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"Spamilton" will end its open run in Chicago Oct. 8, the New York based producers of the hit "Hamilton" parody announced Thursday. The skewering of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize-winnin…
David McDermott will join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's leadership team as executive director, the company announced Thursday. McDermott currently serves as the first deputy commissioner of…
A vibrant city with global aspirations " certainly, any city capable of landing the second headquarters built by Amazon " needs frequent access to cultural work and artists from all over the…
The Yard theater at Navy Pier has a unique feature: It can transform. Nine huge seating towers can be moved around with ease, to create a wide range of stage and seating configurations for a…
The Gift Theatre announced the cast of its world premiere production of Janine Nabers' "A Swell in the Ground" Wednesday. The nonlinear look at the lives of four college friends will star en…
Kiki Layne, an actress who was named one of the Tribune's Hot New Faces of Chicago theater in 2016, will play the lead role in Barry Jenkins and Annapurna's adaptation of James Baldwin's nov…
Last year, the fall theater season had to compete with the Cubs' historic journey to the World Series. We don't know if they'll repeat that feat this year. But we do know that there are plen…
Megan Carney will be About Face Theatre's new artistic director, the company's board of directors announced Wednesday. Carney currently serves as the director of the Gender and Sexuality Ce…
A middle-aged man in work boots, a worn baseball cap and a thick plaid shirt sits in police custody after the death of his wife. We hear only one side of the conversation, but that's all we …
Scott Morehead, an actor and writer who was a cast member in the Second City e.t.c. revue "A Red Line Runs Through It," has filed a complaint against the storied comedy theater in Chicago al…
Casting is complete for Tracy Letts' world premiere drama "The Minutes," along with upcoming winter productions, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. Danny McCarthy and Jeff Still …
Windy City Playhouse will present a world premiere immersive theater production in February, the company announced Tuesday. "Southern Gothic," written by Leslie Liautaud and directed by Davi…
Bonnie and Clyde didn't get much respect when they tried to shoot up Broadway in December 2011. It was a crowded month: "The Visit" was opening, Kelli O'Hara was starring in "She Loves Me." …
Some people spend their whole lives dreaming about their Broadway debuts. Others make theirs before middle school. Eli Tokash is one of those lucky few. He's a 14-year-old from the Pittsburg…
As a loved one dies, funny things can happen. Anyone who has paid a vigil at a bedside can verify the veracity of the central premise of Halley Feiffer's boldly titled black comedy, "A Funny…
Friday "1984": Big Brother is watching in AstonRep Theatre Company's latest. Through Oct. 8 at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St.; 773-828-9129 and www.astonrep.com Saturday "Five Guys Named M…
Pegasus Theatre Chicago announced its 2017-18 season Monday. First up is "Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery" (Nov. 8-Dec. 10), Shay Youngblood's coming-of-age tale about a young black girl in th…
Goodman Theatre will host a public event honoring the life and legacy of the longtime Chicago actor Howard Witt, the company announced Monday. Witt is known for his Tony-nominated performan…
Not long from now, seniors in retirement homes will be head-banging to Whitesnake. A change in the menu in the dining room will risk a spontaneous chorus of "We're Not Gonna Take It," twisti…
The first of two programs in this year's Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival (through Sept. 16 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts) begins with Alicia Diaz's "Deep Listening," a due…
If you dislike the threat of audience participation " and I am not sure I have ever met any adult who feels otherwise, when sober " then what I am about to describe might well sound like a v…
"That was a great show," one audience member said hopefully to another as they walked out of the Chicago Theatre on Thursday night after the first of a sold out, four-night run of legendary …
In the wake of President Donald J. Trump's late-July announcement that transgender Americans would no longer be able to serve in the military, Illinois' U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat…
It was the winter of 2009. On the bill at the Goodman Theatre was the American premiere of "Rouw Siert Electra," a title that did not exactly roll off the tongue, even if it was Dutch for on…
TimeLine Theatre Company announced the cast of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" Thursday. "In the Next Room," the second production of TimeLine's 2017-18 season, will f…
