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Big-name comics Louis C.K., Joel McHale and Demetri Martin will headline the third incarnation of the Just for Laughs Festival in Chicago. And The Anti-Social Network " featuring Dave Attell…
THEATER REVIEW: "Star Witness" ★★½ Through May 7 at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $25 at 773-769-3832. With Mary Redmon (left), Gary Si…
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago will stage the Sondheim revue "Putting it Together," Harvey Fierstein's "A Catered Affair" and Jonathan Larson's "tick, tick...Boom" during the 2011-12 seaso…
The Route 66 Theatre Company production of "A Twist of Water" is transfering to the Mercury Theatre. This very successful show will start performances on Apr. 14 and re-open officially on Ma…
THEATER REVIEW: 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 W. 45th St., New York. Call 212-239-6200 or visit howtosucceedbroadway.com. N…
MacKenzie Mauzy rehearses the musical "White Noise" at the Royal George Theatre. The musical begins previews Friday and opens April 9. (Brian Cassella/ Chicago Tribune) NEW YORK " The studio…
THEATER REVIEW: "Aida" ★★ Through May 29 at the Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $35-$46 at 630-530-0111 or www.drurylaneaokb…
Nina Metz reviews a strikingly personal show at the New Colony. It's about a school shooting in Jonesboro, Ark.
The musical "Chicago" is making one of its frequent returns to its namesake city. Velma and Roxie will be here again at the Oriental Theatre from June 7-12. John O'Hurley stars as Billy Flyn…
THEATER REVIEW: "The Book of Mormon" plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St., New York.; 212-239-6200 or www.bookofmormon.com NEW YORK " If any show could make the case that you…
The playwright Lanford Wilson, a writer from Missouri who revealed his heart through rich and emotional dramas centered on small-town Midwestern life, died Thursday morning, the Steppenwolf …
"Black Watch" will be hosted by Chicago Shakespeare Theater in the Broadway Armory in Edgewater, shown here in a 1920 photo from the Chicago History Museum. The building was built as a skati…
According to sources, and several congratulatory postings on social media, Second City alumnus Matt Craig has been hired as a mid-season replacement writer for "Saturday Night Live." The sho…
"Faith Healer," currently at the Oak Park Festival Theatre under the skilled direction of Belinda Bremner, is a 1979 Irish play that beats Conor McPherson and Mark O'Rowe at their own game, …
THEATER REVIEW: "Dixie's Tupperware Party" ★★½ Through May 15 in the Royal George Cabaret, 1641 N. Halsted St.; Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes; Tickets: $44-$49 at 312-988-9…
Stage773, the Lakeview venue formerly known as the Theatre Building Chicago, has announced a new two-week, mini-festival of mostly sketch-comedy shows slated for June 13-25. Artistic directo…
The actor Ian McDiarmid, known for his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company and his appearances in the "Star Wars" films, will star in a new Barbara Gaines production of Shakespeare's rarel…
Jim Jacobs, the co-creator of "Grease," and PJ Paparelli, the artistic director of American Theater Company, say they saw more than 850 actors who wanted to be part of the upcoming revival (…
THEATER REVIEW: "Orlando" ★★½ Through April 10 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $40-$60 at 773-753-4472 or courttheatre.org Virginia Woolf…
THEATER REVIEW: "Sense & Sensibility" ★★★ Through April 17 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes; …
The much-troubled new Block 37 development in Chicago's Loop perhaps is going to have a live show after all: An interactive dinner-theater experience called "We Gotta Bingo." According to th…
Martha Plimpton talks TV and Steppenwolf (and the need to make a living) with the Tribune's Nina Metz in this story from Sunday's editions.
THEATER REVIEW: 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' opened Sunday at the Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway, New York. For tickets, call 877-250-2929 or visit PriscillaonBroadway.com. NEW YORK -- The…
THEATER REVIEW: Blue Man Group ★★★★ Open run at the Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St.; $49-$69 at 773-348-4000; blueman.com or Ticketmaster outlets. ' Check o…
Paramount Theatre in Aurora has announced three of the four titles to be staged for its inaugural 2011-12 season of self-produced, Broadway-style musicals: "My Fair Lady," "Joseph and the Am…
