"I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy," the Hollywood actor Matt Damon declared Tuesday night on the stage of the packed Wrigleyville music venue Metro, "that things ar…
In a blockbuster scoop this morning that had Broadway people choking on their cornflakes, New York Post columnist Michael Riedel reported that the powerful New York producer Scott Rudin had …
THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½ ... The literary career o…
TimeLine Theatre always has the best lobby displays in town, and at the intermission of British playwright Lucy Prebble's "Enron," a little crowd was gathered around a monitor playing a docu…
Northlight Theatre said Tuesday that it will stage Neil Simon's classic comedy "The Odd Couple" as part of its 2012-13 season, replete with Tim Kazurinsky as the neatnik Felix and George Wen…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Houdini Box" by Chicago Children's Theatre ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "The Houdini Box" by Chicago Children's Theatre ★★★ ... Before he wro…
THEATER REVIEW: "Death and Harry Houdini" by House Theatre of Chicago at the Chopin Theatre ★★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Death and Harry Houdini" by House Theatre of Chicag…
THEATER REVIEW: "Time Stands Still" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Time Stands Still" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★ ... Those who…
Not one but two cute pooches roam the circular hot-pink landscape of the Marriott Theatre's "Legally Blonde," the much-maligned Broadway musical based on the 2001 Reese Witherspoon movie abo…
THEATER REVIEW: "Gypsy" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Gypsy" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★½ ... …
THEATER REVIEW: "Gypsy" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Gypsy" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★½ ... I…
David Cromer's increasingly famous production of "Our Town," which began at The Hypocrites in Chicago, then moved Off-Broadway for a record-breaking run, and was a recent hit in Los Angeles …
Without the freaks and geeks of "Glee,"who made long-skeptical network executives suddenly receptive to prime-time characters singing and dancing, there would be no "Smash."But NBC's eminent…
Trio of actors, array of puppets dazzle, but other aspects uneven Imagine that William Shakespeare's masterpiece,"The Tempest," contained no tropical island, no shipwreck, no storm, no livi…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Feast: An Intimate Tempest" ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "The Feast: An Intimate Tempest" ★★½ ... Imagine that William Shakespeare's masterpiece,"T…
THEATER REVIEW: "Mamma Mia!" at the Oriental Theatre ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Mamma Mia!" at the Oriental Theatre ★★½ ... It will be 13 years in April - oh, the ho…
THEATER REVIEW: "Mamma Mia!" at the Oriental Theatre ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Mamma Mia!" at the Oriental Theatre ★★½ ... It will be 13 years in April ¿ oh, the…
The Laugh Factory Chicago, the new comedy club located in the former Lakeshore Theatre, said Wednesday that it has booked comedian Russell Peters. The high-profile funnyman, who generally pl…
Practicing the subjunctive begets sexual attraction in Craig Higginson's "The Girl in the Yellow Dress," a talky, clunky and pretentious South African play wherein a French-Congolese studen…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" at Next Theatre in Evanston ★½ THEATER REVIEW: "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" at Next Theatre in Evanston ★½ ... In this tal…
William Shatner is headed to Chicago. The former "Star Trek" star, Shakespearean, recently deceased Priceline.com spokesman, and all-around living iconoclast is to tour his upcoming Broadway…
William Shatner is headed to Chicago.
THEATER REVIEW: "A Chorus Line" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "A Chorus Line" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★ ... With it…
THEATER REVIEW: "Race" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Race" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½ ... There is no shrewder scribe than that ide…