Razzle Not-So Dazzle: A Review of "Chicago" at Broadway in Chicago
Flashy lawyer Billy Flynn, cell matron Mama Morton, headline grabbers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly all need to grab our attention and not let go.
Flashy lawyer Billy Flynn, cell matron Mama Morton, headline grabbers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly all need to grab our attention and not let go.
Chicago Opera Theater began as a handful of vocal students of company founder Alan Stone. It was formed by Stone to give his students actual performance practice and experience. Stone's dec…
The work is a semi-autobiographical account of the life of its creator, Jonathan Larson, set between two major life events, the flop of his 1984 show "Superbia" and the success of his posthu…
Theatre EVOLVE presents an endearing coming of age tale set in the former Soviet Union that features music spanning the entirety of the Cold War.
The festival"the only one of its kind in the United States"is in its fifth iteration and has already put Chicago on the map as a destination for the most inventive live performance on the pl…
Like ocean waves, the moods in "Things Hidden" are ever-shifting, a kaleidoscope of ideas that remain stuck on the tip of the tongue.
The spirit of art on our stages is undaunted, the quality of work unsurpassed.
The spirit of art on our stages is undaunted, the quality of work unsurpassed.
The spirit of art on our stages is undaunted, the quality of work unsurpassed.
The spirit of art on our stages is undaunted, the quality of work unsurpassed.
The spirit of art on our stages is undaunted, the quality of work unsurpassed.
The new year kicks off with gusto, with opera, performance and theater both local and global.
Polyrhythmic percussive dance!
Now the new executive director of the League of Chicago Theatres, Ford's love of the theater shines on in a unique way.
Although performed often as a play, the ostensible equality of women to men in modern-day society justifies every recurrence.
This is a tale of Hershel of Ostropol and his battle against supernatural demons. But, it's a fun, energetic show fit for the whole family.
Manual Cinema's amalgamation of puppetry, mixed between shadow and light, is the perfect homage to this beloved Victorian ghost story.
Politicians and prostitutes collide and expect to see references to line dance, praise dance, honky-tonk high-kicking, Broadway classics (in-the-trenches) and tap dancing.
Set in a mundane suburban middle-class home in Texas, the focus is around two sisters, who are, as the title suggests, both bald, but for very different reasons.
The forces needed for "White Christmas" are large. "There are six main characters," says Roger Bingaman, "but there's an ensemble of twenty-nine. There is tap dancing galore."
It's not like any other musical you are likely to see. Its clever and well-crafted songs are upbeat, life-affirming and move the action forward. The characters, however, inhabit a dark, post…
Most of the evening is devoted to circus-style acts performed to Christmas music.
What makes this show a roaring good time is the high level of detail put into the characterizations of each Girl, each actor has crafted their Girl to perfection.
Black Girls Dance is a project designed to open doors for talented, hard-working, and often overlooked young women of color to pursue dance careers.
Four couples have gathered together for a weekend retreat designed to strengthen their marriages and reset their moral and spiritual compasses, under the soothing, cliché-laden guidance of …