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THEATER REVIEW: "The Second City Improv All-Stars" in UP Comedy Club at Second City
THEATER REVIEW: "The Second City Improv All-Stars" in UP Comedy Club at Second City ... Finally, Chicago …
The Windy City Circus, a new non-profit circus that was slated for the Festival Hall on Navy Pier this month, has canceled at the last minute, due, its founder said, to financial problems ca…
Chicago-area fans of the Stratford Festival in Canada have a new and vastly more convenient way to fly to the popular theatrical destination. On June 14, American Eagle, the regional affilia…
THEATER REVIEW: Hunger at Lifeline Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: Hunger at Lifeline Theatre ★★★ ... The new production at the Lifeline Theatre is, in esse…
If you've spent too many late nights at Second City hearing off-color improv suggestions that sound funny after several Stellas (but are, in fact, inane), then the ideas that flow from the 7…
The House Theatre said Sunday that it had sold out its entire scheduled run of "Death and Harry Houdini" within five days of opening and now planned to add another month of shows at the Chop…
Maria Somma, a spokesman for the Actors' Equity union in New York, said Friday morning that the Victory Gardens Theater production of "Ameriville" was now being produced under an Equity …
Within 24 hours last weekend, I watched two artistic directors make their debuts at the artistic helm of two Chicago theater companies: Halena Kays at The Hypocrites and Chay Yew at the Vict…
Video-theater hybrid is weighed down by its flaws
Beware, O Second City, of the perils of the plush-and-shiny new room with the new high-tech toys just begging to be used! Beware further o…
THEATER REVIEW: "American Idiot" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "American Idiot" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★½ ... For all their Berke…
The next show at the Royal George Theatre mainstage will be "Motherhood the Musical," a carefully targeted commercial show with mothers of all stripes in its marketing bulls-eye.
"War Horse,"the hit West End and Broadway show based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo and famous for its puppet horses, will be in Chicago for Christmas.
THEATER REVIEW: "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by the Hypocrites in the Chopin Theatre ★★★
The quirky, lovable aesthetic of The Hypocrites is going to be in safe …
THEATER REVIEW: "Ameriville" by Universes at Victory Gardens Theater ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Ameriville" by Universes at Victory Gardens Theater ★★★ ... The…
The well-known Chicago cabaret star Spider Saloff is to appear in her self-penned, one-woman musical, "The Roar of the Butterfly" at Victory Gardens' Richard Christiansen Theater , 2433 N. L…
Jeffrey Fauver, a longtime publicity associate at the Goodman Theatre, is the Steppenwolf Theatre's new comunications director. Fauver, 28, replaces David Rosenberg, who left the Chicago the…
Ever since his smash hit "Spring Awakening," Michael Mayer has been one of Broadway's hottest, busiest and most distinctive directors. We spoke with Mayer about the tour of his Broadway prod…
The State of Illinois' new incentive program for out-of-town tryouts for Broadway shows has been attracting attention in Toronto, a city that competes aggressively for such productions with …
So, can a porn star go home again?
'Punk Rock' captures tension between peers
Capable ensembles of early-career actors aren't uncommon in Chicago's huge, non-Equity theater scene — increasingly the preferred theatrical…
The Tony Award-winning actress Deanna Dunagan has been absent from the stage since her internationally acclaimed performance in Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County." Writers' Theatre said Thu…
The Goodman Theatre has cast all the roles in "The Iceman Cometh," the Chicago theater's flagship spring production, starring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy.
The North Side venue Stage 773 said Thursday that it has created a new comedy festival, "The Women's Funny Festival," set to launch in June at the former Theatre Building Chicago, located at…
Unstinting writing anchors Profiles Theatre production that goes beyond tiaras, sashes
On a typical weekend night, numerous trolleys traverse the bar-strewn streets of Sweet Home Chicago fi…
THEATER REVIEW: "Motion" at Signal Ensemble Theatre ★★½
Dramas about sports are enjoying a renaissance: "Moneyball"is an Oscar contender, "Magic/Bird" is on its way to Broadw…
