This is just the second year for "A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol," the seasonal attraction at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, featuring Chicago's Q Brothers, whose core brand involves taking cla…
Thodos Dance Chicago will kick off the Auditorium Theatre's 125th anniversary "Made in Chicago" dance series with a program of works that in one way or another are deeply rooted in this city…
Chicago celebrated a momentous milestone on November 23, 2014— the Tony-winning revival has officially surpassed Cats as the second longest-running Broadway musical of all time! Click …
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 First Floor Theater (FFT) is thrilled to continue their third season with the Chicago Premiere of EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM, playwright A. Rey Pamatmat‘s d…
SCROOGE GETS RAPPED These eighty glorious minutes of boom-box beats get into your blood and bones"and inevitably they reach the heart. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's latest "ad-rap-tation" fr…
CURSES! SAVED AGAIN! Thanksgiving hasn't happened but, yes, it's time for the 37th second coming of Goodman Theatre's beloved cash cow. A Christmas Carol remains their venerable, popular and…
On Nov. 23 at 7 PM, the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago played its 7,486th performance, surpassing Cats to become the second longest-running show in Broadway histor…
On November 23, Chicago surpassed Cats and became the second longest-running show in Broadway history. The evening’s performance featured cameos by a slew of alums from the Tony-winnin…
RECOMMENDED Adler and Sullivan's dazzling landmark Auditorium Theatre turns 125 this year, and part of the celebratory programming is a welcome "Made in Chicago" music and dance series. M…
CHICAGO celebrated its 7,486th performance with special guests and became the 2nd longest running Broadway show in history on November 23, 2014.
On Sunday, November 23 7 p.m., in a celebratory landmark performance, the company of Broadway's record-breaking hit musical CHICAGO welcomed back its four original stars -- Tony Award winner…
It was almost like no time had passed as original stars of the CHICAGO revival Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth took part in the show's mega-celebration last night by reprising 'Nowadays'.
The musical also welcomed a host of other alums to mark the milestone occasion.
                                    By: Sabrina GordinOn Nov. 23, 2014 at 7PM, th…
MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY It begins with a woman taking a bath. The lighting is low and there are dozens of candles spread about the set. She slowly gets up and dries off, donning a linen s…
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER MADE BETTERER AND BETTERER A signature work ripe for revival, the eponymous Lookingglass Alice is back for the holidays and New Year, brilliantly tricked-up with the …
Today, the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's hit musical Chicago will become Broadway's second longest-running show, right behind THE PHANT…
With a sexy Bob Fosse move to a saucy Kander and Ebb showtune, the musical "Chicago" become the second longest-running show on Broadway.
Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, Joel Grey, and Ann Reinking will celebrate by making cameos in tonight's show.
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On Nov. 23 at 7 PM, the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago plays its 7,486th performance, surpassing Cats to become the second longest-running show in Broadway history.
LYRIC DOES THE BESS THAT IT CAN After two outings to Spain (Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore) and one to Paris (Capriccio), Lyric Opera is bringing audiences something homegrown, composed by an…
An unmissable American classic! By the end of Lyric's Porgy and Bess, I was flabbergasted by how moved I was not just by the stellar quality of the music itself but the humanity of those in…