Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum dies at 99, the oldest working actor in the country
"He was the godfather of the working Chicago actor," said Barbara Gaines, former artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
"He was the godfather of the working Chicago actor," said Barbara Gaines, former artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
As we wrap up the year, we look back at some memorable moments, celebrate the Joffrey Ballet's costume crew, and hear from artists J.G. Smith and Drew Dir.
In its initial Broadway run in 2006, the show broke box-office records. It has been a seasonal phenomenon ever since.
With an abundance of under-used venues and plenty of itinerant artists looking for spaces to do their work, a new effort looks for ways to solve both problems.
If you're a grinch like me and cringe upon hearing the same holiday tunes year after year, then you'll appreciate this show that breathes new life into an old classic.
More than a handful of the year's highlights leaned hard into storytelling, including the Joffrey's "Little Mermaid" and "Frankenstein."
As the first Black actor to play the role on Broadway, Lane tells us how his performance (with those white gloves) is uniquely informed by the vaudeville star.
This was an especially fine year for musicals but over the last 12 months, I've also admired everything from revivals to daring new plays.
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Now staged in its new theater on Lincoln Avenue, this holiday show based on the Jimmy Stewart movie has gathered an audience that would follow it anywhere.
As small miracles go, American Blues Theater opening their lovely new two-theater venue on North Lincoln just in time for their annual presentation of It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!…
This will be the first-ever touring production of the play.
Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen are bringing a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale to the stage that puts more focus on race.
The magic is hitting the road next year! The North American Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will launch at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago in September 2024…
Some eight years after its London bow, the "Harry Potter" stage play is coming to Chicago next September, and sticking around.
BOOP! BOPS, HOPS, AND PLOPS Light-hearted, rather silly, and occasionally preachy, BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical could have been so much more. Betty Boop seems an unlikely candidate for reviv…
No one compares to Jasmine Amy Rogers, who is Betty Boop, from the voice to the mannerisms to the can-do spirit tempered by vulnerability. And can she dance and sing? Yes.Â
Jasmine Amy Rogers stars in the David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, and Bob Martin-penned musical.
Get ready for Betty! BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical has officially opened its pre-Broadway run in Chicago at the CIBC Theatre. The reviews are coming in now. Find out what the critics are sayi…
The relatively unknown Jasmine Amy Rogers turns in an astonishing performance at the heart of "Boop! the Musical" in its pre-Broadway opening, directed by Jerry Mitchell.
It's a sweet story, beautifully performed, about a friendship between two teenage girls. One of them is a mermaid or selkie who takes care of whales.
Ariana Madix has appeared on Vanderpump Rules for nine seasons, with the most recent season exploding as she was at the center of the viral 'Scandoval.' Before she takes on the 'Hot Honey Ra…
One self-proclaimed "bad bitch" is getting ready to play another. Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago. The bartender and Bravolebrity will take to the stage f…
"Vanderpump Rules" star Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in "Chicago." She will play the blond-haired ingenue, the one whose name is on everybody's lips, for an eight-…