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Young rockers may never die, but they sure party heartier in a smaller theater.
NEW YORK — What with "Ghost,""Lysistrata Jones" and other wearying disappointments, the 2012-13 Broadway season hardly will go down as a banner year for new American musicals. Indeed, …
The Chicago Children's Theatre is to stage its entire 2012-13 season at the Ruth Page Theatre on Chicago's Near North Side, the company announced Wednesday morning.
Sandy Shinner, the longtime associate artistic director of the Victory Gardens Theater has been removed from that position, several sources with knowledge of recent developments at the non-p…
A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2012-13 slate, marking the Old Town theater company's 20th season of shows.
THEATER REVIEW: "Crow" by Walkabout Theater ★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Crow" by Walkabout Theater ★½ ... Jeremy Sher's new one-man show is about a man's solo voyage across the No…
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of "Three Sisters," as translated by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shapiro, is to feature a very different cast from the one originally annou…
The Chicago-based director Dexter Bullard will make his Broadway debut in the fall, directing Michael Shannon, Paul Rudd, Ed Asner and Kate Arrington in a revised version of "Grace" by Craig…
At one point in Andrew Hinderaker's fascinating new play, "I Am Going to Change the World," a character observes that most people would not get out of bed in the morning if they actually kne…
On the weekend of Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee, a group gathered in Evanston to commune once again with the abiding musical myth of a different British royal court. The opening night au…
When Phylicia Rashad was cast as a replacement Violet Weston in Anna D. Shapiro's Broadway production of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County," the Broadway gossip boards were abuzz with the n…
1-woman show featuring 7 characters is well-acted but executed at too slow a pace in too small a space
Ever since their collective appearance at the Stratford Festival in 1998, blondes, bru…
Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art has announced its 2012-13 season of live performances. The typically expansive, eclectic and inter-disciplinary season includes the following events:
After a four-year absence, the Radio City Rockettes are kicking their way back to what was the Rosement Theatre and is now the Akoo Theatre.
"Motherhood the Musical"Â has announced its closing.
THEATER REVIEW: 'A History of Everything' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★
Should you be overwhelmed by your problems — or maybe you're just involved with someone …
THEATER REVIEW: "Romeo Juliet" by Hypocrites in the Chopin Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Romeo Juliet" by Hypocrites in the Chopin Theatre ★★★ ... I've he…
A potential superhero awaits the unleashing of his powers. Tracy Letts mourns over Moscow. A Chicago disaster is revisited. A young man misses his appointment with Goldman Sachs. Oedipus hit…
The Second City is moving into the teen market, creating a new, sketch-based show performed by teenagers with an audience of teenagers in mind. The new company is to get a regular, early-eve…
THEATER REVIEW: "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Circle Theatre in Oak Park …
Northlight Theatre's production of Bruce Graham's "The Outgoing Tide," a play dealing with the effects of aging, is headed to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland, replete with the original N…
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remo…
David Schwimmer, the Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member, will star in the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit," Playwrights Horizons announced Monday.
The Chicago theater company known as The Hypocrites has announced its 2012-13 season. The shows are:
Chicago's Black Ensemble Theatre is to make its first major foray into hip hop and "Gangsta Rap" and tell the life-story of Tupac Amaru Shakur.
