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.
Perry's Restaurants, a family-owned group of award-winning steakhouses, will open an 11,000-square-foot location of its award-winning Perry's Steakhouse & Grille in Oak Brook, Illinois t…
Talk show diva Wendy Williams is taking viewers behind the scenes of her experience on Broadway as Matron "Mama" Morton in the long-running hit Chicago last summer. How You D…
By Bill Hirschman Yes, he's tall with tanned good looks, a shock silvery white hair and a smile made for a toothpaste commercial, but you could zip John O'Hurley into an opaque body bag and …
Performances of Unwilling and Hostile Instruments, a play that commemorates the 100th anniversary of suffrage in Illinois, begin Oct. 1 at the American Theater Company.
Broadway in Chicago announced its upcoming 2014 Spring season line-up. This season features 4 premieres which include the pre-Broadway world premiere of Sting’s The Last Ship, the U.S.…
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement, the company presents seven short plays about greats including Jane Addams, Mavis Staples and Ann Landers.
CHANGE ON A TRAIN Schematic, predetermined and sometimes improbable, Cheryl L. West's ambitious family saga Pullman Porter Blues blends blues ballads with convenient confessions in order to …
Chicago at Broadway on the Hudson 2013 http://newyorktheater.me/2013/09/27/broadway-on-the-hudson-2013-newsies-chicago-phantom-of-the-opera-rock-of-ages-etc/ Songs performed at Broadway on…
Krysta Rodriguez from First Date and Justin Guarini from Romeo and Juliet played host to a lunch-time concert presenting songs from eight musicals on Broadway. I’m going to post them a…
It's the 1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It's now in its 17th record-breaking year on the Great White Way. It's been seen in over 30 countries and in 12 different lan…
VERDI UNLEASHED A DOMESTIC TERRORIST Written in 1845 and seldom seen since, this early opera by Giuseppe Verdi (whose centenary we celebrate) was a promissory note to be redeemed over and ov…
Give 'em the old milestone whammy! The Tony-winning revival of Chicago celebrated its 7,000th Broadway performance on September 24, and Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth along with the tune…
The Chicago Humanities Festival CHF announced casting today for two theatrical productions in November White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, the Iranian absurdist play about isolation co-presented with …
Bebe Neuwirth & the Stars of "Chicago" Ring In 7,000 Sensational Broadway Performances Get tickets to "Chicago": http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/ Give 'em…
RECOMMENDED As a sketch towards the end of this gentle send-up of Chicago makes clear (with a self-referential punchline), Second City has been making audiences laugh (and casting directors …
The Broadway in Chicago 2014 season will include the North American premiere of Heart of Home, a new dance production from the creators of Riverdance; tours of Motown The Musical and Peter a…
Picking the upcoming opening nights Picking the upcoming opening nights.
On Sept. 24 at 8 PM, the long-running, Tony-winning musical hit revival of Chicago, which currently plays the Ambassador Theatre, celebrated its 7,000th performance on Broadway. Origin…
Talk about an incredible milestone! The revival of Chicago currently ranks as Broadway's third-longest running show, and on September 24, the garter-busting musical played its 7,000th (!…
Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience. Th…
RECOMMENDED It’s probably a foreign notion to younger audiences that just a generation or so ago the idea of a television food celebrity was as alien as a six-eyed martian. That such n…