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"Big Fish" is a show about familial love and its capacity to make our exits less painful. This production often it complicates everything needlessly.
The nominations are in for the most recent season of theater productions by Chicago's non-union theaters.
"Andy Warhol in Iran" imagines a scenario wherein Warhol encounters a young Iranian revolutionary, who plans to kidnap the famous face of pop art.
How truly wonderful it is to see major international theater return to Chicago after the pandemic disruption.
Gretel is the emotional heart of the story and soprano Heidi Stober knows just what to do.
Officials expect the subscriber list to keep growing at the downtown Aurora theater.
Aszure Barton's appointment follows a long vacancy after resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's departure in 2018.
Christina Anderson's new play "the ripple, the wave, that carried me home," makes a richly worded argument that segregated swimming had an especially pernicious history.
Satchmo is coming to town in the fall. "A Wonderful World" will have the songs and story of Louis Armstrong.
Paramount Theatre's 2023-2024 season includes four musicals for its Broadway Series and three shows for its BOLD Series at the Copley Theatre.
Chicago's big, ongoing festival presents an excellent opportunity to sample a vast range of artistry from around the world. Not just for kids.
There's so much that's new in this fresh Chicago production, and "Cabaret" is a musical that has taken some notably different directions before.
Also from now through early spring: Adam Sandler at the United Center and worth shows at the Den Theatre.
On a gray January night in Chicago, is there any harm in rolling the dice on hearing such songs as "Nowadays" and "I Am My Own Best Friend?" What were you doing otherwise?
We spoke with playwright Christina Anderson and star Christiana Clark about what they want us to see in the work.
This musical is a show to which Chicago's young theater artists long have related.
You get an original "Golden Girls" story that employs characters, famous bits and timeless schtick from the TV show from three decades ago.
Now when he walks out on stage there's a standing ovation, then the room grows unsettled, more awkward than expectant. He tries to get in front of this.
The Chicago Magic Lounge has been one of the most notable success stories of late on Chicago's live entertainment scene.
There's a brand new Brontë show at Lookingglass Theatre, another on Navy Pier, Austin Pendleton directing at Steppenwolf and a downtown "Les Miz" for starters.
Recipients include Black Ensemble Theater, the MCA, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance and the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance.
Broadway's typically slower winter season is set to be even quieter than normal, with only one production currently slated to open.
Highlights include shows by Step Afrika!, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Hamburg Ballet's "The Glass Menagerie."
In the last weeks of 2022, failed Broadway shows seemed to stack up one after another.
Frank Galati, a pivotal figure in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, and an ensemble member at both the Steppenwo…
