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"Personality," a new jukebox musical, is hoping to put up the name Lloyd Price on a Broadway marquee.
If the true test of a fine Tony is the song "Maria," the equivalent for Maria is the final scene of the show.
There's more on offer this weekend than Taylor Swift, with everything from a return of Cirque du Soleil and "West Side Story" to the Lincoln Park Run for the Zoo.
The show, now directed with his typical craft and creativity by Joe Mantello, first titillates its audience with loud, scary music and a theater that immediately plunges into darkness.
The comedy operation, wherein an actor drinks copious qualities of alcohol for comedic purposes, is facing a unionization demand.
The entire Goodman Theatre cast is going with the show, including Mary Beth Fisher as a widow dealing with grief and bereavement.
From movies and tv to museums and art, a guide to all the events you shouldn't miss this summer in Chicago.
An abundance of opportunities to see dance outdoors lies ahead, in some cases, with the expectation of joining in.
Itamar Moses' new play at Theater Wit is an entry in the long-standing genre of playwrights writing about selling their souls for a Hollywood dime.
Our city's theater scene has enough excitement to rival NASCAR or Lolla this summer.
Here's the appeal of "MotherFreakingHood!," a better-than-you-probably-think show: It's simple. It says, and sings, that you are not alone.
Court has put up something with an expansive vision and a directorial approach that respects the material but gently improves upon it.
The "Facets" lineup is one of legends, whose wide-ranging aesthetics are rooted in dance traditions birthed primarily in the '80s and '90s.
Heidi Schreck's deeply personal work explored how the U.S. Constitution had profoundly influenced the life of an American woman in her mid-40s.
Chicago playwright Joshua Allen has been quietly building something very interesting at Chicago's growing Raven Theatre.
The newly renovated Studebaker Theater on Michigan Avenue has snagged a high-profile Christmas show.
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month's Tony Award telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some…
Ernest Shackleton was an adventurer, polar explorer and a man who survived in the Antarctic by drifting on ice floes while eating penguins and dogs.
Two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon is scheduled to return to his Chicago theater home in 2024.
The Chicago college will present the degree as part of commencement ceremonies this weekend.
Actor Antonio Edwards Suarez attended a performance by Mikhail Baryshnikov, he tells us, and came to a realization.
But this zesty new 2023 production, directed by James Vásquez, has an admirable crackle of the bat.
The theater returns to large-scale producing on Navy Pier next season with a new work based on the 2005 concept album "Illinois."
Music plays an important role in Endesha Ida Mae Holland's autobiographical play.
Either Lorraine Hansberry's genius 1964 play was ahead of its time, or we have slid backwards.
