A resplendent year: Best Chicago dance of 2013
Chicago's resplendent 2013 dance scene ranged from little jewels to blockbusters, from bleak moods to sunny, and from classical to contemporary to the experimental. Here's a sampling of the …
Chicago's resplendent 2013 dance scene ranged from little jewels to blockbusters, from bleak moods to sunny, and from classical to contemporary to the experimental. Here's a sampling of the …
LIGHT BECOMES MOVEMENT: THE AMERICA WINDOWS BURST INTO BEING Following its world debut last October as a "gift to the city" (gratefully accepted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, also in attendance for…
INTERVIEW: PAUL KERRYSON The artistic director of the Leicester Curve celebrates the new venue's fifth anniversary with Heather Neill, talking about his well-received production of John Kand…
1. "Smokefall," Goodman Theatre: Even if director Anne Kauffman's production of "Smokefall" had not showcased the incomparable Mike Nussbaum, the dean of Chicago actors, this still would hav…
It isn't every day you can tell a Chicago Bear to "break a leg!" Goodman Theatre's 7th annual "Make-A-Wish Night" features the superstar former Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher and 1…
By HowlRound TV. Join the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and members of the Latina/o Theatre Commons as they share ideas and outcomes from a recent 2013 national convening of the Latina/o artist…
The League of Chicago Theatres proudly announces the election of the Executive Committee Members and the appointment of four new members to The Board of Directors. The Executive Committee…
Jessica Rush, who stood by for the role of Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, will co-star with Tony nominee Louise Pitre in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of that Ton…
OLD LECHERS GET NO RESPECT Merrily set at Christmastide at the height of the swing era, Barbara Gaines' sumptuous Navy Pier staging of Shakespeare's slightest comedy is hilarious, certainly …
Picking the upcoming opening nights "Winter Pageant" is a seasonal blend of Southeast Asian dance, hip-hop and live music. And others.
Tony-winning musicals Into the Woods and Avenue Q join next year's roster.
More than any other ballet, The Nutcracker is uniquely personal to each audience member. The Joffrey Ballet's always-stellar production is an ideal place to celebrate old traditions, and to …
Nina Raine's hit off-Broadway play will run at the Chicago theater through February 9, 2014.
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The Chicago theater alliance welcomes new leaders to its Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
The League of Chicago Theatres, a trade organization representing over 200 theaters, announced on Wednesday the addition of four new Board members and the election of the Executive Committee…
Lyric Opera has whipped up a perfect holiday confection for opera lovers in "Die Fledermaus (The Bat)" by Johann Strauss Jr. This new-to-Chicago production is as fizzy as fine champagne and …
 Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that individual tickets for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, the hit Broadway musical that features music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue …
Kieran Johnson reviews the Leicester Curve production of Chicago, featuring Verity Rushworth and Gemma Sutton.
CONSCIENCE KEEPING IN A CRACKLING PLOT Taut, true and richly wrought, this 1945 potboiler by unashamed socialist playwright J.B. Priestley remains, three generations later, a clarion call to…
JOFFREY’S JOYOUS JEWEL Now in its 26th annual presentation, the late Robert Joffrey's evergreen staging of Peter IlyichTchaikovsky's beloved Christmas ballet blesses both the Auditoriu…
Members of the first North American touring company of Wicked host A Wicked Night Before Christmas, a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory — with net proceeds benefitin…