More people should know the name Maureen Dallas Watkins (ca. 1896-1969) but at least now YOU do. Her name honestly ought to be as well remembered as Ben Hecht's, not just because as a journa…
On Monday, August 1, jazz trombonist Jeb Bishop will move back to Chicago after a ten-year absence. Bishop and his wife headed to North Carolina in spring 2012 (Carrboro and later Durham) an…
For Jessica Mlinaric it all started in her grandma's backyard. "My cousin and I spent hours drawing scavenger hunts and treasure maps to the patch of trees between her lawn and a neighboring…
A novelist, writing professor, and covert comedian named Solomon Gladman wakes up one morning in Chicago, sometime in 2022. He and his French-born wife, Daphne Bourbon (would she be named Si…
The Department of Public Health is adapting its monkeypox vaccination strategy to deal with limited vaccine ability.
The post Chicago prioritizing first doses for monkeypox vaccine appeared…
Charity Angél Dawson will join the cast of Broadway's long-running Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton on August 1 at the Ambassador Theatre. She replaces Tony winner Jennifer Holli…
On plantations in the 1800s, plantation owners used diversity as a means of division. "We lay great stress on the necessity of having our labor mixed. By employing different nationalities, t…
Charity Angel Dawson will be joining the cast of Chicago on Broadway as Matron Mama Morton! With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chic…
Lilac are essentially a Chicago supergroup of musicians who've done time in underrated bands. They include former Cacaw and Coughs front woman Anya Davidson (also an underground comics artis…
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe & The TINA Band in the Broadway cast of TINA. Photo by Manuel Harlan, 2021. Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce its next season will feature 1776, Tina " …
Erich Bergen is heading back to Broadway! The stage and screen talent will step into the Tony-winning revival of Kander & Ebb's Chicago as Billy Flynn beginning on August 1. He will p…
Broadway's long-running musical Chicago has cast Madam Secretary actor Erich Bergen in the role of Billy Flynn, producers announced today. Bergen will join the show on Monday, August 1, and …
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes Erich Bergen in the role of "Billy Flynn" starting Monday, August 1 through Sunday, Sept…
Reggaeton is an expression of movement, release, sexuality, storytelling, connection, and fashion. It's taken over the world of pop music, despite the Puerto Rican government's many attempts…
Music by Sir Elton John and Lyrics by Shaina Taub Book by Kate Wetherhead Starring Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs JULY 19-AUGUST 21, 20…
If you hadn't caught the news in the last week, there is a major crisis at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago which saw the mass resignation of their current cohort of resident artists. This…
The movie comes from the early aughts, when the world was a different place. "A lot has changed," Elton John says. The musical "Devil Wears Prada" opens first in Chicago, with Broadway next.
