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Al Hirschfeld was the most famous caricaturist in the world. And yet Hirschfeld wasn't really a caricaturist, given that the term implies exaggeration and distortion. Hirschfeld preferred th…
Al Hirschfeld was the most famous caricaturist in the world. And yet Hirschfeld wasn't really a caricaturist, given that the term implies exaggeration and distortion. Hirschfeld preferred th…
How does Sandra Bernhard handle people with cellphones, the current scourge of comedians minor and great? "People don't do that at my show," she said dismissively. "My people are very attent…
Now and again, Black Ensemble Theatre indulges in what the founder Jackie Taylor dryly calls "non-traditional casting," which is to say a couple of white guys show up in the show.
Abena Joan Brown, one of the early pioneers of African-American theater in Chicago and the president and chief executive officer of the eta Creative Arts Foundation for 40 years, died on Sun…
For much of "The Little Mermaid," the summer attraction from Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, I found myself listening to two shows at once.
The Gift Theatre has announced its 2016 season, which includes a production of William Shakespeare's "Richard III," to be presented in the Garage Theatre at Steppenwolf with the Gift artisti…
American Theater Company said Monday it will hold a public memorial for its former artistic director, PJ Paparelli, who died following an automobile accident in Scotland in May. The 90-minut…
American Theater Company said Monday it will hold a public memorial for its former artistic director, PJ Paparelli, who died following an automobile accident in Scotland in May.
Grand Concourse, a magnificent thoroughfare in the Bronx, was modeled on the Champs-Elysees but, as with sections of Chicago's roughly contemporaneous Boulevard System, current economic real…
Clashes between artists and technology-wielding patrons are increasing in intensity. On Wednesday night, the actress Patti LuPone grabbed a cellphone out of a startled audience member's hand…
Clashes between artists and technology-wielding patrons are increasing in intensity. On Wednesday night, the actress Patti LuPone grabbed a cellphone out of a startled audience member's hand…
I happened to talk to Cyndi Lauper on the morning last week the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. "I was crying," said the pop icon and the woman who made the song "True Col…
Collaboraction, the Chicago theater company known for its recent devised works responding to the epidemic of gun violence in Chicago, has hired its first executive director, Darcy Addison.
Strawdog Theatre Company says it will be leaving its longtime home at 3829 N. Broadway in June 2016 and is looking for a new home.
Some of the better off-Loop shows of the last 12 months are enjoying a summer reprise.
The critically acclaimed Pixar movie "Inside Out" grossed a head-spinning $91 million in its opening weekend. Not bad for a movie that is not based on any source, is not part of any kind of …
The Chicago director Gary Griffin will return to work at the Startford Festival in 2016, the Canadian festival announced Wednesday, along with the rest of its major 2016 offerings. He will d…
"I dreamed I was 52 and unmarried," says Sonia, one of the trio of siblings in Christopher Durang's very droll new comedy featuring the middle-aged children of a pair of academics, literary …
Back in 2008, the Route 66 Theatre Company made its debut with a fine production of a memorable play by John Kolvenbach, "On an Average Day." That quotidian title kept swimming around my hea…
In 2002, the Co-operative Group's Funeral Services Ltd. in the United Kingdom released what it said was the most popular song at British funerals. "My Heart Will Go On," as recorded by Celin…
On Sunday night, Lookingglass Theatre opened David Catlin's truly spectacular theatrical adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," the epic story of the captain of a whaling vessel's obse…
Cubs fans have had about three months to recover from the initial thrill - or the mega-pixelated shock - of an eye-pulling, 3,990-square-foot video board located where wind once blew, and ho…
Cubs fans have had about three months to recover from the initial thrill - or the mega-pixelated shock - of an eye-pulling, 3,990-square-foot video board located where wind once blew, and ho…
Performance fused to the lineage of Jerzy Grotowski is rare these days in Chicago theater, unless you're watching a visiting international company. But Anna-Helena McLean, the British direct…
