Preview of the 2013 Chicago International Film Festival
It's already October (although you wouldn't know it from the still-green foliage and the humid 80 degree temperature over the weekend). Where did this year go? I like October though …
It's already October (although you wouldn't know it from the still-green foliage and the humid 80 degree temperature over the weekend). Where did this year go? I like October though …
CLUELESS CORRUPTION Much has been said about Neil LaBute’s work at Profiles, but there's so much that can't be given away about Wrecks (2005), a 70-minute solo show by the ever-cont…
With Anthony Burgess' translation of the ultimate rom-com tear-jerker, Chicago Shakespeare mounts a sumptuous love story on a scale as monumental as the unfortunate snout of it titular hero.…
RECOMMENDED Between Aspen Sante Fe Ballet and Hubbard Street's fall program, audiences have the opportunity to see not one but two Chicago premieres from Alejandro Cerrudo, Hubbard Street's …
THE TALE OF A LOVE THAT LINGERS TOO LONG Freud said that an unfinished task is never forgotten. But the inability to forget is nothing to the life-long longing of an aborted romance. For nov…
HowlRound 10/02/13
The Chicago production of The Book of Mormon, which opened to acclaim in December 2012, plays its final performance Oct. 6 at the Bank of America Theatre.
A REAL BEAUTY Reality T.V. meets classical ballet and the latter wins: The stars of the CW's Breaking Pointe have teamed up at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre through Oct. 6 to produce a dazzli…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today the release of Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Suiting the Action to the Word, a collection of original essays that furthers the study of…
"How do we tell that story and, like, tell the truth?" one hip young ensemble member asks another in the unwieldy (and unwieldily titled) "Unwilling and Hostile Instruments: 100 Years of Ext…
"My Own Best Friend" from Chicago sung by Donna Marie Asbury and Bianca Marroquin On Friday, September 27th, Broadway gathered downtown to celebrate some of its most popular shows…
"When You're Good To Mama" from Chicago sung by Donna Marie Asbury On Friday, September 27th, Broadway gathered downtown to celebrate some of its most popular shows with BROAD…
The news this week that Oprah Winfrey is likely to sell, or otherwise extricate herself from, some or all of her signature Harpo Studios on Chicago's Near West Side seemed to put the final p…
Intimate theatre features a 20x25 ft. proscenium stage and fixed tiered seating for 77, full lighting and sound equipment, newly renovated lobby, dressing rooms, air conditioning and heat, W…
Gingold Theatrical Group, which is currently represented Off-Broadway with You Never Can Tell, a co-production with The Pearl Theatre Company, will offer A Critic Symposium Oct. 7 at 2 PM at…
On Oct. 21 Roz Ryan, who currently plays Matron "Mama" Morton in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago, will break a longtime company record with the most performances of any leading…
Today we celebrate a master of the modern musical in honor of this week's start of previews for his newest theatrical venture, THE LANDING, as well as first news on a major NYC bow for his l…
On Monday, October 21, the company of Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago will celebrate yet another record-breaking milestone.
On Monday, October 21, the company of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago will celebrate yet another record-breaking milestone. Stage and screen ve…
Spice it up for Mama! On October 21, Roz Ryan will break a longtime Chicago company record with the most performances of any leading actress in the show's historic 17-year run. As Matron…
PANACHE, YES"PASSION, LESS If a story's strong enough, you just need to rekindle the plot. Edmond Rostand's timeless love story celebrates the one-sided love between the famous 17th century …
Chicago Reader 10/02/13
In response to the devastating floods and mudslides in Acapulco, Mexico that killed at least 55 people and caused thousands to be stranded and homeless, including 210 colleagues from Fairmon…
This is a look at the impact a critic can and does have on an entire community, how critics can nurture that community, and how the shrinking of the critical landscape in Chicago and elsewhe…
Picking the upcoming opening nights. Picking the upcoming opening nights.