YOU HAVE TO MEASURE CAREFULLY At the core of this dark and fascinating tragicomedy is a situation seething with modern irony: Can you be both above the law and beneath contempt? Angelo, a se…
RECOMMENDED It's a big year for Giordano: a golden anniversary, a move to the beautiful new American Rhythm Center in the Loop, and the March cover story in Dance Magazine. How better to cel…
The Q Brothers, born and bred in Chicago and now acclaimed worldwide, step up to the plate in this their third work, creating a masterful hip-hop homage to the classic Shakespeare tale. (re…
SMOKIN' Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller " you may not recognize who they are but you sure know what they wrote: “Love Potion #9,” “Bossa Nova Baby,” “Kansas City.…
RECOMMENDED Wedging a rap into William Shakespeare’s plays is well-tread territory. Every so often, a hoodied Hamlet will hyperactively soliloquize the usual six speeches verbatim with…
Though fraught with winged beasties and magical powers, at its core this is an exuberant story about humans trying to forge connections with each other - here represented as unlikely heroes …
Recall, if you will, the factors that distinguish Clark Kent from his alter-ego Superman. Yes, Clark gruffly rips open his button-down to reveal that iconic spandex “S,” but t…
NOT JUST FOR DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FANS Early in She Kills Monsters, the play’s protagonist, Agnes (Katherine Banks), strikes up a conversation with Chuck (Richard Traub), a high scho…
MAY THE RAP BE WITH YOU Before Othello: The Remix it was only Shakespeare's comedies that received the Q brothers' trademark, rap-happy revision"Funk It Up About Nothin' and The Bomb-itty of…
THE NEXT STEP(S) It's an impressive lineup for this respected Chicago company's annual "Spring Series""not just the always impressive Hubbard Street Dance Chicago but, here and elsewhere, th…
PigPen Theatre Co. is set to make its Chicago debut with the Midwest premiere of The Old Man and the Old Moon at Writers' Theatre September 3 through November 10, with a press opening Septem…
 Save the date for Theatre Seven of Chicago's fifth annual gala, the NEIGHBORHOOD BALL on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 7 pm " midnight at the historic Swedish Americ…
Picking the upcoming opening nights Picking the upcoming opening nights.
A DEATH IN THE UNION Hershey Felder has already regaled audiences at the Royal George Theatre with his uncanny and heartfelt recreations of George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, Frederic Chopin,…
WRITHING INTO REVELATION Alas, it's over " and way too soon. Luna Negra Dance Theater's 2013 spring program celebrated works by two contemporary Spanish choreographers: guest artist Ferna…
The League of Chicago Theatres announces the 2013 Spring Gala, an elegant, extravagant evening celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Chicago theater. This one-night-only event…
The Chicago Sinfonietta, under the direction of Music Director Mei-Ann Chen, examines the common struggle for human dignity by featuring works that reflect the history and beauty of th…
For the past two decades, a touring show from the Cirque du Soleil has typically arrived in Chicago every other year. The most recent production was "Ovo" in 2011, performed in the parking l…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson announced CST's full 2013-2014 season, World's Stage Series, and Spirit of Shakesp…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson announced today CST's 2013/14 Season, which includes William Shake…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2013-14 season will feature The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V, Harry Groener as Cyrano de Bergerac and a simultaneous pairing of works by Stephen Sondheim…
Time Out Chicago announces that Chicago Shakespeare Theater will produce that American musical comedy classic, Gypsy, along with Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show, a show that got one of it…
 In celebration of Women’s History Month, Chicago’s premier public television station WTTW11 will debut the ½ hour documentary, Love Under Fire: The Story of Bertha a…
 HOFBRÄUHAUS CHICAGO, the first and only German micro-brewery, beer hall and restaurant in the Chicagoland area, will celebrate its grand opening MONDAY, MARCH 18 in MB Financial Park…