Chicago theater openings for the week of Sept. 10-16
MONDAY | Jeff Awards: The 46th annual Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards are handed out in a ceremony. 7:30 p.m. at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace; jeffawards.org
MONDAY | Jeff Awards: The 46th annual Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards are handed out in a ceremony. 7:30 p.m. at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace; jeffawards.org
Nominations have now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards
Go behind the scenes of the Chicago tryout of AMAZING GRACE
Broadway In Chicago presents the the world premiere of AMAZING GRACE, the new musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron, directed by…
RECOMMENDED At the end of a party I usually feel exhausted. All my energy has been spent. Walking out of Bailiwick Chicago's "The Wild Party" I felt much the same way. Dulled and listless, l…
Broadway in Chicago's world premiere of the Broadway-bound new musical Amazing Grace begins previews Oct. 9 at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre prior to an official openin…
The Tony winner takes on the Dr. Seuss musical this holiday season.
The producers of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical have announced today that Shuler Hensley will star as the Grinch in the 2014 production at The Theater at Madison Squar…
by Meghan Moe Beitiks You are probably already familiar with the work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, either because she’s been making groundbreaking, precedent-setting work for 30 y…
In its first professional production since its Broadway debut, the musical comedy WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN makes its Chicago area premiere in a brand new production at Theat…
RECOMMENDED Loaded with the star power of soprano Renée Fleming, propelled by music director and conductor Sir Andrew Davis' unique understanding of the score, and set in the 1920's framewo…
THIS CAPRICCIO IS NO CAPRICE The brooding romanticism of Capriccio's opening sextet sets the tone for the introspection that is to follow. Instead of a dramatic overture and crowd-pleasing a…
Chicago Dramatists announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. This is the playwright-centric theater's first roster of work since the 2012-2013 season. Its last show was "Homecoming 1972" in M…
CAPITOL CRIMES "A plague on both your houses!" Without naming either political party, that's just what Maxwell Anderson wished over 80 years ago through his Pulitzer Prize-winning Both Your …
Renee Fleming has taken her time bringing one of her most celebrated operatic roles, Countess Madeleine in Richard Strauss' "Capriccio," to the company for which she serves as creative consu…
Redmoon Theater's attempt to celebrate the Great Chicago Fire on the Chicago River Saturday fizzled when the houses it had built on boats wouldn't light. No floating inferno. No spectacle. T…
AN ALL YOU CAN ETTA BUFFET A Black Ensemble Theater hit in 2005, At Last: A Tribute to Etta James is back in (the pleasure of) business. It's also updated to reflect the last decade of "The …
PUZZLING THROUGH THE CRYPTOGRAM IS WORTH THE EFFORT The title alone should have been clue enough that this was going to be a difficult play, but nothing could have prepared me for the lack o…
Starting today, the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse’s hit musical Chicago is pleased to welcome back celebrated Broadway baby Amy Spa…
This fall, the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's hit musical CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back celebrated Broadway baby Amy Spanger in the…
Amy Spanger begins her first of three limited engagements in the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago Oct. 6.
Broadway baby Amy Spanger is back raking in the chips! She return to the long-running revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre on October 6 in the first of three limited engagements. Thi…
WINNING SMALL Still potent after 42 years, Caryl Churchill's corrosive class comedy Owners pits two outlooks on life against each other. In one corner you have Churchill's now-patented "top …
Anyone who has suffered the ignominy of a fire pit, a backyard full of guests and a pile of soggy wood could only empathize with Redmoon on Saturday night.
RED, WHITE AND PAS DE BLEU Marking the 125th anniversary of Chicago's glorious and historic Auditorium Theatre, American Ballet Theatre, which used to come here every season, is all too brie…