NEW YORK -Â Anyone who caught the Irish guy Glen Hansard and the Czech girl Marketa Irglova playing their gorgeous song "Falling Softly" on the Academy Awards telecast has a sense of bot…
"Unspeakable," a unauthorized show about the late comedian Richard Pryor, will be performed before an invited audience at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Chicago on Friday. The non-public per…
"Detroit," the well-received new play by Lisa D' Amour that premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago last year under the direction of Austin Pendleton, will make its New York bow at P…
Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller star in new version of '60s musical The reincarnation of the 1965 musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" now begins with its leading man, a shrink n…
When faced with a dark night of the soul, the powerful often seek the sustenance of subordinates. Such juicy, on-the-cusp moments — real or merely possible — are hard for playwri…
CHICAGO - Sitting far in the back of the bedecked Walnut Room at the flagship Marshall Field's - oops, Macy's -...
THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" at Provision Theater Company ★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" at Provision Theater Co…
THEATER REVIEW: "Donny and Marie: Christmas in Chicago" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Donny and Marie: Christmas in Chicago" at the Oriental Theatre ★…
This year, women are very much in charge of the Congo Square Theatre's annual production of "The Nativity." Starting with the new director, Ilesa Duncan, and extending all the way up to Gabr…
Max McLean's hit, one-man version of C. S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" is return to the Chicago area. McLean said Tuesday that he will play three shows at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen…
After more than two hours of stories " about the sexual proclivities of dad Eddie Fisher, the Hollywood stylings of mom Debbie Reynolds, the marriage to the cerebral Paul Simon, the demands …
"Traces," the circus show that did well at the Broadway Playhouse this year, is getting an Off-Broadway run. The show will open in August at the Union Square Theatre in New York. It's the wo…
The dancers of the Joffrey Ballet have been locked out of the rehearsal room, Nina Metz reports. It's part of a labor dispute that may lead to cancelled performances.
"1001 Nights," by the British theater director Tim Supple, was commissioned by Toronto's Luminato Festival and was supposed to open on Navy Pier in Chicago June 25. TORONTO " Luminato, the f…
THEATER REVIEW: "Beauty and the Beast" ★★½ Through Aug. 7 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; $18-$85 at 800-775-2000 or broadwayin…
Just as the sun starts coming out in Chicago, so do a couple of terrific new plays. The Goodman Theatre is just completing a season dominated by ambitious world premieres: "Stage Kiss" from …
In her Tribune column today, Nina Metz takes a detailed look at the filming of "Boss," the new Starz TV show starring Kelsey Grammer and concerning a fictional mayor of Chicago. She finds a …
Insects are such a good match for the Cirque du Soleil, you have to wonder why those scurrying around that famous Montreal hive had not thought of them before. In years of reviewing Cirque s…
IN PERFORMANCE: Cirque du Soleil's "Ovo" ★★★½ Through Aug. 21 at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St.; Tickets: $60-$130 at 800-678-5440 or www.cirquedusoleil.com Inse…
"Ovo" is the new touring production by Cirque du Soleil. In her native Brazil, Deborah Colker is a widely acclaimed choreographer with a long-established dance company, Companhia de Danca De…
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its slate of plays for the upcoming "First Look Repertory of New Works," a script-development project that premieres new work in modestly scaled…
The upcoming Marriott Theatre premiere of the new musical "For the Boys" has cast its two leads. The Broadway performers Timothy Gulan and Michele Rugasa will play, respectively, Eddie Spark…
David Henry Hwang's "Chinglish" plays through July 24 at the Goodman Theatre; more information at www.goodmantheatre.org. Read the Tribune's ★★★★ REVIEW. Leigh Silver…
THEATER REVIEW: "Chinglish" ★★★★ Through July 24 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.; 2 hours, 25 minutes; $25-$73 at 312-443-3800 or goodmantheatre.org At th…
Lydia R. Diamond's "Stick Fly," a show that had its world permiere at Chicago's Congo Square Theatre Company, is headed to Broadway, it was announced Monday. "Stick Fly" premiered in 2006, w…