Due to overwhelming success, Chicago Theatre Week is expanding in 2015. The upcoming celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago is returning for its third year and will ta…
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY Patsy Cline, the once and future crossover country icon who made audiences "fall to pieces," couldn't be more fondly or accurately recalled. It happens weekly i…
Playwright Stephen Karam ("Sons of the Prophet," "Speech and Debate") infuses the traditional kitchen-sink family drama with qualities of horror in his portentous and penetrating work of psy…
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FRIDAY | "Santaland Diaries": Theater Wit brings back David Sedaris' comedy about a dejected North Pole elf. Through Dec. 28 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.; 773-975-8150 or theaterwit.…
Many theater companies close their doors with a trail of red ink behind them. A rare exception is Theatre Seven of Chicago, which earlier this year announced it would be disbanding, and is n…
RECOMMENDED From the orchestral bubbles at the top of the show"piccolos piping and xylophones pounding"there can be no doubt that you're in for an evening of Gershwin. The brothers George an…
Considered one of the top New Year's Eve parties by ABC's Good morning America, Red Eye andAOL City Guide, the Chicago Scene 15th Annual New Year's Eve Party is back by popular demand at the…
On the heels of its wildly-successful production of The Wild Party, Bailiwick Chicago is pleased to continue its 2014-15 season with the world premiere of the fierce new play PRI…
RECOMMENDED Just once, I would like to invite someone along to see The House Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” without telling them what they were getting into. For …
The Chicago Artists Chorale, a new group of more than 50 members entirely from the area's professional theatre community, will present its inaugural concert on Dec. 16 at the First United Me…
ROASTING CHESTNUTS Nothing if not all-inviting, this modestly entitled holiday revue, It's A Wonderful Santaland Miracle, Nut Cracking Christmas Story…Jews Welcome! is Stage 773's second c…
"Chicago Fire" stars are used to having their work seen by millions on the small screen. Sunday evening, they performed for a much smaller crowd: Roughly 200 people at iO's Mission Theatre. …
Chicago reached an important milestone on November 14—the Tony-winning revival has officially been open 18 years on the Great White Way! Click for photos of the cast celebrating, …
AULIS WELL AT THE COURT THEATRE With its new production of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, Court Theatre embarks upon an ambitious three-year venture: to present a trilogy of Greek tragedies …
On Nov. 14, the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago celebrated its 18th anniversary on Broadway. The cast celebrated with cake and champagne.
Akhtar, Peet, Senior and Witt on Chicago vs. New York theater.
On Nov. 23 the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago, which is currently playing the Ambassador Theatre, becomes the second-longest running show in Broadway history. We took this opp…
The world premier of Leo Lionni's classic children's picture book Frederick is an example of good theater for children that isn't JUST for children. So many little touches throughout this mu…
A NOT QUITE FRACTURED FAIRY TALE A late bloomer, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale belies its adage that "A sad tale's best for winter." This tragi-comedy has a spring to it as well, contrasti…
Today the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's hit musical Chicago celebrates 18 years playing on Broadway. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you pi…
Theater fans will finally have the opportunity to hear (part of) their favorite movie live.
GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN One of Chicago's longest running, righteously rooted hits, Hellcab follows a strong and simple formula: Depict the encounters a Chicago cab driver experiences o…
By Sharon Hoyer The Dance Theatre of Harlem was established in 1969, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first black principal dancer with the New Yor…
CHICAGO: Backstage CHICAGO SHN Orpheum Theatre November 7-16, 2014 For more information about shows at SHN, visit http://www.shnsf.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shnbroadwayinsf T…