THE ULTIMATE 'PROOF OF PAIN' "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." He certainly doth in the Book of Job. In this brief but telling chronicle, a catalogue of catastrophes is visited on …
Broadway In Chicago, Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions are delighted to announce the return of [...]
More than 90 Chicago artists will receive grants Monday at the 10th annual 3Arts Awards, a yearly celebration held by the Chicago-based nonprofit organization that advocates for artists of c…
WEBBER RETURNS TO HIS ROCKIN’ ROOTS "Out of the guitars of babes": The 2003 film was a four-star charmer: Jack Black, a screen actor with the chops to be richly ordinary, depicte…
CHICAGO on Broadway took to social media to celebrate the launch of iPhone X and it's new animated emoji feature by creating an emoji tribute to the 'Cell Block Tango.'
START THE PRESSES! Imagine the Hardy Boys times ten or Nancy Drew's crew times five and you're still not close to Newsies, perpetual motion in a blast from the past. Never before witnesse…
The second installment of Lyric's Ring Cycle stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the first.
The show continues through November 30.
"Medea: The Musical" sounds more like a "Forbidden Broadway" parody than a serious endeavor. Murderous moms " even ones that killed their brother for their husbands, forsook their exotic hom…
HOME HEALING FOR BROKEN DREAMERS How much "home" can first-generation Americans abandon in order to make a new one? Acculturation, assimilation, adjustment"they're not necessary evils but th…
Virago is a term typically used to describe women " heroic, strong and courageous to some; shrewd and overbearing to others. In either interpretation, the word implies a transgression of gen…
Tavis Smiley will bring "Death of A King: A Live Theatrical Experience" to Chicago in January, it was announced Tuesday. Based on Smiley's best-selling book, "Death of A King" combines live …
FREAK OUT Comedy writers have complained about the challenge of writing jokes during the Trump administration. There’s too much material. And the breakneck pace of news, scandals and c…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will make an appearance in Chicago at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, it was announced Monday. The "Hamilton" creator is slated to speak at 11 a.m. W…
Leigh Zimmerman will take the stand as Broadway's Velma Kelly in Chicago beginning on October 30. The Olivier winner and original cast member is replacing Amra-Faye Wright in the ro…
The Olivier Award winner was in the original cast of the Broadway revival and has played Velma once before.
Leigh Zimmerman steps into the role of Velma Kelly.
"Loving Vincent" is being screened at Music Box Theatre, Chicago.The film is unique as it is a feature film made out of paintings. The first of-its-kind! Hugh Welchman and Dorota Kobiela are…
The program boasts footage of the civil rights leader, narration by Smiley and musical compositions by pianist Marcus Roberts.
WEISS: When you combine a New Orleans/voodoo vibe with cutthroat Chicago politics, the mix of passion, betrayal and corruption is irresistible.
VENGEANCE STALKS THE CENTURIES, ORÂ DO DO THAT VOODOO It's a (forced) marriage made in musicals. You don't immediately think of Marie Laveau and Medea as soul sisters with a common cause: …
Join Chicago Theatre Workshop tonight, October 28th, for their Fall benefit featuring Seth Rudetsky in his one-man show Deconstructing Broadway.
A look at how a handful of theater companies, performance troupes and community organizations are decentralizing narratives about where theater happens in Chicago.
THE SPARK OF LOVE, OR CURRENT EVENTS Sarah Ruhl's 2006 drama In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play ruefully wonders whether sex can be turned on like a light bulb. Or is love the best…
"I was totally idolizing these guys."