4,886 stories by "Chris Jones"
The last major new work from Dan LeFranc that was cooked up in Chicago, "The Big Meal," was a gorgeous, heart-wrenching drama and one of the best plays to premiere here in recent years. But …
"She's a grandmother, she lives in a big house in Chicago, and you've never heard of her. Does she run the world?"
That was the first line of perhaps the most famous article ever written ab…
"She's a grandmother, she lives in a big house in Chicago, and you've never heard of her. Does she run the world?" That was the first line of perhaps the most famous article ever written abo…
On Saturday, the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is opening "Spring Awakening."
That would not appear to be unusual. The 900-seat Marriott, a long-standing commercial operation, produces B…
On Saturday, the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is opening "Spring Awakening." That would not appear to be unusual. The 900-seat Marriott, a long-standing commercial operation, produces Br…
Evan Linder, one of the Chicago theater's most prodigious talents, has achieved a great deal: he is the co-artistic director of the New Colony, a busy actor and a satiric storefront scribe w…
Evan Linder, one of the Chicago theater's most prodigious talents, has achieved a great deal: He is the co-artistic director of the New Colony, a busy actor and a satiric storefront scribe w…
At one point in "No Wake," an intense, three-character drama about a divorced couple dealing with the death of the estranged child they failed to understand, one of the parents wonders aloud…
At one point in "No Wake," an intense, three-character drama about a divorced couple dealing with the death of the estranged child they failed to understand, one of the parents wonders aloud…
When I reviewed "Lazarus," the new David Bowie musical at the New York Theatre Workshop, we ran the headline "Space Oddity" on the report about what turned out to be one of the great man's f…
When I reviewed "Lazarus," the new David Bowie musical at the New York Theatre Workshop, we ran the headline "Space Oddity" on the report about what turned out to be one of the great man's f…
What can Chicago's arts and cultural leaders " and the city's huge creative community at large " do to alleviate the soul-deadening depression that settled over the city at the end of last y…
What can Chicago's arts and cultural leaders " and the city's huge creative community at large " do to alleviate the soul-deadening depression that settled over the city at the end of last y…
Let's look ahead to what's likely to be going on in the business-that-is-show, here in the Middle West.
I'll begin with real estate; 2016 will be a banner year for new arts spaces. As desig…
Let's look ahead to what's likely to be going on in the business-that-is-show, here in the Middle West. I'll begin with real estate; 2016 will be a banner year for new arts spaces. As design…
The first half of 2016 promises an abundance of theatrical riches in Chicago. Shakespeare400, the citywide celebration of all things Shakespeare, gets under way. Several notable tours wend t…
The first half of 2016 promises an abundance of theatrical riches in Chicago. Shakespeare400, the citywide celebration of all things Shakespeare, gets under way. Several notable tours wend t…
In 2015 ...
... "Newsies" grossed more than $2 million in a single week in Chicago last January, the highest such take in the city's showbiz history. "The Iceman Cometh," one of the greates…
In 2015 ... ... "Newsies" grossed more than $2 million in a single week in Chicago last January, the highest such take in the city's showbiz history. "The Iceman Cometh," one of the greatest…
Few Broadway shows have showcased dancers eligible for Medicare. Even fewer have called out the lie " the pervasive, soul-sucking, long lived lie " that a professional dancer is all washed u…
Few Broadway shows have showcased dancers eligible for Medicare. Even fewer have called out the lie " the pervasive, soul-sucking, long-lived lie " that a professional dancer is all washed u…
The divas still are dynamite at the Black Ensemble Theater, but they need to be allowed to run the show.
Conceived as a tribute to the great female recording artists of soul, Jackie Taylor'…
The divas still are dynamite at the Black Ensemble Theater, but they need to be allowed to run the show. Conceived as a tribute to the great female recording artists of soul, Jackie Taylor's…
Martin Sheen was there. So was Gov. Pat Quinn, posing for pictures with some guy from "Chicago Fire." Mayor Rahm Emanuel was floating around on a higher level.
And the banks of the Chicago …
This year's Chicagoan of the year for theater could have been the Chicagoan of the year in theater, or for dining, of any number of years.
William Pullinsi, who is 76 and retires Dec. 31 as…
