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The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching the pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 season for the fewest since 14 in strike-shortene…
Timeline of the musical "Hamilton," from creator Lin-Manuel Miranda reading Ron Chernow's 2004 book to the recording-breaking Broadway musical. It comes full circle in Chicago in 2019, where…
In a boost for the fall fortunes of the Loop's entertainment district, the hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical "Hamilton" is returning to Chicago this fall.
Newly renamed and the lobby renovated, the Athenaeum, owned by the neighboring St. Alphonsus parish, has moved toward more religious programming and keeps closer watch on the shows being sta…
The intent here, I think, is to universalize the story of the young Englishwoman in France, and not worry unduly about the original cultural specifics.
The creepy thriller by Levi Holloway that premiered in 2019 in Chicago will open on Broadway in May.
Caryl Churchill's play focuses on the rural inhabitants, especially the local women, who have to fight not only their corporate overlords but the sanctions of their own community.
The lobby of the Cadillac Palace was abuzz at intermission with the remarkable vocal prowess of this touring cast.
In 1940, the actress Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind," becoming the first Black actor to have been nominated for, or to win, an Oscar.
On arriving at the Lyric Opera House, Joffrey Ballet audiences encountered about 50 protesters standing beneath the Lyric's portico on Wednesday, forming a circle around the lobby doors.
"Some of the best tap dance that's ever been tap danced is being tap danced right now," said Mark Yonally, artistic director of CTT.
Coming in the fall, the musical will be directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, who long has favored Chicago as his tryout city.
The 2023-24 season includes a world premiere musical with music and lyrics by Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes.
Steven Sondheim's beautiful musical offers resonances wherever you may be on life's journey.
Most people going to the Cadillac Palace Theatre over the next three weeks will not be heading to the barricades for the first time. And they want their show as they remember it.
The cool thing about Sharr White's intriguing and rather haunting Broadway play "Pictures From Home" is that it actually gives the family enough ammunition to fight back.
"Alaiyo" is billed as a choreopoem, a loosely defined genre often incorporates elements of poetry, dance and music.
Lyric Opera of Chicago's world premiere of "The Factotum" is a hit in the city where it's set. This is "The Barber of Seville" meets "The Barbershop."
"Toni Stone" bursts with the joys of life, even as it notes the racist perils of the era.
The Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-winning play is a big "get" for the theater, which is partnering with Broadway in Chicago.
"What I would like to be remembered for is for bringing joy to our patrons and to our actors and directors and designers," said executive director David Rice.
Is there anything more fun than an opening night for "A Chorus Line?" When the curtain rose Friday night on a stage packed with dancers, the place erupted.
"The Factotum" is a civic statement by Lyric Opera, an organization finally embracing locality as well as its long-standing leadership of international opera.
After more than 25 years in residence at the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, First Folio Theatre is closing on Feb. 26.
This pull-no-punches play was written from the inside and if Shattered Globe can find a way to get the word out to Northwestern's Greek Row, they'll pack their theater.
