62 stories by "Mary Houlihan - For The Sun-Times"
Playing two roles in the high-stakes farce, the former 'Office' co-star says, is "the hardest job I've ever done."
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
In 'Roots in the Alley,' the latest collaboration of playwrights and CPS students, an underworld voyage teaches girls about their Guatemalan origins
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
A fresh look at the film about interracial marriage also finds perspectives on gender, class and generational differences.
"An Epic Tale," recommended for ages 6 and up, stretches over two floors from the theater's classroom spaces to hallways, elevator and stairwells.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Director Jenn Thompson: The conversation between femininity and power and sexuality and power I think makes the play feel incredibly contemporary."
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
The writer of 'A Steady Rain' revisits local law enforcement with 'Six Corners,' about a murder at an L station.
Solidly directed by Jonathan Berry, "You Got Older" blends reality and fantasy into a sometimes uneasy look at the one-way movement of time.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Since it's first incarnation in the late '80s as a one-day event, Rhino Fest has continued to stand out from the standard idea of a fringe festival.
Closing out the imaginative company's season is "Nevermore " The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe."
Johnstone has a deep love of Shakespeare's canon, which goes back to his high school days in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
From ice skating and concerts to comedy and dance, here's a look at some of the area's offerings to make your days and nights merry and bright.
"Suddenly people realized I understood the vocabulary of big spaces," David Zinn recalls. "So breaking into set design wasn't possible until it was."
The show is staged in Uptown where Pivot teams up with the Chinese Mutual Aid Association for a look at the immigrant experience.
In the show, Mizrahi sings standards while also riffing, on among other things, personal weight issues, sleeplessness and Jewish stereotypes.
