Ashlee Simpson will reprise her performance of Roxie in a Hollywood Bowl production of "Chicago." The production will take place July 26-28, and as previously reported will be directed by Br…
CHICAGO—Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director David Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago with a group of his Northwestern University classma…
CHICAGO (AP) -- Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director David Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago with a group of his Northwestern University c…
We caught this About Face Theater production in Chicago in December at Steppenwolf Garage and it's a hoot. It's definitely a Christmas show, but what the heck... About Face Theatre&nbs…
Though there's no doubting for a stage minute the sincerity of everything on this busy stage, you're still left with a well-worn formula of foreign-family-moves-to-America culture shock. Th…
Ashlee Simpson has been announced to play Roxie Hart in the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of CHICAGO, the musical which holds the record as the third longest running show in Broadway …
Pop singer Ashlee Simpson, who made her London and Broadway debuts as Roxie Hart in Chicago, will reprise her performance in the Hollywood Bowl production of that Tony-winning Kander and Ebb…
The name on everybody's lips is gonna be...Ashlee! Pop star and Broadway alum Ashlee Simpson will play Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Hollywood Bowl. Directed by Brooke Shields (a former R…
Ashlee Simpson -- pop star, reality TV veteran and younger sister to uber-celebrity Jessica Simpson -- will play the role of Roxie Hart in the production of the musical "Chicago" at the Holl…
Escape the New York summer heat with "Christmas in July" at Joe's Pub at The Public where Chicago's About Face Theatre in association with John Sanders presents a concer…
HOUSE THEATRE PULLS A RABBIT OUT OF ITS HAT The House Theatre has, once again, remounted its wildly successful Death and Harry Houdini at the Chopin Theatre " and why not? It's still as fres…
Chicago playwright Keith Huff, who scored big with A Steady Rain on Broadway (where it starred Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig) and has been working in TV on the likes of "Mad Men" and "House …
Irresistible as the score is, Elizabeth Margolius' sprightly staging surrounds it with a flawless 20-strong orchestra, conducted by Kim Diehnelt, who can do no wrong. Add to this a lush stag…
FIRST DISNEYFIED AND NOW ZIMMERMANNED, THIS MUSICAL CAN’T SEE THE JUNGLE FOR THE TREES Not one of the great animations to grace the Disney studio, 1967's The Jungle Book was certainly …
HEDY WEISS: Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt, both products of California, are bringing a unique poignancy to the edgy musical.
Internet sensation Team StarKid will present its newest Chicago production, TWISTED The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier, an original musical comedy parody from the creative team behind the vi…
YouTube sensation Team StarKid presents Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier, an original musical comedy parody from the creative team behind A Very Potter Musical, beginning Jul…
THE BURDEN OF NOT HAVING A GOOD SCRIPT Having now seen Sideshow Theatre's The Burden of Not Having a Tail, I can report that, despite its billing, it did little to prepare me for the apocaly…
Wendy Williams Wow's in the Musical Chicago: TV talk show host Wendy Williams is showing her acting and singing chops as she joins the long running Broadway show Chicago.
On yesterday's THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, host Wendy Williams chatted with her audience about making her Broadway debut in the role of Matron 'Mama' Morton in the current revival of Chicago. C…
Wendy Williams began her Broadway debut engagement as Matron 'Mama' Morton in the Tony Award-winning musical smash Chicago last week on Friday, June 28. Williams, who was originally set to b…
Haven Theatre Chicago is proud to present the company's inaugural production, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, July 5 " August 11, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, w…
LiveWire Chicago Theatre "gets technical" at VisionFest 5: Johnny 5 Is Alive, ten short plays inspired by technology’s influence on society (or what happens when things short circui…
Celebrated talk-show host and best-selling author Wendy Williams began her Broadway debut engagement as Matron "Mama" Morton in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago June 28 at…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Tuesday that it will present "The Table," an adult-oriented puppet show informed by Bunraku puppetry and created by the British company Blind Summit Theatre.…