Without a doubt, Irish Theatre's *Spinning* is a compelling, emotional parable. The show's acting is hypnotic, but unfortunately the script comes across flat and predictable at times. If Pla…
SUBVERSION, DISRUPTION"AND PRETENSION Caught is just what Gertrude Stein said of Oakland: "When you get there, there's no there there." A series of metaphysical jokes played on the audience,…
Irish Theatre of Chicago concludes its 2015-16 Season with the U.S premiere of Deirdre Kinahan's probing drama SPINNING, directed by Joanie [...]
Today in 1975, Chicago opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 936 performances. Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, with music is…
By Michael Workman “Rapid Pulse,” the international performance art festival conceived by Joseph Ravens, director of Defibrillator Gallery, enters its fifth year this June. We ta…
CAPTIVATING VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF LOVE What a feat happens seven times a week in Steppenwolf's upstairs theater! Usually critics tell you to take their words for what they saw–but t…
A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season, including two Chicago premieres. Opening the season is Harold Pinter's first play, "The Room," to be directed by Dado. Featuring Kir…
With the stand-up specials he's already put out, the late-night shows he's written for and the Emmy-winning TV show "Louie" that he writes, directs, edits, executive produces and stars in, i…
What does one do when offered a starring role in "The Untitled Tina Landau Project" during their second year of college? Say yes and dive right in, if you're Ethan Slater. "I applied for an …
A RECIPE FOR BETTERÂ THEATER It's no accident that this bold play, the latest offering from Northwestern University professor Rebecca Gilman, happens in Wisconsin circa 1976. The story of …
Chicago will soon have a new mid-day nosh meeting place as Raised, An Urban Rooftop [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the silver-tongued prince of the courtroom, the one, the only...Jaime Camil! See the Jane the Virgin star talk about why he's over the moon about steppin…
Chicago Human Rhythm Project's performance series "Stomping Grounds" is wrapping up with a grand-finale performance at the Auditorium Theatre June 4, in which five of the six participating c…
Chicago's latest Billy Flynn is here! Jane the Virgin star Jaime Camil took his first Broadway bow in the role on May 31. Stepping in for Ryan Silverman, Camil will rake on the role of r…
The Jane the Virgin star takes on the Kander and Ebb classic.
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musicalChicagojust welcomed Latin sensation amp 'Jane the Virgin' starJaime Camilto its cast, marking his return to Broadw…
The Kander and Ebb musical's newest Billy Flynn is long overdue for his first Broadway musical.
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that back by popular demand, Kinky Boots, the smash-hit [...]
Rebecca Gilman reunites with Robert Falls at The Goodman Theatre.
Basically a tap-dance rehearsal is a matter of seeing, hearing and doing, its nuts and bolts the rhythms the feet make and the shapes the body takes. But watching choreographer Lane Alexande…
MAMMA MIA, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, will hold an open call casting search for the roles of Donna and Sam as it embarks on its National Farewell Tour. If you love ABB…