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The Chicago Commercial Collective is taking its act on the road.
THEATER REVIEW: "Princes of Waco" at the Signal Ensemble Theatre ★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Princes of Waco" at the Signal Ensemble Theatre ★½ ... The princes in "Princes of Waco…
THEATER REVIEW: "Idomeneus" by the Sideshow Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Idomeneus" by the Sideshow Theatre Company ★★★ ... You're forgiven if yo…
The rising stage director Henry Wishcamper has become a member of the Goodman's artistic collective. These artistic associates are closely involved with the life of Chicago's biggest non-pro…
The rising stage director Henry Wishcamper has become a member of the Goodman's artistic collective. These artistic associates are closely involved with the life of Chicago's biggest non-pro…
Aidy Bryant, one of the cast members of the Second City e.t.c. revue, "We're All In This Together," had her last show at Second City at Sunday night.
Theater at the Center, the Equity-affiliated theater in Munster, Ind., has announced its 2013 season. The calendar year begins with the first Chicago-area production of "The Fox on the Fairw…
Theatre at the Center, the Equity-affiliated theater in Munster, Ind., has announced its 2013 season. The calendar year begins with the first Chicago-area production of "The Fox on the Fairw…
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet and Sad" at Profiles Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet and Sad" at Profiles Theatre ★★★ ... Does talking in such detail about th…
Play is set on 10th anniversary of 9/11
At one point in Richard Nelson's "Sweet and Sad," a rich, wise and emotionally complex drama set around a dinner table on the 10th anniversary of the…
Republicans, Democrats should allow us space to dream at conventions
With the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., on Monday, that once-every-four-years feast of poli…
With the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., on Monday, that once-every-four-years feast of political stagecraft is upon us. These conventions (the Democratic Party me…
Sean Palmer, who played the character of Marcus on HBO's "Sex and the City" will star in the Drury Lane Oakbrook production of "Singin' in the Rain," which begins in November.
Nelsan Ellis, best known for playing Lafayette on HBO's "True Blood," is to direct an off-Loop show in Chicago.
The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee said Wednesday that it had omitted a category of nominees in its Tuesday announcement of the 2012 Joseph Jefferson Awards.
"The Book of Mormon" is releasing another 12-week block of tickets for its Chicago engagement. The new tickets, which go on sale Sept. 21, cover performances through June 2.
Although best known as a director, Sean Graney actually is becoming a most intriguing (and admirably prolific) adapter of classic literary works — from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Edga…
The Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, which operates in the No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, said Tuesday it will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects of Love" as part of its 2012-13 season. Fred Anz…
For the first time in its history, Steep Theatre is to move one of its hit productions from its own home to a larger venue.
Apparently confronted by a plethora of riches in the past season of Chicago theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee offered up not the traditional four or five nominees one finds at t…
In the first instance, it was tattoos that began Doriane Miller's second career as an artist. That's not to say this sober-seeming South Side physician suddenly became interested in colored …
So what do you want from your Don Quixote? The standard model at regional light-opera companies is a virile traveling baritone, replete with a bravura macho personality to match his massive …
At one point in "The Great American Trailer Park Musical," a campy off-Broadway spoof with music and lyrics by David Nehls and a book by Betsy Kelso, the crazed ex-boyfriend of a stripper-on…
I just saw five different productions of five different plays by William Shakespeare inside a single week. They were in three different cities — Chicago, Spring Green, Wis., and Stratf…
The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has announced its 2013 season of shows. The slate begins in January with the revue “Now & Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” (whi…
