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Comedian John Oliver is doing a night of stand-up comedy at the Chicago Theatre this winter, Live Nation and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced.
Say what you will about Redmoon, quitters they are not. The Great Chicago Fire Festival - that high-profile fizzle for the theater in its inaugural year in 2014 on the Chicago River - is …
Curious Theatre Branch has announced its 28th season, anchored by its annual Rhino Fest. Performances are at Prop Thtr, 3502 N Elston; more information at curioustheatrebranch.com.
Shattered Globe Theatre is celebrating its 25th season this fall and has announced a slate of three shows at Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont Ave.); more information about its 2015-16 lineup at …
Shattered Globe Theatre is celebrating its 25th season this fall and has announced a slate of three shows at Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont Ave.); more information about its 2015-16 lineup at …
Theater Wit has announced its 2015-16 season on the North Side. The three titles will play in the company's space at 1229 N. Belmont Ave.; more information at TheaterWit.org.
What do you get when you cross stand-up comedy and an architecture cruise? Heck if we know, but Shoreline Sightseeing and Zanies are going to find out this weekend when they debut the Friday…
The New Colony has announced its 2016 season, the first with four shows for the Wicker Park theater company dedicated to premiering new works. The first three titles are below; a fourth will…
This latest Theater Loop Showcase is Kevin Pollack as a very commmited and convincing Joe Cocker, singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" - as Cocker sang the Beatles song at Woodstock …
Kelly Leonard, it was announced last week, is stepping down from his post as president of Second City Theatricals, his longtime role at the famed Chicago comedy theater.
This latest Theater Loop Showcase is Kevin Pollack as a very commmited and convincing Joe Cocker, singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" - as Cocker sang the Beatles song at Woodstock …
The Joffrey Academy of Dance has put out an open call for works by choreographers of color to be entered in its Winning Works Choreographic Competition. The sixth annual competition seeks to…
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date." Somebody said that. Surely someone from Chicago. Doesn't sound like Royko. Wait, was it, maybe, Shakespeare?Â
Stephen Colbert has a podcast in support of "Late Show" that for the past two episodes he has devoted to the subject of Chicago Â… the Chicago improv scene, Chicago theater, his memories …
The title may seem a bit forced but the dance lineup is a welcome addition to Friday afternoons in the Loop. "Thank Dance it's Friday," a five-week series of dance performances, begins Aug. …
The Victory Gardens Theater on Wednesday announced the casting for its 2015 Ignition Festival of New Plays - including the return of actress Sandra Oh in a work by Julia Cho. Oh, best known …
The Neo-Futurists have announced their 2015-16 season on the North Side, including a "clown rock opera" devised by Malic White and Molly Brennan, "Mike Mother" by Jessica Anne, and of course…
Casting has been announced for the 2015-16 theater season at Writers Theatre in Glencoe - a season initially announced in March that will be its first in the shiny new Studio Gang-designed s…
If you dance in a big enough group, maybe nobody will notice your dancing. So how about dancing with the whole of Chicago? Chicago SummerDance, that summer-long series of weekend dance night…
Ashley Wheater, the artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, will receive the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal from the University of Chicago, the dance company announced Thursday.
Black Ensemble Theater is best known and loved for its musical biographies of soul singers and R&B greats; now onstage is "Sounds So Sweet," a story set to the music of girl groups, from Des…
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks has announced its show and schedule for summer 2015. The title may not appear in the Bard's First Folio, but don't let that detract from its outdoor entertai…
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks has announced its show and schedule for summer 2015. The title may not appear in the Bard's First Folio, but don't let that detract from its outdoor entertai…
Chicago Human Rhythm Project, that Chicago dance company known primarily for tap, is taking a big step in promoting all kinds of percussive dance this month with the Chicago Rhythm Fest's "S…
Nick Offerman and Judd Apatow will both appear in an upcoming Chicago festival " that does not have "Laughs" or "Comedy" in its title. Instead, "Humanities." The two funnymen are spring pres…
