Where does Margaret Atwood meet Jimmy Buffett and Tracy Letts cast glances at "Five Guys Named Moe"? The fall season of Chicago theater, of course. With a nod also to director Ivo van Hove a…
Julie Taymor. Amy Schumer. Steve Martin. Uma Thurman. Bruce Springsteen. Keegan Michael-Key. SpongeBob SquarePants. The stars " experienced and debutante, human and poriferan " are out on Br…
The Tony Award-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen" will be coming to Chicago as part of its 2018-19 national tour, Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday. The news means we will not get our o…
Last year Just Nesh " a Chicago comic whose given name is Taneshia Rice " appeared on Kevin Hart's "Hart of the City," a show where Hart " a comedy juggernaut " checks out the local stand-up…
From local legends (Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher) to legend-legends (Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin), here are our top 10 comedy shows not to miss this fall. Jo Koy Jo Koy had been workin…
The National Theatre production of Tony Kushner's vaunted American fantasia, "Angels in America," is to move to Broadway in the spring, it was announced Thursday morning. The British product…
Conversations about a Hip Hop Studies minor at Columbia College Chicago began about three years ago, as choreographer and educator Onye Ozuzu was transitioning from chair of the dance depart…
While some excellent tours are rolling into town this season, the fall months are primarily reserved for homegrown dance. Especially exciting are two unique, not-to-be-repeated events highli…
It's fall. Like every year " and, as a loyal reader will understand, there have been a few " I'm looking for something smart, new, risky and exciting. Ideally something like that to see ever…
Four performing arts students have been awarded college scholarships from a fund honoring Bernie G. Yvon, the longtime Chicago actor who died in an automobile accident in 2014. This year's r…
Theater Wit announced complete casting for its 2017-18 season Wednesday. As previously announced, Alex Weisman, soon to make his Broadway debut in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," will s…
Underscore Theatre Company announced its 2017-18 season Wednesday. "Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody)" (Oct. 13-Nov. 19), featuring book, music and lyrics by Preston M. All…
Conor McPherson's work shows up regularly on Chicago stages. So it's puzzling that his 2011 play, "The Veil," has been missing until now. However, Idle Muse Theatre Company's staging " the M…
The north suburban Northlight Theatre plans to return to Evanston, the city of its birth, in a spectacular way: as the street-level centerpiece of a shimmering-rise, 37-story development rep…
Ellen Chenoweth has been named the interim director of the Dance Presenting Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, it was announced Tuesday. Chenoweth, who is currently the …
The MCL Chicago comedy theater will cease operations effective March 1, management announced Tuesday. Full programming will continue through Jan. 31. MCL Chicago was founded in 2014, when th…
Marie Casimir was still the associate director of Links Hall when she and Steve Marquette conceived the first Instigation Festival in 2016, a joint venture to create a cultural exchange betw…
Steep Theatre announced the cast of Ayad Akhtar's "The Invisible Hand" Tuesday. The season opener, a political thriller about an American banker taken hostage, will star Owais Ahmed, Anand B…
Friday "The American Mercy Tour": Michael Milligan stars in his two one-act plays about American healthcare. Through Oct. 8 at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-404-7336 a…
This week's Showcase features a song from the rock musical "Hair," now playing at the Mercury Theater. Michelle Lauto, who stars as the second-semester NYU protestor Sheila, sings "Easy to B…
Northwest Indiana's Theatre at the Center announced the complete cast of "Big River" Friday. James Romney and Jonathan Butler-Duplessis will star as Huck and Jim, respectively. Romney will…
Leaning comfortably on the mic stand with her right hip stuck out and her left knee bent, comedian Laurie Kilmartin surveyed the Thursday night crowd at Zanies, sizing the audience up anew a…
"Fragile," said the rigid mailer. "Do not bend." Inside was a note and a carefully preserved booklet with a woman's silhouette as the only cover image. "Enclosed is a very old playbill we fo…
As you may recall from the 1992 Nicolas Cage movie, the retro Broadway musical adaptation "Honeymoon in Vegas" is based on the following premise. Fearing the ghost of his dead mother, Jack f…
Wishes have been granted by a genie and a magic carpet has flown for months at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the national touring production of Disney's "Aladdin" has brought…