Broadway in Chicago said Monday that touring productions of "An American in Paris" and "Les Miserables" will play Chicago as part of its upcoming 2017 subscription season. "An American in Pa…
She's starting with a bang! Veronica Dunne begins performances as Roxie Hart in Chicago on October 17. The Disney star makes her Broadway debut as the leading lady during the Tony-winnin…
A POLITICAL PROKOFIEV BRINGS R & J CLOSER TO HOME It's been over two years since its Joffrey Ballet"and U.S.–premiere. The Chicago troupe's updated version of Prokofiev's Romeo …
In musical terms, it's a definite winner
Broadway's Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Broadway's Record-Breaking hit musical Chicago, Sony Music has released the first ever vinyl edition of the Gold-Certified, Grammy Award-winning 1996 N…
Sony Music has released a vinyl edition of the Grammy-winning 1996 cast recording.
The Grafting Project at Chicago Dramatists is part of our effort to promote Resident Playwrights and collaborate with peer organizations. Theatrical organizations interested in producing a p…
"The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady" has found that Chicago loves it not. Last call for "Cheers Live On Stage" is Sunday. "Helldrivers of Daytona" played all of one…
The tale of murder, deception and glamour is played out against the backdrop of Cook County Jail, where dazzling black costumes and stage lights replace orange jumpsuits and jail bars. The m…
THE MONARCH OF MAKE BELIEVE The Truman Show or The Matrix have nothing on Luigi Pirandello's puzzle play Henry IV, a double-edged blast from the past (both 1921, its inception, and the 11th …
The Jimmy Buffett musical is bringing Margaritaville to Chicago. The Broadway-aimed Escape to Margaritaville will play the Windy City’s Oriental Theatre next fall, with performances be…
Broadway In Chicago and Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman and Beth Williams announced today that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of legendary s…
The musical parody, which was seen Off-Broadway, becomes the third show to close early in the Chicago scene.
Attention Parrotheads! Next fall, Chicago will see the pre-Broadway tryout of "Escape to Margaritaville," the new musical celebrating the mellow musical catalog of Jimmy Buffett, the phenome…
GUMSHOE GLORY It's not as original a burlesque of film noir as City of Angels, but in less than 90 minutes Wicked City, a musical parody by bookwriter/lyricist Chad Beauelin and com…
Looks like the cast and crew of HAMILTON will have to wait a bit before they take their shot --at least when it comes to the BroadwayWorld Chicago 2016 Awards.
"Cheers Live on Stage" closed its Chicago run early, playing its final performance to an audience who know everybody's names on Sunday. Tribune critic Chris Jones gave the production 3 stars…
THE PARTY IS NOT OVER Whether the words flowed from the terrific team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the prolific and dynamic Sammy Cahn, or a very young Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne was …
The practice of “whitewashing” or replacing characters of color with white actors has made headlines lately, and for good reason. We are well into the 21st century and this discr…
If Chicago school teachers walk out, students can walk into the Lookingglass Theatre.
I only saw the inside of the Chicago police station at the southwest corner of Racine Avenue and Monroe Street once. It was 1993. I was living a couple of blocks away in a very different Wes…