In the original poems, Eve Ewing connects the events of 1919 subsequent racially charged events, ranging from the murder of Emmett Till to George Floyd protests.
Angelica Ross is the first openly trans woman to play a leading role on Broadway.
J. Nicole Brooks's adaptation of 1919, Eve L. Ewing's collection of poems published a century after the "Red Summer" race riot in Chicago sparked by the murder of Eugene Williams, […] The …
After 20 years in various roles around the Seattle theater, ushering in programming like Seattle Rep's Public Works, Abraham will head to Glencoe, Illinois.
Adam Carston created Windy City Ballyhoo on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It's a repository of Chicago movie ads, photographs, and film reviews from the last century. The post Now Pl…
What happens when award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, Top Chef Rick Bayless, and TikTok sensation Shermann "Dilla" Thomas walk into a room? Join us on October 19, 6:00 pm CST to […] The…
The High Speed Rail Alliance aims to make trains a more practical option for getting across Chicago and the nation In the second part of the Reader's series spotlighting advocacy […] The p…
If you're interested in queer Chicago history, you'll definitely want to check this out: At 6 PM, Sidetrack (3349 N. Halsted) is celebrating the release of Last Call Chicago: A […] The pos…
The national art supply retailer hosts the grand opening of its new Loop location on October 21 If you've been wondering about all the excitement at that impossible-to-miss building with [�…
Clara de AsÃs is a Spanish-born, France-based multi-instrumentalist and sound artist who uses played and collected sounds as prompts to focus the power of the listener's attention on the …
In communities reeling from gun violence, Black women caregivers do work that is often underpaid, undervalued, and hidden from public view. The post The unsung women healing Chicago appeared…
By really showing what it is like to fight the decay of your own mind, their principal ally is Maryann Plunkett, playing a woman fighting to recover her own memories and offering up as rich …
A significant leap in artistic quality over its sources, while providing a clear resonant & unique voice of its own.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is presenting the world premiere of The Notebook, a new musical based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film. Now playing in a …
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A best-selling 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel and a popular 2004 film with a cult following, "The Notebook" has finally been unveiled as a long-anticipated Broadway-bound musical.
"Elevate Chicago Dance" reboots October 13-15, spreading again across the city, with work by thirty artists presented in six venues.
Screen star Angelica Ross talks with Broadway.com editor-in-chief Paul Wontorek about making history as the first openly transgender actor to lead a Broadway production, her time on POSE and…
Known for her turn as Candy Ferocity in the series Pose, Angelica Ross is now taking center stage as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and making history in the process. Ross, who i…
"Wicked" is above all, an experience, and most that have it want to repeat it.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents its fall series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
They were handed out buttons in the lobby of the Nederlander Theatre: "I've seen 'Wicked' (blank) times."
The curtain rises on Glinda, Elphaba and this beloved musical once again, looking and sounding in 2022 as supersplendiferous as ever.
Angelica Ross grew up doing musical theater and was convinced that would be her path forward. But, as she tells Paul Wontorek in the latest episode of "The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal," …
The series is co-created by Chicago's Jeremy McCarter, co-author of official books on Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" and "In the Heights."