Baby It's You" plays on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St., New York; 212-239-6200 or www.babyitsyouonbroadway.com BROADWAY REVIEW NEW YORK " Oh, the wretched unfairness of …
THEATER REVIEW: "Cirque Eloize iD" ★★★ Through May 8 at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $20-$75 at 800-775-2000 or www.cirque-…
All three current productions of "Million Dollar Quartet" (New York, London and Chicago) are to dim their marquees tonight in honor of one of the show's main producers, John Cossette, who di…
Sir Peter Hall, the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Sir Derek Jacobi, the illustrious English actor, are the artistic honorees at the upcoming Silver Jubilee Gala of the Chicago…
THEATER REVIEW: "Passing Strange" ★★★ Through May 29 by Bailiwick Chicago at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes…
Carrie Coon (from left), Tracy Letts, Madison Dirks and Amy Morton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The revival of Edward Albee's play was directed by Pam MacKinnon in 2010 at the Steppe…
Hollis Resnik was one of the winners at last night's Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, D.C. The Chicago-based actress was honored for her role in Mary Zimmerman's "Candide," a co-production …
The lineup for the 2011 TBS Just For Laughs Festival (June 14-19 at various locations) has improved significantly: The festival announced Tuesday that the comedy heavyweights Steve Martin an…
When the national tour of the Broadway revival of "La Cage Aux Folles" arrives in Chicago this holiday season, it will have George Hamilton in the lead role. The tanned one will play Georges.
Steppenwolf Theatre said Monday that Jeff Garlin, the comedian with strong Chicago roots and well known for his work on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," will perform a solo show at the Steppenw…
Ben Stiller and Edie Falco star in director David Cromer's Broadway production of "The House of Blue Leaves." BROADWAY REVIEW: "The House of Blue Leaves" at the Walter Kerr Theatre; 212-239-…
NEW YORK " Like Mormons, nuns are ideal subjects for musical theater. They seem likeable and wholesome, exotic yet familiar, and inherently optimistic. They sing in harmony as part of their …
THEATER REVIEW 'Sister Act,' plays on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway. Call 212-239-6200, or visit Sisteractonbroadway.com. NEW YORK " Like Mormons, nuns are ideal subjects f…
Nina Metz takes you backstage at Second City during the current hit revue, "South Side of Heaven," and looks forward to the upcoming Chicago Improv Festival.
Douglas Alan-Mann, the former artistic director of the Chicago Theatre Company died Friday, his longtime friend and colleague David Barr III said on Satuday. Alan-Mann had fought a long batt…
"The Original Grease," currently in previews, opens May 1 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St. Tickets are $45-$50 at 773-409-4125 or www.atcweb.org TOURING THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: A…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Madness of George III" ★★★½ Through June 12 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes; Ticke…
The New Colony is this year's official "emerging theater," as designated by the League of Chicago Theatres with support from Broadway in Chicago. The membership of the League, a trade and lo…
Michael Weber, a longtime Chicago actor and the former artistic director of both Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind. and the former Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre, is the new artistic dir…
Nina Metz has the Tribune's guide to the 14th Annual Chicago Improv Festival, which begins Monday and runs through next weekend at about a dozen venues around town.
"Next to Normal," with Curt Hansen, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers, is playing through May 8 at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; $32-$95 at www.broadwayinchicago.com As Broadway t…
THEATER REVIEW: "Arnie the Doughnut" ★★★ Through May 15 at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave.; Running time: 1 hour; Tickets: $12 at 773-761-4477 or www.lifelinetheatr…
The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that it will add a world premiere to its 2011-12 season: "Fish Men," a play about urban "chess hustlers" by the Puerto Rican playwright Candido Tirado. Sla…
As expected, Cirque Shanghai is returning to Navy Pier this summer. The 2011 show, featuring the usual Chinese cast and this year titled "Cirque Shanghai Extreme," will begin performances Ju…
American Theater Company and About Face Theatre will collaborate next season on the first major Chicago production of "Rent," the two theaters have jointly announced. The Jonathan Larson mus…