Two-time Tony Award nominee JOSHUA HENRY will lead the Chicago company of HAMILTON as Aaron Burr, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Henry, who made his Broadway debut in IN T…
The complete cast for the Chicago production of the award-winning musical has been announced.
Joshua Henry, a Broadway performer acclaimed for his role in "The Scottsboro Boys," will play Aaron Burr in this fall's Chicago production of "Hamilton," it was announced Monday. Henry made …
This Japanese version lacks the passion and darkness necessary to make this morality tale pop. The two leading ladies, Wataru Kozuki as Velma and Hikaru Asami as Roxie looked too wide-eyed …
The company's 32nd season will include three pieces; one planned production has been pushed back to its 33rd season.
One of the first live dating game shows is part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's LookOut programming.
"Welcome to the future home of Ellen Gates Starr High School," announces Albany Park Theater Project co-founder David Feiner, smiling, unable to stand still. "Whoooo!," responds a crowd of C…
Brown Paper Box Co.'s summer production of Now. Here. This. is currently up and running [...]
Casting has been announced for the production helmed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman.
Chicago Inclusion Project Founder and Producer Emjoy Gavino is pleased to announce the cast of [...]
Authorial intent should be paramount, and "We couldn't find any actors" is no longer a viable excuse.
The 300-plus young women of the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's most successful performance group, do 'Chicago' for the Lincoln Center Festival.
A MASON/DIXON CATHARSIS REPRISES ITS SUCCESS Can white trash/peckerwood/country cracker/Dixie doodles rise above their rotten roots? Byhalia, Mississippi is not just a place or a title but a…
The outdoor event will feature performances from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The King and I, Something Rotten, and more.
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the full concert line-up at the annual FREE [...]
AN EX-SLAVE BREAKS NEW CHAINS Eager to be relevant but not quite succeeding, Thomas Klingenstein's Douglass, a world premiere by the american vicarious at Theater Wit, is nonetheless a valua…
Broadway in Chicago has announced the full lineup for its annual free summer concert in Millennium Park. Newly announced performances include: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" featuring com…
 by Jerry Beal At intermission of this splendid production, I got to speak with an 87-year-old Japanese woman who first encountered Takarazuka as a little girl…
About Face Theatre is pleased to present the world premiere of AD HOC [HOME], a devised play [...]
Presented by the original New York producers, in conjunction with Chicago Theater Works, comes the return of one of Chicago's longest running, smash hit shows, TONY 'N TINA'S WEDDING, beginn…
The lure of an all-woman Japanese import of "Chicago" is hard to resist. What would such a faraway culture and ritualized gender switches make of Bob Fosse's hyper-American, deliriously unse…
Get to know the history of Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue, which is currently performing the Kander and Ebb hit Chicago in New York.
Something about tap dance feels thrillingly existential. As one intensely unplanned moment follows another, the synergy of dance and music seems beyond control, like a wind that blows strong…
The legendary Japanese musical-theater company takes on a Broadway classic.
Underscore Theatre Company, in association with Harborside Films, is pleased to present the Chicago premiere [...]