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"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…
Vastly improved from its rocky Denver tryout, director Michael Grandage's heavily sold production of Disney's "Frozen" is set to open here Thursday night, replete with richer storytelling, l…
Jerry Mitchell's "On Your Feet," the jukebox bio musical aimed at fans of Gloria and Emilio Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, danced its first conga in Chicago three years ago, and went o…
"It's time to protect yourself " and your friends " from Facebook," read the click-bait headline Monday on Mashable, one of many columns this week decrying how Cambridge Analytica, a firm al…
The new season at the Goodman Theatre includes a new production of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" from director Mary Zimmerman " I vote Patti LuPone for Harold Hill, but don't hold your …
"What does a woman want?" Sigmund Freud famously asked. If he'd taken a glance at 21st-century advertising featuring women, he might well have answered "salad!" The Hairpin, a feminist blog,…
Robert Cuccioli and Samantha Hill will lead the Drury Lane Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific," the Oakbrook Terrace company announced Wednesday. Cuccioli, who re…
On Dec. 22, 2017, before leaving for Christmas break, President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax bill into law. The passing of the bill " introduced as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act " was …
MCC Theater will present the New York premiere of Loy Webb's #MeToo drama "The Light," it was announced Wednesday. "The Light," Webb's debut play inspired by the sexual assault controversy s…
"I wanna leave y'all with a good joke, but it's hard for me to choose," says comedian Calvin Evans as he closes out a 45-minute set Tuesday night at Zanies. "Because all of my jokes are good…
Want a first look at summer in Chicago? The 2018 summer lineup for Millennium Park has been announced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Expect more detailed calendars…
For a vista of how deeply cynical America has become in this age of division and manipulation, this moment when you don't know whether the news is real or fake, whether your boss is under in…
A tidal wave of dance is upon us. Each April, See Chicago Dance, the city's dance service organization formerly known as Audience Architects, shines a spotlight on the wealth of dance offeri…
Comedian Kathy Griffin is coming to the Chicago Theatre, it was announced Tuesday. The Oak Park native, a two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning performer, will bring her Hollywood hot takes…
Casting is complete for Mercury Theater Chicago's "Company," the Stephen Sondheim musical set to open the company's new Venus Cabaret space this spring. David Sajewich will star as Bobby, th…
The Second City announced the cast for its 42nd e.t.c. revue Tuesday. Veteran cast members include Sayjal Joshi, Katie Kershaw, Andrew Knox, Alan Linic and Jasbir Singh Vazquez, who will be …
Aurora's Paramount Theatre has announced the cast of "Once," the Broadway musical closing out its 2017-18 season. The Dublin-set serendipitous love story, based on the Oscar-winning film, wi…
Friday "The Beauty Queen of Leenane": A spinster in an Irish town tries her hand at romance to escape taking care of her mother in Martin McDonagh's black comedy. Through April 22 at Northli…
The recording studio as the crucible of creative dreams figures in a lot of plays and movies. Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studios alone gave us the jukebox musical "Million Dollar Quartet" a…
The weekend was not entirely sweet at the Gentile Arena for Loyola University Chicago students. Hannibal Buress' Saturday night show at Loyola, a Jesuit Catholic university, was almost cut s…
It was December when Ben Dicke, theater department chair at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, approached Jason Patera, the head of school, to share his vision for the spring play. "Ben said,…
Tickets for "The Cher Show," the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has yet t…
The Silk Road, consisting of ancient trade routes that connected Asia, the Middle East and Africa with Europe, shaped modern American culture today. Trade between Eastern and Western culture…
"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…
American Theater Company " the storied Chicago theater company that first staged the Broadway hits "Disgraced" and "The Humans," opened a new musical by the creators of "Urinetown," staged a…
