Stephen Sondheim's "Road Show" is coming back to Chicago, where it once was "Bounce." And it'll share a season on Navy Pier with "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Henry V," "The Merry Wives of Windsor"…
A TRUE SPRING FLING Returning to new glory and restoring golden memories after many happy visits to Chicago, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater just unleashed an unprecedented two-week, three-program…
Ka-Tet Theatre Company is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of SMUDGE by two-time Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel Axler, directed by Allison Shoemaker, playing Ma…
See What I Wanna See " a brilliantly colloquial title for this sharp thinking person's musical " is as smart and entertaining as it is artistic and serious. (read more...)
Paying homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, What a Glorious Feeling comes to Theatre at the Center April 25 through June 2 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, with …
What a Glorious Feeling, an homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, will have its Chicago premiere at Theatre at the Center beginning April 25 and running through June 2. A…
March 13 at 6 p.m.Chase Auditorium, 10 S. Dearborn St. What does it mean to be a creative professional in Chicago? And what should the city be doing to leverage its creative resources? Rick …
For those of us growing up in the Rust Belt, dinner theater was the ultimate all-in-one entertainment option. I would purchase my Prime Rib-Pygmalion combo ticket months in advance, waiting …
One of the opera world's hottest stars is finally making her Chicago debut. Soprano Anna Netrebko is stepping into the role of Mimi in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Puccini's "La bo…
Picking the upcoming opening nights.
It has been 14 years since I spent some quality time with hard-core Jekkies. But I haven't forgotten.
Eighty-Eight Entertainment presents the Chicago premiere of Hershey Felder's An American Story for Actor and Orchestra, which recounts Abraham Lincoln's last day, beginning March 7, …
Following its critically acclaimed Broadway run, AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-nominated Best Play NEXT FALL by Geoffre…
Book us a trip to Chicago! Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris and Tony nominee Pam MacKinnon are set to return to Steppenwolf for the world premiere of Norris' play The Qualms. MacK…
The 2013-14 season of Victory Gardens Theater — the Tony Award-winning Chicago company devoted to new works, many from its own Playwrights Ensemble — will include the co-world-pr…
Chicago Reader 03/05/13
The largest international improv festival in the world, the 16th annual Chicago Improv Festival,April 1-7, 2013, celebrates the art of improv, showcasing more than 150 acts consisting of …
With the goal of teaching students how to "Study Funny," Columbia College Chicago's new theatre degree in comedy writing and performance is far from the usual academic fare for students drea…
 LiveWire Chicago Theatre, in association with Chicago Cultural Center Presents, continues its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of the dysfunctional family drama A PERMANENT IM…
I headed to the Windy City last week for Passport Magazine. Stay tuned for a "creative getaway" feature article that will appear in our print publication this fall. What exactly does that me…
A TALE OF TWO CITIES THAT BLENDS SCI FI AND MYSTERY China Miéville’s novels are dense works of science fiction, and sometimes deciphering them feels more like work than entertainment.…
RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric's momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister's expert conducting nor the orchestra's triumph …
Buzz22 Chicago is a young but industrious ensemble-based theater company comprised of seven spirited founding members. Intrigued by the talk on Northwestern's campus about their current show…
A TISSUE OF SONGS An ambitious and sporadically powerful entry in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's fourth annual "Garage Rep," this 2005 musical by John LaChiusa is a Rashomon-like puzzle whose…
A muted clarinet makes beautiful music, but sometimes what's called for is the blare of a clarion trumpet and the insolent snap of a snare drum. That's the problem facing the almost but neve…