In the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
In the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
WHEN LIFE IMITATES OPERA Life imitates opera: Concluding Eclipse Theatre Company's season-long retrospective of oeuvres by Terrence McNally (Lips Together, Teeth Apart and A Perfect Ga…
The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 28th annual, and final, presentation of Robert Joffrey's THE NUTCRACKER, Chicago's most popular holiday tradition, in a 24-performance engagement at the Aud…
RECOMMENDED Going into a show entitled "The Thanksgiving Circumcision" gives one a certain set of expectations. Most of those are that the show will be comprised primarily of cheap, one-line…
FALLING IN LOVE WITH LAUGHS AND LEAPS Sadly a review of record, but this experimental, eclectic mash-up from Chicago looks to have a life beyond its short runs in the cities of wind and ange…
The city of Chicago’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24 ... The post Renee Fleming, Danielle de Niese headline Chicago’s Christmas tree ligh…
Dr. Harlan W. Haimes was the audience member every actor dreamed of having at a show. He didn't just love the theater; he understood what was involved in the art of performing and he admired…
Harlan W. Haimes, a periodontist in Northbrook for 40 years, a past president of the Illinois Society of Periodontists, and, with his wife Susan, an indefatigable supporter of Chicago-are…
You know who's always ready for more jazz hands? Dancing with the Stars peeps, that's who! Mark Ballas, Bindi Irwin, Alexa PenaVega and Derek Hough had a huge helping of jazz hands a…
Six major Chicago cultural institutions have been named the recipients of 2015 "IncentOvate" grants - competitive awards totaling $400,000 that are designed to underwrite the creation of ne…
Chicago's Profiles Theatre presents Will Kern’s Hellcab for the fourth season in a row, beginning Nov. 6. First produced in Chicago in 1992 and playing for over nine years, it …
A HALF CENTURY OF HOOFING After 50 years of high-impact dancing, it's worth taking a five-city victory lap. Twyla Tharp's troupe, featured at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre this weekend, is of…
Broadway In Chicago and Chicago-based independent coffee roaster Bow Truss Coffee are thrilled to debut the new Broadway In Chicago Blend created by Bow Truss Coffee Roasters. The Broadw…
This is a sophisticated and inventive production that will charm children and adults in equal measure. Much of the innovation comes from the trunk show and musical sensibilities at the core.…
"Four Women: Josephine, Eartha, Nina, and Tina," the special musical production created for the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival, was a one-night-only event, presented Nov. 2 at the Francis …
FRIDAY | "My Soul's Shadow": Manual Cinema presents a shadow puppet installation based on the life and poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Through Nov. 8 at Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St…
FRIDAY | "My Soul's Shadow": Manual Cinema presents a shadow puppet installation based on the life and poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Through Nov. 8 at Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St…
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events today announced the 2016 dates for festivals ... The post City of Chicago announces 2016 festival dates appeared first on Chicago Entert…
The World Premiere of Unspeakable, a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor, will play its final performance on November 8, 2015 at the Broadway Playhouse at …
Disney Theatrical Productions has announced an open casting call across North America for its current and future productions of the award-winning musicals Aladdin and The Lion King. Casting …
Olympian Caitlyn Jenner will serve as the keynote speaker for the 7th annual Chicago House Speaker Series luncheon, being held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan…
The Goodman Theatre's festival of new works brings plays to their feet and makes sure that the work leaves with legs.
BroadwayWorld is excited to report thatDisney Theatrical Productions will be holding an open casting call across North America for its current and future productions of the award-winning mus…
WHAT'S UP WITH WOZZECK? Alban Berg's Wozzeck must have been quite shocking in 1925 at its first public performance in Berlin. Why? Musically, it's regarded as the first opera in the 20th-cen…