PERFECT PLACEMENT AND PERPETUAL MOTION Making a too-brief, always welcome return to Chicago's gorgeous Auditorium Theatre (now celebrating its 125th anniversary), Dance Theatre of Harlem nev…
As first speculated here in August, the Chicago Children’s Theater is to get a new ... The post Chicago Children’s Theater gets $5 million state grant for new home appeared first…
Visceral Dance Chicago, which made a hugely impressive debut here last season, returns to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance with works by such gifted contemporary choreographers as Oh…
Equal parts naughty and nice, Chicago's famed The Second City brings their version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to the Goodman's Owen Theatre, beginning December 5. Entitled Twist Y…
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected Saturday night at a fundraising gala for the Chicago Children's Theatre " where he will announce $5 million in new state funding to help the long-itin…
GRINCH AND BEAR IT As with Sweeney Todd, the Grinch is bent on revenge, though his motivation is much murkier. He's your typical green outsider, like Little Shop's plant Audrey II, the Frog …
For nine decades, the Goodman Theatre has been an esteemed anchor of the Chicago theater scene " at once the granddaddy of them all and a serial innovator. The post Chicago’s Goodman T…
Hotcha! Chicago, now in its 19th year on Broadway, is celebrating another momentous milestone this weekend—the Tony-winning revival is surpassing Cats to become the second longest-runn…
Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news POCATELLO begins off-Broadway, …
The fall season official began, but it felt like summer in the lower 80s F, when BroadwayWorld.com, alongside a small group of Filipino journalists, huddled around Tony Award-winning sound d…
Ten ordinary people. Four sleepless days. One truck. The Williams Street Rep is proud to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical 'Hands on a Hardbody.'
Idle Muse Theatre Company will continue its ninth season with the Chicago premiere of The Talking Cure, by Christopher Hampton and directed by Idle Muse Artistic Director Evan Jackson.The pl…
In 1955, Fred Wranovics, a bartender at the Woodlawn Tap on 55th Street in Hyde Park, bought a Hyde Park joint called the Hi-Hat Lounge. Wranovics decided he might as well add in the empty s…
The Chicago theater community will present a wide variety of festive plays and musicals, as well as dance and concert offerings this Holiday season. In support, the League of Chicago The…
Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, are proud to announce the Chicago premiere of Yankee Tavern,�…
The latest national tour of Annie the Musical, directed by the musical's lyricist Martin Charnin for the umpteenth time, at times feels a bit stale, but show-stealing performances and lovabl…
While Mike Nichols achieved great personal and professional success after he left Chicago, the acclaimed director always kept "a very special place in his heart" for Our Town. The post Chica…
RECOMMENDED If you are a newcomer to Benjamin Britten's masterpiece "The Rape of Lucretia," and aren't familiar with the semi-legend told by Roman writers and remembered in paintings of nake…
The career of Mike Nichols, the prolific stage and screen director who died Wednesday at ... The post Mike Nichols’ career began with Compass Players at University of Chicago appeared …
Monday night at the American Theater Company was one of those Chicago evenings that make putting up with snow and ice in November " not to mention buses catching fire on Lake Shore Drive " w…
Learn about Affordable Care Act and get a free Flu ShotFriday, December 5, 4"8pmChicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 5th FloorFree Admission. Click here to make an appointment with…
A HOLIDAY FOR HUMANITY Playwright Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012, and his Speech and Debate"with its with crackling humor and vivacity"has …
What started as a fun play on words has turned into a new business for Andrew Roffe, a former kid from the North Shore who has moved to Hollywood to pursue his dream of being a filmmaker. Th…
A Red Orchid Theatre continues its 22nd Season with the Chicago premiere of Accidentally Like a Martyr, written by Grant James Varjas, directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray and featuring …
To kick off the winter holiday season, Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, 200 North Columbus Drive, is launching its first annual Chocolate and Cheer Cookie exchange. A joyful opportunity to…