Nominations for the 2015 annual Drama Desk Awards (which includes Broadway, Off Broadway and 'Off Off Broadway" productions) were announced Thursday afternoon at New York's 54 Below by previ…
Porchlight Music Theatre’s all-Sondheim season began with tragedy (“Sweeney Todd”), moved on to autobiography (“Sondheim ... The post Some very funny things happen &#…
"Louis & Keely 'Live' at the Sahara," the music-infused play about the relationship between musician, songwriter, singer and bandleader Louis Prima and singer Keely Smith, has now been …
Jazz may be America's most original art form, but its history is littered with the sorry fates of musicians, both black and white, who died penniless and largely unknown. In "Side Man," his …
The catalyst for "Sounds So Sweet," the engaging new Black Ensemble Theater show written and directed by Reuben D. Echoles, is a funeral. But before she moved on, Grandstine " the matriarch…
And the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama is: Stephen Adly Guirgis, for "Between Riverside and Crazy." The play, which already has been announced as part of Steppenwolf Theatre's 2…
The news from Steppenwolf Theatre hardly comes as a surprise. Tony Award-winning director Anna D. ... The post Anna D. Shapiro to direct world premiere of Tracy Letts’ play at Steppenw…
The nominees for the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced Monday recognizing achievement in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Among the productions to receive multipl…
Something absolutely wonderful can happen when a hit musical is finally liberated from its original Broadway incarnation " no matter how beguiling that original might have been. As proof you…
Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is a classic musical comedy of the "they just don't make 'em like that anymore" variety. It's a show that exists solely to entertain, and in its sensational Mar…
"Amazing Grace," the new musical that debuted in Chicago this past October, is headed to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. Performances of the show, which received respectful but mixed review…
"Red Handed Otter," Ethan Lipton's wonderfully quirky and surprisingly profound play " now receiving its Chicago premiere in a perfectly acted production by A Red Orchid Theatre " is about r…
Four Chicago performing arts organizations " the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre and Lyric Opera Chicago " are among 26 such entitites nationwide selected to re…
The Joffrey Ballet has been temporarily kicked off the stage of its permanent home at ... The post Joffrey Ballet to dance springtime ‘New Works’ program at Cadillac Palace Theat…
The full lineup for the 3rd annual Pivot Arts Festival, which is devoted to the production of innovative music, theater and dance on the city's far north side, has been announced. The festiv…
Strawdog Theatre Company has just announced its 2015 - 2016 season that will arrive under the umbrella title of "The Tipping Point." The company's main stage and Hugen Hall season, at its ho…
With his production of "An American in Paris," Christopher Wheeldon can be added to that impressive list of choreographers (Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Susan Stroman, Kathlen Marshall and Je…
Despite its title, "The Herd," this first play by British actor Rory Kinnear " now receiving a vividly acted U.S. debut by Steppenwolf Theatre " has nothing to do with livestock. It is abou…
Rodgers and Hammerstein 's "Carousel" is the musical that takes us for a spin around the dark side of the American dream. And the new Lyric Opera production of this 1945 Broadway classic " a…
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 2015-2016 season will feature a reprise of "The Art of Falling," its groundbreaking collaboration with The Second City, as well as a massive amount of addition…
With the first announcement that "Louis and Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" " a music-packed play directed by filmmaker Taylor Hackford " was to arrive at the Royal George Theatre, I headed to Y…
Watching Diaz's "The Upstairs Concierge," which received its world premiere Monday on the stage of the Goodman's Owen Theatre, it was difficult to believe this was the work of the same playw…
The enduring grandeur and brilliance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musicals hardly needs further explanation. “Oklahoma!,” ... The post ‘Carousel’ ready to spin …
The League of Chicago Theatres has launched a new fund to help improve the city's performing arts venues. With the support of a $500,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fo…
Chicago freelance director Lavina Jadhwani has been named one of five Fellows selected to receive a prestigious National Directors Fellowship from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterf…