NEW YORK " For anyone who has watched some 40,000 Jimmy Buffett fans shout "Salt! Salt! Salt!" at Wrigley Field or Fenway Park and proceed en masse to move their fins first to the left and t…
The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced the cast of its summer production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Thursday. Jennie Sophia will star as Laurey with Brandon Springman a…
Two phenomenal Brits died this week. One, Steven Hawking, seemed to dwell among stars, planets " and black holes " that revealed their secrets only to him. The other, Ken Dodd, stayed firmly…
Friday "The Brink!": The Walkabout ensemble presents a devised play set at a cafe on the edge of the world, with jazz standards and the poetry of Gertrude Stein. Through March 30 at Links Ha…
TimeLine Theatre Company announced its 2018-19 season Wednesday. The Lakeview company's 22nd slate of shows includes plays by Barbara Lebow, Terrence McNally, Hansol Jung and Jireh Breon Hol…
Quest Theatre Ensemble, a non-Equity Chicago company known for producing free theater performances, has ceased operations. Jason Bowen, president of the company's board of directors, announc…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2018-19 season features a whopping 14 productions " which will include the North American premiere of Jessica Swale's "Nell Gwynn," a hit comedy from London's W…
The Broadway Playhouse has a new show celebrating female friendship in the 1950s and 1960s. And after a long spell outside of the spotlight, the Apollo Theater in Lincoln Park is coming back…
Bob Mackie, the designer of Cher's iconic costumes, will help bring her headdresses and bodysuits to Broadway. Mackie was announced as the costume designer of "The Cher Show" Wednesday, alon…
The Second City, Chicago's storied comedy institution, will partner with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., it was announced Tuesday. The new collaboratio…
Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," which opened Monday night, is the final major production at the No Exit Cafe, the longtime Rogers Park home of the Theo Ubique Cabaret The…
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company announced its 22nd season Tuesday. First up will be an adaptation of "Frankenstein" (Oct. 11-Nov. 11) by Nick Dear, the latest Chicago production of Mary Shelley'…
The Prop Thtr will present a new adaptation of "Peter Pan" and an immersive experience in its 2018-19 season, the Avondale company announced Monday. Opening in the fall will be "Neverland" (…
Hardscrabble lives, spent in the shadow of Walt Disney World, made up "The Florida Project" " for my money the best movie of 2017, Oscar or no Oscar. "Kingdom," the new drama from Chicago's …
"The most defiant nose in France" gets a contemporary makeover in BoHo Theatre's "Cyrano." But though Edmond Rostand's script has been sculpted and contemporized in places, the old-fashioned…
At the beginning of "Hang Man," during the usual friendly announcements about cellphones and emergency exits, an African-American Mississippian climbs up high in the sudden darkness, inserts…
"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…
Take a look behind the scenes of "Long Way Home," the Q Brothers' collaboration with the Chicago Children's Choir, in this latest Showcase. In the video, filmed during a recent rehearsal, Q …
Much as we might prefer living in less interesting times, Sideshow Theatre Company's opening of Mia Chung's "You for Me for You" " on the night that the White House announced a meeting betwe…
In the mostly barren rehearsal room above 42nd Street, a large bed pulls the eye. What might transpire there, one wonders, as poised and beautiful men and women dance a seductive masquerade …
The podcast is a thing of the moment. If you regularly partake, you likely will know two things. One is that only a very few podcasts are sufficiently well branded to merit the kind of expos…
Pivot Arts on Thursday announced the lineup for this summer's Pivot Arts Festival, the sixth year for the fest. It's slated to run June 1-10 in Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. …
The last 36 minutes of every performance artistic director Robert Battle programs for his company is predetermined. As an audience member, I find this grounding; no matter how far Battle str…
Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the complete cast of the Joe DiPietro and David Bryan musical "Memphis." The production will star Liam Quealy as Huey Calhoun, Aeriel Williams as Felic…
If you still haven't seen two of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2017 season, or if you just want to see them again, you're in luck: "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Hello, Dolly!" are coming to Chi…