"Incidental Moments of the Day: The Apple Family: Life on Zoom" is free to watch, starring Steppenwolf's Sally Murphy in a quiet story worth watching.
The core asset of Ayad Akhtar's "Homeland Elegies," his latest deeply moving autobiographical novel, is the complexity of its thinking, its innate understanding that seeing the absurdity of …
The longtime chief theater critic of the New York Times announced Thursday that he is stepping down.
When the pandemic forced all of live Chicago theater onto a screen, the Neos got it done. Next up for the small but thriving North Side company is "45 Plays for America's First Ladies."
Chicago's grand old hotel has roots in the Chicago arts that run deep. Now it's in financial trouble. Lose the Palmer and we lose part of Chicago.
My picks for the best bets for Chicago theater are a blend of virtual and live, outdoor experiences.
The stage program at the Museum of Contemporary Art has announced two virtual programs for the fall, one of which involves an audience doing their own at-home performance.
Chicago's Steppenwolf announces a season of virtual theater, with "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" still on the slate for a live staging in early 2021.
His play, "Deep Azure," involved an African-American police officer who panicked and shot a student. It was staged by Congo Square in 2005, with Boseman at the opening.
The 40-year-old company formerly known as Light Opera Works is known for classic musicals with full orchestras, and hopes to produce "Mamma Mia!" at the North Shore Center next summer.
Some early favorites for this year's Tony Awards include "Moulin Rouge" and "Slave Play." But importantly, the virtual ceremony must be about more than competition.
When will a Chicago theater put on that particular show in 2021? It hasn't said because it doesn't know. But this obstacle can actually be a big step forward.
The Chicago theater company will create an online comedy series titled "Hit 'Em on the Blackside." Plus Steppenwolf announces radio play cast.
No opening dates, but show titles, including "As You Like It" with Beatles music. And audiences will be allowed on Navy Pier.
In Chicago, where summer is short, time is running out for the kinds of outdoor performances that have worked well in London and cities elsewhere.
His "George Gershwin Alone" played an extended run at the Royal George in 2005-06, and the live concert will benefit a number of theaters.
This is our chance to reset, everyone! In the wake of the mess left by the pandemic, theaters and other cultural organizations will be forced to follow the calendar year with their seasons. …
Chicago's Goodman Theatre has announced plans for an eight-show season that the theater now hopes to complete within the first eight months of 2021.
Chicago's Sideshow Theatre Company changes leaders and founding artistic director Jonathan L. Green will remain with the company.
The opening notes of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sounded, the actors' masks fell away and an unspeakable moving show began at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London, the firs…
Lori Dimun will be the new leader of Chicago's Harris Theater. She was formerly the theater's chief operating officer.
What is theater? What is TV? What does it mean if a new Broadway musical first screens on Netflix before it's seen live by a Broadway audience?
The original George Washington in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" is doing an online concert from New York " that will be "presented by" and benefit Northlight Theatre as well as other non-p…
Chicago's Congo Square has a new business manager. And Strawdog's artistic director is departing for Columbus.
The Loop vs. Chicago's "real" neighborhoods was always a false conflict, and gots us no where. With empty sidewalks, absent arts and struggling small businesses, this whole city needs help.