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“Gem of the Ocean,” now receiving a vividly acted revival at Court Theatre, was the ...
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Ask Jackie Taylor, the Black Ensemble Theater's founder, executive director and artistic "jackie" of all artistic trades, why she titled her newest show, "The BlackWhite Love Play: The Story…
Just when I thought it was all but impossible for another exceptional production to join the ranks of such early fall season productions as "Oklahoma" (at Paramount Theatre), "The Revel (at …
Porchlight Music Theatre, whose excellent revival of the Broadway musical, "Side Show," is now playing at Stage 773, has announced plans to inaugurate a new musical revue series dubbed "New …
Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced," a play full of instant (and mostly equal opportunity) ethnic provocation, is custom-made for our time, as the lingering traumatic stress disorders of post-Septembe…
As with all cliches, there is more than a little truth to the notion that while comics make others laugh they are often crying inside. Consider Robin Williams, Richard Pryor and John Belushi…
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" opened on Broadway in 1943, as World War II was raging in Europe and the Pacific. And if you watch this game-changing musical with that historical contex…
Although improvisational comedy, one of Chicago's most formidable gifts to the entertainment world, had its genesis in the Hyde Park neighborhood, it is now rooted almost entirely on the cit…
The mischievous sleight-of-hand unfolds even before the audience has settled into darkness for the formal start of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's altogether beguiling, ingeniously imagined pr…
There has been a change in the schedule for Hershey Felder's season-long series of productions slated for the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted.
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It has become one of the most thrilling rites of the Indian summer season: The ...
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Signal Theatre Ensemble, an accomplished Chicago storefront, will cease operation next year, after presenting two ambitious final productions.
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Now, at a time when one of the more popular mottos on Broadway is "let your freak flag fly," the outcasts of society have not only become the main attractions, but the heroes and heroines. A…
Sick, sick, sick. And definitely not for the meek. But the Mary-Arrchie Theatre production of ...
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Members of the cast of "Gotta Dance," the new musical set for a pre-Broadway tryout at Chicago's Bank of America this winter, gathered on the stage of the Broadway Playhouse on Tuesday after…
Chicago audiences have forged a special bond with Greek tragedy in recent seasons, especially when the chaos and fervor of those ancient foundational plays comes with a modern twist. The lat…
The Second City has announced dates for post-fire resumption of programming.
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In many ways, "Dogfight" - the intimate musical being presented by BoHo Theatre - is a classic story of naive young men heading off to war. Full of macho bravura, but increasingly terrified …
Broadway In Chicago has announced full casting for the Chicago premiere of "Unspeakable," a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor. The show, to be presented …
The Joffrey Ballet is offering a special $20 ticket deal for “Millennials,” its program of ...
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Catherine Trieschmann's play, "How the World Began," now receiving a topnotch Chicago premiere by the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, arrives at a most interesting moment - a time when the argum…
When there's a will there's a way. Of course for proof of this adage you need look no further than the hundreds of thousands of fiercely determined migrants now trying to make their way to E…
The Goodman Theatre has announced the lineup for its 2015 New Stages Festival which will run Oct. 28 - Nov. 15, and feature new works by Rebecca Gilman, Jordan Harrison, Dael Orlandersmith, …
Directors David H. Bell, Carl Menninger and Ron OJ Parson will helm the three productions ...
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Generational labels can distort reality, especially in any discussion of the arts, for artists, in addition to forging the new, famously draw on history, even as they sometimes deconstruct i…
