295 stories by "Doug George"
Dim the lights, ready Glinda's flying soap bubble, cue "Defying Gravity" " the musical Wicked is coming back to Chicago next fall.
The Apollo Theater Chicago on Lincoln Avenue is lit again with live shows, now with the comedy musical "Love Actually?" and continuing in the spring, including with a show titled "Friends! T…
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced its 2021-22 season, titled "RE/CHARGE," the 44th for the company and the first under the artistic direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.
Women now hold both top leadership roles at the Equity-affiliated African American theater.
Victory Gardens Theater has announced its upcoming season at the Biograph in Lincoln Park. The slate will feature three mainstage productions including a world premiere and will begin with "…
"When Harry Met Rehab," a new comedy about sobriety, has been announced for the Greenhouse Theater Center starring Dan Butler of "Frasier" fame.
The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its upcoming season, its first under new artistic director Lanise Antoine Shelley.
Writers Theatre has announced its 2021-2022 season, with four plays for live audiences at the theater in Glencoe for its 30th anniversary.
To get back on stage in front of live audiences, or not? That remains the pressing question for many of Chicago's smaller and midsized nonprofit theaters. Raven Theatre in the Edgewater neig…
Shakes in the Parks has always prized entertainment over iambic pentameter, and with that in mind, this year's "Dream: A Community Reimagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be less abou…
Chicago's Den Theatre has announced some big comedic names for fall 2021, including Maria Bamford, Nick Kroll and Cameron Esposito.
A large number of Chicago-area theaters and performing arts companies, led by the League of Chicago Theatres, announced Tuesday morning they will require COVID-19 precautions including proof…
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has announced titles for the company's 2021-22 season, with the opening production, Jason Robert Brown's "Songs For a New World," directed by artistic director Fr…
Tickets go on sale at noon Aug. 11 for a special appearance by TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi.
Porchlight Music Theatre returns to live performances in late October at the Ruth Page Center for Arts with "Pump Boys & Dinettes."
Hot Tix, that Chicago answer to discounted theater tickets, will reopen Aug. 11, according to the League of Chicago Theatres. On sale: Select performances of Broadway In Chicago's upcoming p…
Its late-night show "The Infinite Wrench" is back soon. The season also includes a planned collaboration with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and the world premiere of a Lu…
About Face Theatre, dedicated to stories about gender and sexuality, is planning to return to live, in-person theater in March 2022 at the Den Theatre.
Hell in a Handbag Productions is back on stage with its unduplicated, uncopiable theatrical celebration of camp and parody, including a murder mystery, "Christmas Dearest" and a whole new wa…
TimeLine Theatre Company is making progress on its new home in the Uptown neighborhood and the theater's managing director Elizabeth K. Auman will step away from her current role to focus on…
Pazdernik has previously been producing associate and company manager with Porchlight Music Theatre.
Chicago Dancers United announced the full lineup on Thursday for the 30th anniversary of Dance for Life, coming to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in late August.
Chicago Latinx theater company Teatro Vista announced Thursday that Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo are the company's new co-artistic directors.
Comedians Hasan Minhaj, Randy Rainbow, Brian Regan and Patton Oswalt are all coming to the Chicago Theatre in the upcoming season.
The Paramount Theatre in Aurora has set a reopening date " it will be back in front of live audiences in August and the welcoming show on its stages will be the postponed "Kinky Boots."
