BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE What is theatre? This was the question that popped into my head as I took my seat in the tiny TUTA Theatre space in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, ready to t…
Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller has revealed that she almost starred in Chicago on Broadway, saying it was "one of her biggest regrets in life" that she turned it down. On her new podcast, L…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Chicago "the longest running show now on Broadway and the second longest running show in history " made its way to the Saenger Theater…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first glimpse that this was going to be a special night at 54 Below honoring the 50th anniversary of the original production of Chicago was that everyon…
Despite being on Broadway and various tours around the world for 50 years, the musical "Chicago" still endures. Written in 1975 with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, the latest i…
"I was a Broadway virgin before I started working on that show," the 16-time Grammy-award winning producer/songwriter says during a Zoom interview ...
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO BAGHDAD: COMEDY BUMPS INTO HISTORY TO CREATE A MASTERPIECE We sometimes forget how much the theatrical stage can be a place of true discovery"until we st…
Rita Wilson: A singer-songwriter, the "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Jingle All the Way" actress made her Broadway debut as Roxie in 2006. Ashlee Simpson ...
"A Gallery of Dances" comprises short pieces and excerpts from Mariah Eastman dating back to her early work as a freelance choreographer, along with new short pieces commissioned from Mandy …
STORYTELLING THAT LAUNCHES A THOUSAND SHIPS There is a moment in Court Theatre's fourth (!) iteration of An Iliad where The Poet holds a flashlight below his chin"I immediately flashed back …
