Things are pretty hot these days over at the Ambassador Theatre now that the one-and-only Wendy Williams is almost ready to make her Broadway debut in Chicago as Matron "Mama" Mort…
The 1975 Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Chicago, featuring the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway June 3, 1975. In celebration of the iconic musical, Playbill.com looks…
Today in 1975, Chicago opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 936 performances. Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, with music is…
Today we are continuing BroadwayWorld's 2013 Tony Awards Clip Countdown with a special spotlight focused on one of the biggest battles in Tony Awards history - 1976 and A CHORUS LINE versus …
Zipcar, Inc. and Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) announced today a unique new program, Fueling Local Art, that brings CLA's Pop-Up Art Loop exhibits to festivals throughout Chi…
The Chicago Dancing Festival is pleased to announce the programming schedule for its seventh season. Co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and native Chicagoan Lar …
EXQUISITE SHARDS OF GLASS Never has the title of Tennessee Williams' early masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie, been so thoroughly embraced by the set designer. Grant Sabin takes the name of th…
The second annual fest defies the canard that men get all the laughs.
The 2013 lineup is in place for the 7th annual edition of the Chicago Dancing Festival " that free, multi-venue dance event that has become a familiar rite of Chicago summers. Running Aug. 2…
A THUNDEROUS EVENT The "thunder" in Dragon's Thunder comes from huge kettle drums, prominently featured in a pounding competition between a Dragon and a Tiger. (Both win). It's one of 14 lyr…
The story of the solider returning home from war is as ancient as Odysseus and as contemporary as the evening news. The specifics may vary, but the central conceit of the Greek legend is the…
Million Dollar Quartet proudly announces that this Saturday, May 26, 2013 marks the official date at which it becomes the longest-running musical production in Chicago's history. W…
HAND IN HAND TO HELL’S ANGELS Deceit and destruction reign in Wayward Productions' hell-bent for leather staging of Richard III, which has been reimagined as biker gang mayhem in a …
This production is a perfect example of when a great script and innovative concept don't necessarily work well together. The cast and crew do a masterful job of giving the production the loo…
 TBS Just For Laughs Chicago has announced the addition of Russell Brand, Pete Holmes, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn, Doug Benson, Todd Glass, Scott Adsit, Kev…
 TBS Just For Laughs Chicago presented by State Farm, America's largest comedy festival, will break new boundaries by providing comedy fans around the country with an all-access pass t…
Homecoming 1972 does have individual moments that carry great weight, but these are only moments, and they are too few in a play that doesn't engage us in a journey. Without giving us suffic…
A wonderful concept that's the stuff of thoughtful entertainment, a pitch-perfect score (both OutKast and Michael Jackson's songs are show-stopping yet profound), and a gorgeous, nimble ense…
HEDY WEISS: A veteran returns from Vietnam with contempt for his service in world premiere by Robert Koon.
On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Broadway's CHICAGO will welcome back television star and author Paige Davis in the lead role of merry murderess Roxie Hart.
Back in 1999—a gut-wrenching 14 years ago—a theater just north of Wrigley Field was filled on weekend nights with the nervous laughter of people on dates. Entitled "Pick-Ups and …
Back in 1999 — a gut-wrenching 14 years ago — a theater just north of Wrigley Field was filled on weekend nights with the nervous laughter of people on dates. "Pick-Ups and Hiccu…
A review of Village Theatre's smart staging of the musical "Chicago." The show plays at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre in Issaquah through June 29, 2013.
Here are 10 of what might well turn out of be the hottest shows of an essential Chicago summer. And after the kind of springs we get, aren't they all essential?
Bailiwick Chicago Theater's 2013–14 season will feature the Chicago premiere of Bootycandy, a dark comedy by Robert O'Hara, and the Tony Award-winning musical Applause.