Okay; so take that and that and that Tracy Letts! You think you and Steppenwolf are going to have the last word on dysfunctional American family drama? Not so fast. Chicago playwright Brett …
Lena Dunham and her team have tapped two veterans of Chicago’s improv scene for a ... The post 2 Second City alumni cast in Lena Dunham pilot for HBO appeared first on Chicago Entertai…
The city of Chicago’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24 ... The post Renee Fleming, Danielle de Niese headline Chicago’s Christmas tree ligh…
Dr. Harlan W. Haimes was the audience member every actor dreamed of having at a show. He didn't just love the theater; he understood what was involved in the art of performing and he admired…
Six major Chicago cultural institutions have been named the recipients of 2015 "IncentOvate" grants - competitive awards totaling $400,000 that are designed to underwrite the creation of ne…
No doubt about it: Drury Lane Theatre's lavish production of "White Christmas," the classic Irving Berlin musical that is equal parts comedy, pathos, show business homage, patriotic hymn, ta…
"Four Women: Josephine, Eartha, Nina, and Tina," the special musical production created for the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival, was a one-night-only event, presented Nov. 2 at the Francis …
There might be no more accurate clock in existence than the one powered by popular ... The post Hershey Felder portrays Irving Berlin, the voice of America appeared first on Chicago Entertai…
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events today announced the 2016 dates for festivals ... The post City of Chicago announces 2016 festival dates appeared first on Chicago Entert…
Mike Nichols, the former Chicago actor and WFMT-FM announcer who went on to become one ... The post Elaine May making Mike Nichols documentary for PBS appeared first on Chicago Entertainment…
David Arquette, who will be in town starring in the new "Sherlock Holmes" play at the Oriental Theatre, has been tapped to serve as the grand marshal of the annual McDonald's Thanksgiving Pa…
Sick, sick, sick. And a musical drama that just might be the most intimate and chillingly prophetic anatomy of 20th century manifestations of human cruelty, suffering and experimentation. Al…
As a professor of engineering tells us in "Spill," Leigh Fondakowski's altogether riveting oral history play about the monumental BP oil spill of 2010, there are two types of disaster. One …
Memory is an essential element of life - crucial to thought, and feeling, to learning and progress, to identity. But it also comes into play with particular power and meaning after someone w…
Beware: You might just fall in love with that elegant, somewhat self-satisfied white porcelain rabbit with the tall tapering ears, enigmatic face and fashion forward style who is catapulted …
By Mike Silverman |Â Associated Press Deep into the third act of Wagner's "Tannhaeuser," the title ... The post Metropolitan Opera brings Johan Botha’s ‘Tannhaeuser’…
The Joffrey Ballet and the Joffrey Academy of Dance (the official school of the Joffrey ... The post Joffrey Ballet names three winners of its choreographic competition appeared first on Chi…
"Elf" will never be mistaken for one of the great entries in the American musical canon. But this holiday season show - based on the 2003 movie of the same name, and first produced on Broadw…
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago today announced details of its Winter Series, Dec. 10-13, at the ... The post Hubbard Street to present ‘Solo Echo’ as part of Winter Series appeared…
The Second City's seasonal satire “Twist Your Dickens,” returns to the stage of the Goodman ... The post Second City, Goodman Theatre unite again for ‘Twist Your Dickens…
By Mary Houlihan | For the Sun-Times In the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of ... The post Real voices tell the deeper story of Louisiana oil ‘Spill’ appeared first on Chic…
This week, as part of a citywide project, pianist, actress and storyteller Mona Golabek is presenting a special young adult version of her acclaimed one-woman show, "The Pianist of Willesde…
Cirque du Soleil’s multimedia “Avatar”-themed show “Toruk: The First Flight” will be coming to Chicago ... The post New ‘Avatar’-themed Cirque du So…
Baby boomers and their parents will surely remember her - Hazel, the live-in maid who worked for a middle class family. She first arrived in 1943 in the form of a single-panel cartoon series…
The most direct way to describe Philip Dawkins' beguiling new play, "Charm," now receiving its world premiere in a Northlight Theatre production staged in the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre is t…