Early in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's classic, young Scout Finch starts telling us about the courtroom in fictional Maycomb, Alabama. She does so with the reverence of a child w…
The honor includes a grant of $25,000.
Sarah Sherman often performs under the name Sarah Squirm, and squirm is exactly what she's known to make her audiences do.
Broadway In Chicago announced today that following critically acclaimed, sold-out engagements in the UK, individual [...]
When I finished college downstate and moved to the Windy City in 1995, the Chicago no-wave scene was breaking apart. While still in school, I'd often driven three hours to catch gigs here, a…
The Court Theatre of Chicago will be awarded this year's Regional Theatre Tony. The special honor is given annually to a regional theater company in the United States, and includes a $25,000…
The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, Court Theatre of Chicago will be the recipient …
The theater is currently in its 67th season.
Sale documents were signed May 16, 2022, to transfer ownership of the Chicago Reader to the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The post <em>…
NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program will resume live audience recordings this June, hosted by Bill Kurtis and Peter Sagal.
Kia Smith's South Chicago Dance Theatre celebrates its fifth anniversary with five world premieres at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Eli Schmitt, 20, moved to Chicago a couple years ago to attend DePaul, where he studies journalism and art history. In that time he's become a crucial connector in an emerging youth arts mov…
"How can we approach the choreography without assuming something about it? When we assume something, we miss what is really happening."
I heard a lot about the glory days of the Fireside Bowl even before I moved to Chicago, and I loved the way the venue brought together bands from disparate subscenes with almost every show. …
The 90s star finds a way around the limits of the feminist redemption plot: having a good time in her Broadway debut as Chicago's Roxie Hart If you polled the audience at New York's Ambassad…
Members of the casts of both Broadway musicals recently posed in the hotel's Cocktail Room.
Tony and Grammy-winning Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday will return to Chicago on Broadway as Matron "Mama" Morton for a limited time this summer. Holliday will take over the role from�…
Holliday, a Tony-winning Broadway legend, will perform an eight-week limited run.
The Broadway company of Chicago will welcome Tony and Grammy Award winning Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday back to Broadway in the role of "Matron Mama Morton" beginning Thu…
Pamela Anderson in "Chicago" got a lot of press for a few minutes. Adding the sexy siren to Broadway's longest running show
The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
Jennifer Holliday will play the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in "Chicago" starting June 9, producers announced Friday. Having previously played the role in the summer of 2001, Holliday will …
HARRIED HAPPENINGS AT NAVY PIER A rarely produced dark comedy from the annals of William Shakespeare's folio is ushering in springtime at Navy Pier. All's Well That Ends Well might not ha…
CLASSICAL BLACK MUSIC MATTERS One of the really fantastic aspects of being a critic is discovering "new to me" talent. Being in the Chicago Arts scenes, it is next to impossible to see every…
Emma Pittman will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" next month. She takes on the role for a two-week engagement beginning June 6, after Pamela Anderson completes her run as�…