American Players Theatre (APT), the outdoor classical theater of Wisconsin, has announced its 37th summer festival season. The lineup includes the work of prominent Chicago directors Derrick…
American Players Theatre (APT), the outdoor classical theater of Wisconsin, has announced its 37th summer festival season. The lineup includes the work of prominent Chicago directors Derrick…
Disney Theatrical Productions and Broadway In Chicago proudly announce that Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical, will launch its North American tour in Chicago. The 12-week engagement b…
Broadway In Chicago and The SpongeBob Musical are thrilled to announce casting for the Chicago engagement. Ethan Slater will make his Chicago debut in the role of the iconic SpongeBob Sq…
Disney Theatrical Productions and Broadway In Chicago proudly announce that Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical, will launch its North American tour in Chicago. The 12-week engagement b…
STAGNANT STAGING AND CRAZY COSTUMES, BUT THEÂ CAST AND CHORUS CAPTIVATE There's a good reason why Verdi's operas are typically described as "grand opera." They're big and bold, requiring m…
The Midwest better make way for Prince Ali! A flying carpet, vicious villains and a genie who will grant just about anything you wish for is headed to the Windy City in 2017. Chicago has …
The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Aladdin” will kick off its new North American tour in ... The post ‘Aladdin’ to launch 2017 North American tour in Chicago ap…
The season explores American ideals and adheres to the theatre's mission to engage with the community.
Another hit Broadway show is headed to Chicago for an extended run " this time it's Disney's "Aladdin," a hugely popular attraction in New York that routinely finishes third in the list of w…
Disney Theatrical Productions has announced that Aladdin will launch its North American tour in Chicago. The 12-week engagement begins performances at Broadway in Chicago's Cadillac Palace T…
Another hit Broadway show is headed to Chicago for an extended run " this time it's Disney's "Aladdin," a hugely popular attraction in New York that routinely finishes third in the list of w…
FRIDAY | "Mothers and Sons": In Terrence McNally's play, a mother visits her deceased son's partner and is confronted with the changing definition of family. Through Feb. 27 at Northlight Th…
Tuesday, February 2, 5:30 - 9:30 PMSteep Theatre, 1115 W. BerwynWHAT: Continuing on the NET National Listening Tour, Executive Director Alisha Tonsic, will meet in Chicago with ensemble prac…
The SpongeBob Musicaljust announced casting for the Chicago engagement.Ethan Slaterwill make his Chicago debut in the role of the iconic SpongeBob Squarepants andLilli Cooperwill play Sponge…
RECOMMENDED "Nabucco" established Verdi's preeminence as an operatic composer not only with its winding melodies and passionate declamations but because it struck a nerve with a populace emb…
THE DESCENT OF MAN AS DRAMA Another incendiary offering from Oracle Productions, Monty Cole's bold take on Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape is pugilistic and powerful. In his athletic tour-de-…
COMMITMENT CRISES FUEL A CRACKLING COMEDY Many, many gay plays since Stonewall have pitted fidelity against promiscuity, love against sex, and, nowadays, marriage against friendship. Same-se…
EVERYTHING'S FINE IN '59 It's as welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring: A cascading, minute-by-minute hit, Bye Bye Birdie is a showcase for happiness even as it merrily mocks the…
LEARNING TO BE LOVED The past clashes with the future in Dominique Morisseau's Sunset Baby, a drama more of reckoning than reconciliation. Despite her rage at the father she thinks desert…
FRIDAY | "Le Switch": About Face Theatre presents Philip Dawkins' romance about a commitment-shy gay man and a florist who sweeps him off his feet. Through Feb. 21 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Be…
Shakespeare 400 Chicago  announces today the festival line-up for 2016, featuring 850 events on stages and in museums, restaurants, parks, schools and neighborhoods across Chicag…
The League of Chicago Theatres is now accepting applications for the 2016 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theater Award. The recipient of the award receives $5,000, a consultation and marketing…
The catalog for Shakespeare 400 Chicago is officially out now, both online and in print. As festival producer Doreen Sayegh promised when I talked to her the other day, it is, indeed, possib…
The Bard is backShakespeare 400 Chicagotoday announcedthe festival line-up for 2016, featuring 850 events on stages and in museums, restaurants, parks, schools and neighborhoods across Chica…