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The Second City has announced dates for post-fire resumption of programming.
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In many ways, "Dogfight" - the intimate musical being presented by BoHo Theatre - is a classic story of naive young men heading off to war. Full of macho bravura, but increasingly terrified …
Broadway In Chicago has announced full casting for the Chicago premiere of "Unspeakable," a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor. The show, to be presented …
The Joffrey Ballet is offering a special $20 ticket deal for “Millennials,” its program of ...
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Catherine Trieschmann's play, "How the World Began," now receiving a topnotch Chicago premiere by the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, arrives at a most interesting moment - a time when the argum…
When there's a will there's a way. Of course for proof of this adage you need look no further than the hundreds of thousands of fiercely determined migrants now trying to make their way to E…
Now that the summer music festival season is winding down, it’s time to head indoors ...
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There’s a whole lot of fun things to check out this weekend around Chicago. Here ...
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Talk about a clash of the titans! No, it’s not the gods of Olympus, but ...
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The Goodman Theatre has announced the lineup for its 2015 New Stages Festival which will run Oct. 28 - Nov. 15, and feature new works by Rebecca Gilman, Jordan Harrison, Dael Orlandersmith, …
Directors David H. Bell, Carl Menninger and Ron OJ Parson will helm the three productions ...
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Catching up with Deanna Dunagan in her New York hotel room, as she prepared to attend the premiere of her new film "The Visit" (opening Friday), the Lincoln Park-based actress said, "if I ha…
Generational labels can distort reality, especially in any discussion of the arts, for artists, in addition to forging the new, famously draw on history, even as they sometimes deconstruct i…
To mark the centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth this winter, the Public Chicago Hotel " joined by Our Town's own Tom Dreesen " are planning a huge celebration of "'Ol Blue Eyes" 100th birthd…
Conventional movie wisdom says summer is for superheroes and sequels, reboots and R-rated comedies " ...
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Chicago's Fall 2015 dance card is full of audacious programming, with opportunities to see great performances extending well beyond the usual concert venues of the Auditorium and Harris Thea…
Think of them as the contemporary Chicago version of Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne, that ...
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The label "rock opera" has been appended to many shows in recent decades, but not until now, as The Hypocrites power their way into the amped up soul of "American Idiot," Green Day's punk ro…
Christopher Gattelli to choreograph new "SpongeBob Musical" set for a Chicago tryout.
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The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has announced its five-show 2016 season with a sixth special "riskier" choice to kick things off in January.
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With about 200 companies now in operation in this city, no list of 10 shows can possibly suggest the range of work headed to stages here in the next few months. So what follows is only a sm…
BY KYLE MACMILLAN | FOR THE SUN-TIMES The Chicago Symphony Orchestra stands at the pinnacle ...
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Think of N. Richard Nash's 1954 hit Broadway play "The Rainmaker" (which was quickly turned into the musical "110 in the Shade") as a companion piece to "The Music Man," and you won't be far…
I have a huge conundrum when it comes to “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the play ...
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It’s Labor Day weekend and many folks are headed out of town. But for those ...
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