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"Not in a million years" did Abby Mueller ever think she'd star in "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical," the hit Broadway musical for which her sister, Jessie, won a Tony Award. Then she wa…
Single tickets for the return of “The Book of Mormon” will go on sale Nov. ...
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Monica Raymund, who plays paramedic-turned-firefighter Gabriella Dawson on “Chicago Fire,” is settling into the city’s ...
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It is not very often that a character on stage is so real, so bereft, and so lonely that you just want to jump out of your seat and give him a consoling hug. But Eddie, the central character…
​1.. MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAYS​ The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival is set for Nov. 21 along North ...
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The winners of The Black Theater Alliance Awards (BTAA) for productions of the 2014-15 season were announced Monday, Nov. 16 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. The Black Ensemble Thea…
Shakespeare 400 Chicago, the yearlong international festival that will run throughout 2016, and is designed to commemorate the four hundred years since Shakespeare's death in 1616, has annou…
Sure, it's a utopian fantasy. But who wouldn't cheer for a man who has avoided paying taxes for decades, who ditched his deadening job in favor of happiness, and who has somehow managed to c…
Actor and singer James Maslow, starring in the new “Sherlock Holmes” production opening Tuesday (and ...
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Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame on ...
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It is no accident that choreographer Gordon Peirce Schmidt has a fascination with gypsies. As he explains it, at least one of the reasons behind the creation of his latest full-length contem…
These days John Logan is best known for his screenplays for the James Bond movies "Skyfall" and "Spectre," the television series "Penny Dreadful," and his 2010 Tony Award-winning play, "Red,…
By Kyle MacMillan | For the Sun-Times A ridiculously rich widow and loads of suitors. ...
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Court Theatre's stark but scorching new production of Aeschylus' "Agamemnon" - the second in a trilogy of plays translated with clarity and poetry by Nicholas Rudall, directed with sinewy pr…
In what might signal the real start of Anna D. Shapiro's rein as the new artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre, the company has announced that Polly Hubbard will become the theater's new …
Is playwright Thomas Bradshaw just plying us with sex-race-and status porn, and getting himself declared an important transgressive artist in the bargain?
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A big citywide celebration is planned in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
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Coming to the Goodman Theatre: "War Paint," a new musical about cosmetic titan Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole starring.
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The Goodman Theatre production of "Wonderful Town" has been rescheduled for Fall 2016.
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Compiled by Selena Fragassi | For the Sun-Times O, Christmas Tree! In case you didn't ...
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By the time Robert Joffrey's production of "The Nutcracker" was ready for its world premiere in December, 1987, there was as much (if not more) drama going on behind the scenes as there was …
The Goodman Theatre's Latino Theatre Celebration and its two related productions are taking shape.
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Broadway's Susan Stroman ("The Producers," Young Frankenstein") is directing and choreographing the Franz Lehar operetta "The Merry Widow" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago - a remount of the pr…
On the Wednesday episode of Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, Justin Bieber announced that he will embark on a world tour next year " in support of his new "Purpose" album, being released Friday.
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For veteran Chicago actress Penelope Walker, spreading Christmas cheer (with a little bit of holiday stage ...
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