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Gina Gionfriddo's play is now on stage at Windy City Playhouse in a production tautly directed by Scott Weinstein.
News of the two new shows set for pre-Broadway debuts in Chicago during the 2018 season have already been announced, and include “Pretty Woman: The Musical” and “The Cher S…
In its U.S. premiere, 'The Worst of All' by Venezuelan playwright Iraida Tapias captures the nun's passion and tragic destruction.
Gary Griffin directs a dazzling production featuring a perfectly chosen cast.
"The Cher Show" will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Oriental, running June 12 - July 15, 2018.
“The Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare’s comedy about the war between the sexes, has had a rough time of it for decades now, ever since the dawn of the feminist revolution.…
The musical will be directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell ("Kinky Boots").
This production of the infrequently revived show, brilliantly directed by Fred Anzevino, is wholly captivating.
What happens when you very cagily flip the ordinary positioning of performer and audience?
The alliance will mark the end of the Joffrey's long-time relationship with the Auditorium Theatre.
This is also a jarringly uneven play that tries too hard to be hip and often ends up undercutting the very meaningful notions it is meant to explore.
Sadly, the whole production wears you down as often as it enchants.
Miller was a realist who tapped into the fractured heroic nature of his characters and the very specific time and place in which they lived.
The all too rarely revived 1990 musical devised by Clarke Peters features the wonderfully antic songs of 1930s saxophonist/bandleader Louis Jordan.
A long-running hit at the Apollo, the tribute to Elvis Presley and his fellow Sun Records artists finds its proper scale on a Broadway-size proscenium
Stage versions of Atwood's work are still rare, so Rivendell's riveting world premiere production of her novel "Alias Grace" is reason to celebrate.
Each of the towers is a self-contained ecosystem with heating & ventilating connectors, electrical connections, acoustical panels & sprinkler system.
It is Hall's work on the opera stage that left its greatest mark in Chicago.
James Still's fascinating fantasia, "The Heavens are Hung in Black," is now receiving an enthralling Shattered Globe Theatre production.
Discovery is the name of the game on Chicago stages. An astonishing pool of young talent is at work in this city right now (with many of the performers barely out of university theater progr…
The 2018 lineup features work by Chicago writers Ike Holter, Aline Lathrop and J. Joseph Cox, along with Kathleen Cahill and Sean Christopher Lewis.
In the end, the screechy-screaminess of it all, along with the crotch grabbing, simulated humping and dumb humor, have a numbing effect.
The Unit is a year-long residency in support of new work in collaboration with Chicago Dramatists.
Upgrades to the long-decrepit space include a new permanent stage with professional lighting and sound systems, and an enclosed lobby and box office.
Based on the sensational Chicago premiere by Kokandy Productions, it is impossible to understand how the show failed to become a hit on Broadway.
