With Second City up for sale, Chicago could lose a treasured institution. The theater can still be saved, but America's sense of humor " and its basic sense of civility " needs to heal itsel…
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence may have dodged questions and gone over time, but the whole proceedings were an improvement over the r…
Following an exit by co-owner Andrew Alexander over the summer, the theater is now fully on the market. It's been shut down since March by the pandemic and continues to have expenses.
The White House Rose Garden infection fiasco was a test case that showed rapid testing doesn't work as hoped, at least in present form. Chris Jones argues this debacle was bad news for the r…
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A new City of Chicago program offers grants to Chicago's struggling performing-arts venues, including for-profit operations with bands and DJs.
A planned spring world premiere of Cathy Marston's "Of Mice and Men" joins the already canceled "Nutcracker." But an emergency fund to support the company has already raised millions.
You're a prestigious arts center in a pandemic. Here's what not to do: Have a nightclub on your roof called Heist X. This is one of the strangest stories of the COVID arts shutdown.
With shouting, anger and calls to "shut up," the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into a bitter showdown in Cleveland, in a nation…
The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre has the most ambitious plan in the region to return to live performances, beginning with a holiday show inspired by the Dickens tale.
For Jackie Taylor, the founder of the Black Ensemble Theater and a woman who has seen calls for diversity come and go over the years, this moment seems different.
The Goodman Theatre said Friday that the planned performances at Indian Boundary Park (Friday) and Portage Park (Saturday) this weekend of "Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It!," a touring outdoor…
The artistic leader of Chicago's Teatro Vista company is stepping down and says he hopes to return to acting.
The streamed British production of "Romantics Anonymous," directed by Emma Rice, is presented for Chicagoans by Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It is what people used to call a whimsical musica…
The Equity musical house just across the state line in Munster, Ind., is in trouble, with no shows planned on its calendar.
The circus being the circus, these performers always find a way to go on with the show. Chicago's Midnight Circus tours city parks this fall.
"Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It!" by the Goodman Theatre is Cheryl L. West's play about the civil rights activist, starring E. Faye Butler in a tour of Chicago parks.
Destinos al Aire offered a drive-in celebration of artistic resilience.
Already Chicago theaters are planning virtual holiday productions in place of their usual cash cows like "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
The Big Ten is back in business this week, even as theaters remain shut and schooling remains on your screen. That exposes a whole lot of double-thinking.
In a pandemic-era first, "Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It!" brings a story about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer out to the neighborhoods. Live, with music.
Chicago theater's Jeff Awards on Tuesday announced the nominees for the 52nd annual awards for Equity theaters.
As Samuel Beckett said, we must go on, and as Tony Kushner said, the world spins forward. These two playwrights weren't talking about the current moment, but they might have been. In this mo…
Its 43rd season will be composed of online presentations, the virtual presentations of new work by five choreographers.
Online shows will also include "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblin," a holiday favorite.