Grant James Varjas' "33 to Nothing" is set, in real time, at that most depressing of moments for any ensemble of artists: When some in their number finally have had enough. Varjas' play with…
The American dream of home ownership is indelibly entwined with our shameful history of racial discrimination. That's particularly true in Chicago, which has served as a laboratory for segre…
The Griffin Theatre Company's passionate production of "Ragtime" will go head-to-head with Theo Ubique's vocally adroit "Sweeney Todd" at the Non-Equity Jeff Awards, with these two musical p…
The Auditorium Theatre has announced its 2018-19 season, which will include Chicago premieres, the return of familiar companies and contemporary artists, and a special speaker series showcas…
"Harry, there's never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world," says the deceased Dumbledore, his portrait talking from the stage. "Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyon…
"The Beauty Queen of Leenane" âœâœâœ 1/2 "I'd die before you'd put me in a home," says the old Irish lady. "Aye," says her daughter, "hopefully." Playwright Martin McDonagh's fam…
If we all want retail to continue to be a part of our urban aesthetic landscape, we had better start buying things in shops. On Thursday, the Tribune reported that Carson's, a department sto…
At the posh Lincoln Center, the young Cockney woman that professor Henry Higgins finds in Covent Garden is not the usual chipper and cheerily comprehensible flower girl you find in Alan Jay …
In 2013, the entrepreneurial pianist and actor Hershey Felder received a letter from Russian authorities. Felder, who has many fans in Chicago, is well known for his solo shows focused on th…
Pop singers-turned-Broadway-stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host the Tony Awards, the theater industry's biggest ceremony. They take over hosting duties from Kevin Spacey, the d…
"The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" will launch its national tour in Chicago, it was announced Wednesday. The rock-musical adaption of Rick Riordan's best-selling novel, about a…
"Jesus Christ Superstar," which is close to half a century old and the only show ever to contain such a gloriously ridiculous lyric as "Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho" is having a heck of …
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, with artistic director Glenn Edgerton at its helm, has announced a new season filled with world premieres and international collaborations. The fall series will…
Strawdog Theatre Company's first season at its new North Center home will include three world premieres, the company announced Tuesday. Kicking off the company's 31st season will be "Masque …
Playwright Boo Killebrew's "Lettie" begins with a woman staring at her half-sister, who just got out of jail. "This wasn't supposed to happen for two or three years," the woman says, annoyed…
Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond will star in "The Cher Show" in Chicago, producers Flody Suarez and Jeffrey Seller announced Tuesday. Block, previously self-announced as o…
"If y'all ready for 'A Dope Comedy Show,' let me hear you say, 'Hell yeah!'" The voice booms over the sound system as comedian Dave Helem " a Chicago native now living in Los Angeles " steps…
Saturday "Frost/Nixon": Peter Morgan's historical drama based on the infamous 1977 interviews opens at Redtwist Theatre. Through May 20 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.; 773-728-7…
Can you combine the post-colonial atrocities, the internal corruption, the ceaseless profiteering that still afflicts Africa, the mother continent of humanity, with the rubric of a knockdown…
Tracy Letts' "The Minutes," a play about an incendiary council meeting in a small American city, was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in drama. The designation was announced Monday aft…
Through no fault of its own, Philip Dawkins' "The Burn" has not turned out to be well-timed. Set in a Chicago public high school and focused on a well-meaning teacher (Erik Hellman) and four…
Chicago stage diva E. Faye Butler will play Rose in "Gypsy" as part of Porchlight Music Theatre's 2018-19 season, the company announced Thursday. "Gypsy," featuring music by Jule Styne, lyri…
If you are playing Nellie Forbush in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's "South Pacific," which opened Thursday night at the Drury Lane Theatre under the open-hearted direction of Victor…
"Anna Karenina" âœâœâœ There aren't many towns in the world where you can roll up and find a completely new adaptation of the jottings of Leo Tolstoy. As you can currently find i…
"There was a time, way, way back, when Oprah was a human being," said Thuli Dumakude near the beginning of Okwui Okpokwasili's "Poor People's TV Room," running through Sunday at the MCA. The…