Stage veteran Melissa Gilbert will be among the contestants for the 14th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, according to EW.com. The show will return to the air on March 19. Gilb…
The nominations for the 28th annual Helen Hayes Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented in a ceremony to be held on Monday, April 23, 2012. The most highly recognized prod…
Cirque du Soleil's Dralion will play two engagements in the Chicago area this summer. The production will be seen at the Allstate Arena in Rosement, running June 20 - 24, and at the Un…
The Gift Theatre Company has announced casting for Rodney Ackland's Absolute Hell, to run March 1 - April 29. Sheldon Patinkin will direct the production. The play, set in the days ju…
David Edgar's Written on the Heart, which centers on the genesis of the King James Bible, will transfer from the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to …
Omid Djalili will star as Dr. Rance in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, to run May 5 - August 25 at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre. Sean Foley will direct the production. The …
Lance Baker will offer a one-night-only performance of Mike Daisey's monologue, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs on Monday, March 5 at 8pm at A Red Orchid Theatre. The event wil…
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow will collaborate on a song to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The number will be performed at a concert celebrating the monarch&apos…
Voice casting has been announced for Turbo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. David Soren will direct the project, which he has co-written with Robert Siegel and Darren Lemke. The film …
Mary Louise Parker and James Woods have been cast in the independent film Jamesy Boy, according to The Hollywood Reporter Trevor White will direct the project, which is using a script he co…
Sky Arts has announced the writers and initial casting for Playhouse Presents, a new series of comedies and dramas, according to published reports. The initiative is an extension of the cha…
Lily Tomlin will join the previously announced Reba McEntire in ABC's half-hour pilot Malibu Country, according to a report on Deadline.com. The show centers on a woman (McEntire) who…
The famed Chicago theater director discusses his new work, The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told By Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched Creature).
Stephanie J. Block will assume the role of Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Anything Goes on March 15. She replaces Sutton Foster, who will play her final performance on March 11. Block pre…
Stephanie J. Block will assume the role of Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Anything Goes on March 15. She replaces Sutton Foster, who will play her final performance on March 11. Block pre…
F. Murray Abraham stars in Brian Kulick's gently naturalistic staging of Bertolt Brecht's compelling drama about the famed astronomer at CSC.
Updated casting has been announced for the Chicago company of Million Dollar Quartet, playing at the Apollo Theatre. In addition, it has been announced that the production, directed by Eric…
An updated list of presenters has been announced for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Awar…
Idina Menzel's new CD Live Barefoot At The Symphony will be released by Concord Records on March 6. The album was recorded at the Koerner Hall at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto and …
The Paramount Theatre has announced the four musicals it will produce during the 2012-2013 season. Rachel Rockwell will direct two productions for the company: Charles Strouse, Martin Char…
Profiles Theatre has extended Leslye Headland's Bachelorette. The production, directed by Darrell W. Cox, will now play through April 29. The dark comedy centers on a group of friends…
Team StarKid will offer free performances of its newest parody Holy Musical B@man! at the Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, March 16-25, according to a report in The Chicago Tr…
An updated list of presenters has been announced for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Awar…
NBC has released a teaser trailer for Nick Jonas' guest appearance on the February 28 episode of Smash. Jonas is set to play Lyle, a young performer who ends up putting the moves on …
The nominations for the inaugural Chicago Theater Critics' Beat Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced in late March. Nominations have been made in 19 categories, w…