Stephen Colbert will host a starry alumni show during Northwestern University's 2018 CommFest, the annual event including open houses, master classes and performances, it was announced Thurs…
On March 10, 1985, Tribune columnists Michael Sneed and Cheryl Lavin announced that an actress named Molly Regan had joined the ensemble of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Regan's calling c…
Mercury, meet your new sister, Venus. The long-anticipated new theater-cabaret space carved out of the shell of the old Cullen's Bar on Southport Avenue in Lakeview, and named after the plan…
When August Wilson wrote "Jitney," a play that now is 35 years old and predates Lyft, Uber and all of Wilson's other major works, the idea of penning a cycle that reflected the African-Ameri…
A musical version of Ike Holter's 2012 hit play "Hit the Wall" has been selected for a developmental series at the USC School of Dramatic Arts, it was announced Tuesday. Part of LiveRead@SDA…
Casting is complete for the return of "She the People: Girlfriends' Guide to Sisters Doing It for Themselves," Second City announced Tuesday. Starring in the sketch show created, designed an…
This week's Showcase features a performance from the national tour of "Wicked," now back in Chicago for the first time since 2013. In the video, Chelsea Emma Franko, the tour's Elphaba stand…
It was at the Chicago Dancing Festival that dance audiences first got to know contemporary choreographer Brian Brooks. Brooks, a particular favorite of the festival's organizers, showed the …
Joseph Anthony Byrd, direct from "Kinky Boots" on Broadway, will star as the Emcee in Kander and Ebb's 1966 Broadway musical "Cabaret," Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced Monday. Also star…
Thought pieces abound on the newest generation of young adults " the first raised entirely in the age of the internet. What do they think about the world and their place in it? Whether that …
What is the responsibility of an arts organization to its local community? The answer to that question is far more complicated than you might think. And it is a key part of the legacy of Ste…
"42nd Street" âœâœâœâœ Think you've seen "42nd Street" before? Not with jazz-funk orchestrations and a rock drum set and a truly diverse cast, not with choreography closer…
Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company announced a new executive director on Thursday: Rachel L. Fink. Fink, most recently managing director of the Theatre Bay Area service organization, pre…
Friday "Blue Over You": Michael Joseph Mitchell stars in a one-man comedic show that examines the complexities of marriage. Through Jan. 28 at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2515 Central …
This week's Showcase features a performance from Firebrand Theatre's smash hit production of "Lizzie," a punk-rock take on the tale the alleged axe murderess Lizzie Borden. In the video, Jac…
Theatre at the Center announced the cast of Robert Harling's Louisiana beauty shop-set tearjerker "Steel Magnolias" Wednesday. The production will star Cory Goodrich as M'Lynn, Landree Flemi…
The New Colony has announced the company's new artistic directors: Fin Coe and Stephanie Shum. Coe and Shum, who succeed founding members Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder, were both previously…
Near the end of "Beautiful " The Carole King Musical," after the audience has watched Carole King fall in and out of love, make hits from the sidelines and finally step into a spotlight all …
Firebrand Theatre has announced the cast of "9 to 5," the Dolly Parton-scored Broadway musical based on the eponymous 1980 movie celebrating the working woman. The production is the second a…
Happy New Year, theater lovers! What do you have to look forward to in the first weeks of 2018 in Chicago theater? Let me begin with shows that might get your 2018 started in the right key. …
Stephen J. Albert, the executive director of Court Theatre in Hyde Park, a nationally respected nonprofit theater executive and a man of creative passion and evangelical energy, died Friday …
Reading all of the year-end lists and wishing there was a way to relive your favorite Chicago theater performances? Here are some of the star turns of 2017, all featured in the Theater Loop'…
During the last week of 2017, we take a final look back at the year that was and recognize a few individuals (and a quartet) who made a difference. Here are our Chicagoans of the Year in the…
In Tania Castroverde Moskalenko's first press conference as CEO of the Auditorium Theatre in October 2016, she pointed to the success of the theater as a world class dance venue, but said sh…
Both in his act and in his life, Chicago-based comedian Felonious Munk embodies the Chicago ethos of hard work, determination and self-aware levity. And in 2017 he brought them all together …