Does Second City have a new pipeline to John Oliver and Stephen Colbert's shows, and what does that actually mean for the comedy theater on Wells Street?
Blue Man Group is returning to Chicago. A reopening, but without shared marshmallows.
Stephen Colbert is now on the board of the famed Chicago comedy theater The Second City. So are other powerful industry players.
Such was the career of Lyric's director of media relations and really its supremely confident problem solver for some 30 years.
The Goodman Theatre in Chicago has announced a 2021-22 season with many of the productions originally planned before the pandemic closed the theater for more than a year.
A nw mural at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chris Jones writes, is an apt tribute to the late Martha Lavey.
The theater in Chicago's Millennium Park has a full slate of live performances planned for 2021-22, including international artists.
Bruce Springsteen will return to Broadway this summer for a limited run of his one-man show "Springsteen on Broadway."
The 76-foot artwork off Halsted Street will be Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's largest work to date and his first outdoor mural, a tribute to former artistic director Martha Lavey.
The Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango ('Slave Play") and the Canadian musical-theater star Chilina Kennedy ("Beautiful") are to star in "Paradise Square," the Garth Drabinsky musical trying ou…
Second City is bringing back its e.t.c. stage for a June 4 reopening.
Jay Españo, an actor, singer and director with experience in both film and live performance, has been appointed artistic director of PrideArts, the Chicago theater company formerly known …
This play with a complicated past is set to reopen Broadway in August. Let's not forget its heritage at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
The tennis superstar doesn't want to talk to the press? She'll win in the end because the nature of celebrity is changing with the younger generation.
In just 20 minutes on YouTube, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago sends feathers and angels to save a dancer.
The "Saturday Night Live" star and former Second City touring company member was at his best when he was improvising, riffing with the crowd in Old Town.
On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the city was freed. The COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful vaccines are the eq…
More songs, fewer speeches: The actual awards ceremony will play second fiddle to a celebration of the return of Broadway performances this summer.
Chicago's famed opera company has decided to perform this fall without intermissions. I say that's a bad move. Let the people pee without missing a note.
Northlight Theatre and Court Theatre have released plans to return to live performance this fall. Both are treading carefully.
Ever heard of Yannis Tsarouchis? If the answer is yes, it's a good bet you have some connection to Greece. But a new exhibit in Chicago at the Wrightwood 659 gallery argues this artist's wor…
After a tough year, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet announce their new seasons of live performances.
Chicago arts organizations from Ravinia to Goodman Theatre have been going slow on reopening. Then along comes a full-capacity Lolla in July, knocking them aside when this should have been t…
The producer of "Showboat" and "Ragtime" and also a convicted felon is coming back to Chicago with a new show, "Paradise Square." It's a big bet on COVID-19 recovery.
A new show, "Breathe," claims to be the first COVID-19 musical. But where are the seniors who suffered the most?