All mighty Ceasar has certainly come a long way from his Roman abode. Â As the centuries turn, William Shakespeare's master work about politics, betrayal, corruption, greed, love and murde…
Not long ago, in a shopping mall, I ran into Mike Tyson.
Valentine’s Day is a yearly celebration of love—so what better way to mark the holiday than by asking stage stars to reminisce about the musical that sparked their love of theate…
FEARFUL SYMMETRY In Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, inspired by an actual 2003 event involving occupying soldiers in Iraq, a slain tiger takes center stage and discusses from…
According to the Chicago Tribune, Gene Weygandt is set to star as 'P.T. Barnum' in Mercury Theatre's upcoming revival of the musical BARNUM. He will be joined by Corey Goodrich and Summer Na…
Old Jews Telling Jokes, the Off-Broadway evening of comedy whose title says it all, will get an offshoot Chicago production this fall. Marc Bruni will again direct the revue by Peter Gethers…
At last year's Oscar Awards ceremony, the two nominated songs weren't even performed on the telecast. This year, the shows producers plan to make up for that exclusion. Producers Craig Zadan…
Lyric Opera of Chicago's general director Anthony Freud announced today that Broadway's Tari Kelly will portray the feisty Ado Annie in the company's premiere and new production of Oklahoma …
Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent's Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has been playing off-Broadway since May 1, 2012, has announced that it will play a limited engagement at Chicago's Royal Georg…
VIRTUAL THEATER Teddy Ferrara, Goodman Theatre's new commissioned work, is almost three hours long. That excess suggests that nobody had the courage to cut or, not knowing what it was about …
The Lake Effect, a new drama of family secrets by 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, will get its world premiere by Silk Road Rising in Chicago April 23-May 26. Joseph's Bengal T…
"Old Jews Telling Jokes," the Off-Broadway celebration of Jewish comedy penned by the president of Random House Studio and the former public editor of the New York Times, is to have a ded…
Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah, the four stars from the 2003 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, for the adaptation of the musical Chicago, will p…
AIRPORT FOR BIRDS FAILS TO TAKE OFF In their sketch comedy show Airport for Birds (and Other Great Ideas), Team StarKid seems to have wracked their brains to come up with as many reasons as …
The cast of the Oscar-winning film Chicago— Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere and Queen Latifah—will reassemble on February 24 for this year’s Academ…
Oscar winners Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will reunite with "Chicago" co-stars Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together at the upcoming Academy Awards…
Academy Award winner's Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join their 'Chicago' cast mates Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together on-stage at the Oscars, show producers…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too....
There's potentially a good play in here, with some trimming of the overlong scenes and some fuller backstory or context. Right now, it feels longer than its two hours of stage time and fails…
The major musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II will find a home at Lyric Opera of Chicago between 2013 and 2017, the Lyric's general director Anthony Freud announced on F…
Capturing the razzle dazzle of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago with its merry murderesses, scantily clad dancers and slickster lawyer is a tall order, but Broadway.com resident artist…
PIÑATA FULL OF DARKNESS Don't be concerned if you don't receive an invitation to Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party " the Steppenwolf's revival production is still an event not to be mis…
  Corn Bred Films announces the television premiere of its first film, the documentary Love Under Fire: The Story of Bertha & Potter Palmer. In celebration of Women’s …
(BY DOUG GEORGE) Clothes have Fashion Week. Cheeseburgers have Restaurant Week. How is it that this town hasn't had a theater week? Consider the oversight corrected. Coming up, a first-of-it…
 On March 7, winemakers and owners head to Chicago to spread the great tradition of Willamette Valley wines. Following popular road show events in Seattle, New York and San Francisco, …