tactics, front-office deal-making a…
Carrie Kaufman, 49, the former editor and publisher of the now-defunct showbusiness trade paper "Performink," is to be the new general manager of the Porchlight Music Theatre, the Chicago co…
Veterans also shine in Pullinsi's revival of this familiar title
Conventional wisdom has Chicago short on Broadway-type hoofers. But a trip across the Indiana state line to a Munster "42nd …
THEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½ ... They've got a kind of blues symphony going on at…
Eclipse Theatre said Monday that it will stage three plays by the British scribe Alan Ayckbourn during the 2013 season. Eclipse is unique among Chicago theaters in that it dedicates entire s…
A who's-who cast in Glencoe tackles timeworn tragedy
Peter Brook once said that, in essence, everything in regard to "Hamlet" has been done before. The Moody Dane has been young and impetu…
THEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½ ... The d…
Chris Jones reviews "Every Love Story is a Ghost Story" by D.T. Max
When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change train…
In a week full of game playing, the Hull House sociologist had some lessons for administrators and teachers
In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
"Unspeakable," the new biographical show about the late comedian Richard Pryor slated for the Royal George Theatre in Chicago next month, has been cancelled.
Julie Shannon, a resident of Glenview and the composer and lyricist of the beloved Chicago holiday musical, "The Christmas Schooner," died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said John Reege…
At one crucial juncture of "Iphigenia 2.0," the 2007 Charles Mee mashup of the Greek tragedy by Euripides, Agamemnon finds himself in an awkward conversation with his wife, Clytemnestra, a t…
