When FWD Theatre Project " the Chicago-based organization designed to “push forward the discovery, development ... The post FWD Theatre Project to stage concert version of new musical …
In Rohina Malik's lovely play, "The Mecca Tales,"fnow at Chicago Dramatists, five Muslim-American women confront the difficulties of going on the Hajj, but more crucially, they come to terms…
Jessie Fisher, the actress who began her career in Chicago " and then went on to win plaudits when she took over the lead in the hit Broadway production of "Once" " is headed "home." Fisher…
For “Travesties,” Tom Stoppard’s fabulously fanciful and altogether brilliant 1974 play " now receiving a ... The post Remy Bumppo propels Stoppard’s “Travestie…
On stage at the Royal George Theatre recently, the guys in the band were warming up, stepping around as they played a brassy riff from "Louis and Keely, 'Live' at the Sahara," the new "play …
For those with a literal turn of mind, a play called "Title and Deed" might suggest issues of ownership and the transfer of real estate. But while groundedin the more primal realities of man…
"The Good Book," the play by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson now receiving a supremely artful world premiere at Court Theatre, is so full of complexity, ambition, contradiction, humor, satire…
Windy City Playhouse, Chicago's newest Equity theater " a grand-scale storefront with an elaborate lobby bar located at 3014 W. Irving Park Rd. " has made an intriguing choice for its openin…
Now, more than three decades after Steppenwolf's fabled production of Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," director Jonathan Berry has gathered a cast of 30 actors for the Griffin Theatre prod…
Where can you possibly go after "An Iliad," an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic? Well, if you are actor Denis O'Hare and director Lisa Peterson you head straight to the Bible. The p…
In addition to the previously announced world premiere adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's “Treasure Island,” ... The post Lookingglass Theatre announces full lineup for 2015-…
In what is surely a coup for Kokandy Productions, which is devoted to producing topnotch musicals on an intimate scale, the company has announced it has secured the rights to the Chicago pre…
Just call it "the ongoing miracle on Galena Boulevard." Once again, Aurora's Paramount Theatre has pulled out all the stops for one of its Broadway Series shows" this time with a lavish prod…
John Patrick Shanley's masterful play, "Outside Mullingar," is a tale of thwarted possession of hearts, of land and of self. A superbly acted 90-minute wonder, it is far more comic than trag…
"Genius" is so New York. And that is not just because Kate Walbert's 75-minute play, now in its world premiere by Profiles Theatre, shifts between the upscale Soho loft of a successful and i…
Steppenwolf Theatre has now joined the Goodman Theatre as the recipient of a major award for new work by way of the Roy Cockrum Foundation. The post Steppenwolf, like Goodman, now recipient …
Lifeline Theatre, the enduring company in Rogers Park whose motto, "Big Stories, Up Close," captures it devotion to stage adaptations of books both classic and contemporary, has announced it…
Kokandy Productions has returned to Theater Wit with a rousing, boldly intimate take on "The Full Monty," that jazzy blue collar musical that moves to the beat of David Yazbek's audacious sc…
The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi ... The post American Theater Critics Association Names six finalists (with two from Chicag…
This is the season of season announcements, and Victory Gardens Theater has just named the plays and directors who will be part of its 2015-2016 season. Among them, in the spring of 2016, wi…
Talk about mixing it up. For its 41st season, Northlight Theatre will present an eclectic mix that runs the gamut from world premiere comedy to comic chestnut, along with a mother-son drama …
The Paramount Theatre, Aurora’s historic Art Deco treasure, has become one of the great success ... The post Paramount Theatre’s 2015-2016 season includes classics, old and new a…
For anyone still in need of an explanation of why August Wilson should be on ... The post “Two Trains Running” review appeared first on Chicago Entertainment - Chicago Sun-Times.
Veteran Chicago actor Ronald Keaton is on a roll. His one man show, "Churchill," which last season enjoyed a hugely successful run at the Greenhouse Theatre here " and subsequently moved to …
With her performance of "Annaleigh Ashford - Lost in the Stars," a cabaret-style show that will play for one night only (March 21) at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, the actress…