Wanda Sykes coming to Chicago Theatre
Comedian Wanda Sykes will return to the Chicago Theatre this spring, MSG Entertainment announced Tuesday. The Emmy-award winning stand-up comic, known from HBO's "Chris Rock Show" and FOX's …
Comedian Wanda Sykes will return to the Chicago Theatre this spring, MSG Entertainment announced Tuesday. The Emmy-award winning stand-up comic, known from HBO's "Chris Rock Show" and FOX's …
An underpowered production of Kander and Ebb's great thriller musical
FRIDAY | "Cocked": Sarah Gubbins' new play is about an anti-gun Andersonville couple forced to confront the opposing viewpoints of a surprise guest. Through March 13 at Victory Gardens Theat…
This darker and edgier interpretation of Cabaret took Sam Mendes from artistic directorship of a small London non-profit fringe theater to worldwide acclaim on Broadway and Hollywood. This t…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce its next season line-up: the Broadway musical HAMILTON, the North American tour premiere of Disney's ALADDIN, 2014 Tony Award®-Winning Best Rev…
Marc Salem lacks the bouffant coif " and the sex appeal " of David Copperfield. No matter. The grand illusion is not the 60-something Salem's shtick. The son of a rabbi and a pharmacist, Sal…
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," the profoundly moving Broadway show about an extraordinary British teenager, will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre for a three-week engage…
Broadway In Chicago has announced its next season line-up the Broadway musical HAMILTON, the North American tour premiere of Disney's ALADDIN, 2014 Tony Award-Winning Best Revival of a Music…
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," "The Bodyguard" and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" are among the lineup for Broadway In Chicago's 2016-17 season, joining the previously ann…
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," the profoundly moving Broadway show about an extraordinary British teenager, will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre for a three-week engage…
THE SILVER SCREEN IS NOT A MIRROR At three hours long, The Flick takes its"and our"time to not tell a story. Almost all atmosphere (more specifically, totally character), Annie Baker's 2014 …
THE HEART KEEPS ITS REASONS Starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, Todd Haynes' 2002 film Far From Heaven told a tale timeless as Romeo and Juliet. But its glimpse of hearts out of sync w…
PRESIDING OVER HISTORY This is a discovery-rich, impeccably presented journey through our political past: American Blues Theater's Looking Over the President's Shoulder takes audiences on an…
Flaws and all, there's an urgency and a joyous, subversive spirit throughout King Lear. Directed by the adapter, the actors are ferociously committed to the raw physicality of the piece. The…
Are you a funny woman in Chicago looking to showcase your comedy chops? Submissions are now being accepted for the 5th Annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Stage 773 announced Friday. Th…
RECOMMENDED "Welcome to Berlin," say several cast members to the young American writer arriving from Paris in search of his novel. The time is 1929 and Berlin is in the waning age of the Wei…
Stage 773 Director of Operations Jill Valentine and co-producer Liz McArthur are happy to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 5th Annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival,…
Are you a funny woman in Chicago looking to showcase your comedy chops? Submissions are now being accepted for the 5th Annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Stage 773 announced Friday. The …
FRENZY IN FEBRUARY Detonating across the Auditorium Theatre's vast stage through February 21, Joffrey Ballet's Bold Moves has more of the latter than the former stuff. But this kinetic winte…
SATURDAY | "The Flick": Annie Baker's Pulitzer-Prize winning play set in a movie theater makes its Chicago premiere. Through May 8 at Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.; 312-335-1650 a…
RECOMMENDED Can anyone listen to the uprush of that first glorious phrase in “Der Rosenkavalier” without getting goose flesh? Without feeling a joy so intense it puts one's heart…
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today casting for the remaining principal roles in its grand-scale production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, featuring Broadway stars Kate Bald…
La Voix Humaine RECOMMENDED I don't think I was the only one who observed, immediately after the curtain went up Saturday night on the first of two operas at the Harris Theater, that it was …
Still haven’t locked down your plans for the weekend? Here are some suggestions sure to ... The post The Mix " The Chicago Auto Show (and 4 more cool things to check out this weekend) …
TALLY LOW Doggedly determined to fight yesterday's battles, Nell Benjamin's chronic farce The Explorers Club manically mocks the heyday of male British explorers. Fuddy-duddy adventure seeke…