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The opening night of Lyric Opera's "Tosca," the Giacomo Puccini opera set as the Neapolitans abandoned Rome, began with the Ukrainian national anthem.
Upcoming comedy shows in Chicago include Tig Notaro, River Butcher and Tim Meadows, as well as the new World Comedy Expo festival.
"Passage" is an earnest thought experiment, not exactly in sync with the moment.
In another sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall.
What if life on other planets does not resemble little green aliens so much as our consciousness?
The shows include the Chicago premiere of "At the Vanishing Point," the radio drama "Mud City" and the world premiere of "The Locusts."
The story of Henrik Ibsen's play involves a married woman, Ellida (Chaon Cross), who grew up near the sea but now lives in a dull place with her boring husband.
Artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell said her vision is focused on "reconnecting with Hubbard Street's audiences."
I'd say that "Hadestown," for all of its emphasis on delivering a New Orleans-style good time to its audience, is not so much thrilling now as chilling.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Chicago is like a phoenix rising from the ashes " then taking us to church with 'Mass' and 'Revelations'
Rajiv Joseph's "King James" at Steppenwolf revolves around the legendary basketball player and Leon is certain the show is destined for New York.
This will be the first time this musical has played in Chicago and you have less than two weeks to catch it " what exactly is this show again?
TimeLine Theatre Company's recent, sold-out production of "Relentless" will get a new downtown run.
By the time Gaines exits, likely at the end of 2022, almost all of the major Chicago-area theaters will have new artistic leadership.
ZinZanni's "Wishes and Dreams" will be an important attraction as visitors return to Chicago. What I admire the most, I think, is how big a show the relatively small cast always delivers.
Larry Neumann Jr., a gruff, gritty Chicago actor widely regarded as quintessential, died Feb. 23 at the age of 62.
Akram Khan's new ballet features Jeffrey Cirio as the central character Creature. It is unclear if Creature is a man, a monster or some hybrid of the two.
The theater group known for socially conscious work is staging the first-known dramatization of the actual text from the monumental Mississippi case.
It's hard to overestimate how powerfully a musical set in Gander, Canada, connected with a Chicago audience Wednesday night.
When I first reviewed Mary Zimmerman's "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" " gulp, some 19 years ago " it felt like witnessing a Chicago theater revolution.
While the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire's production of "West Side Story" is not heavy on concept or the unexpected, some may still live, feel and believe it.
The work homes in on the homosexuality of silent film stars Ramon Novarro and William Haines and argues that once Hollywood adopted the Hays Production Code in 1930, their careers were esse…
An unstinting performer dedicated to truth on stage, Thebus had many performances; she continued to work in the Chicago theater well into her 80s.
Fans of Felicia P. Fields can well imagine the fun the Chicago star has with lyrics like "You always ready every time that I call / What I like about you, you never stall."
The company, known for its long-running production "That's Weird, Grandma" that used professional actors and crew to celebrate the creative writing of students in Chicago Public Schools on s…
