Pioneering dancer-actress reflects on lifetime of achievements BY HEDY WEISS
Jeni LeGon.
Jeni LeGon.
The ghosts of John Dillinger and the Lady in Red had better forget about seeing any more movies. In fact, they had better develop a taste for new plays.
For Renee Taylor, it had to be Joseph Bologna.
Interview with Ted Chapin.
"Culture Clash."
Tim Curry interview.
No need to worry if you happen to overhear actress Laurie Metcalf chanting an old nursery rhyme -- the one that goes "Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"
Lara Teeter, artistic director of the Light Opera Works since 1999, will be leaving the post at the end of August.
Was that the first time Judd has sung in public?
"Sober!" she whoops.
To understand just what distinguished the British mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers from the legions of others working in the same genre, you need look no further than the many romantic relat…
It was an exercise in total immersion for Michael Billington this past week, as the theater critic of the Guardian, the distinguished British newspaper, plunged headlong into the Chicago the…
While its title may be dryly bookish, absolutely everything else about "Theatrical Essays," the breathtaking new 90-minute work that detonates in all corners of the Steppenwolf Garage, is al…
When the League of Chicago Theatres marks its 25th anniversary on Monday night with a gala at the Goodman Theatre, the text -- to be spoken by Windy City theater alumni William Petersen and …
Note: In the May 9 issue of Sunday Showcase, theater critic Hedy Weiss reviewed several current Broadway productions, including "Caroline or Change," written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwr…
It's official. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's marathon production of "Rose Rage," inspired by the "Henry VI" plays, is headed to New York with the entire 12-man Chicago cast that performed it here this past winter moving intact.
Plus Craig Carnelia and Studs Terkel (final item).
Fifty years and several fast-moving generations of Chicago theater were represented on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage Monday night.