Ann Reinking, a Broadway veteran who starred in the original production of Chicago, won a Tony Award as its choreographer and also co-starred in the films Annie and All That Jazz, has …
(Eli Countryman's article appeared in Variety, 12/14.) Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla R…
Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla King told Variety. She was 71. "The world and our family ha…
The Muny stage was empty this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now the St. Louis theater has announced dates for its 2021 season. This year marked the first in the venue's 102-yea…
The North Side theater known for European plays has taken the first steps of a radical transformation, with plans for both theater and theater artists to relocate to the West Side.
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
Media personality Dean Richards, 66, said his illness was not serious. He plans to broadcast his Sunday morning WGN radio show from home.
The year started with a flurry of promising shows, with a suburban "Grease," Steppenwolf's "Bug" and the Goodman's "Graveyard Shift" among the standouts. Then the pandemic came and everythin…
You now have the chance to meet with one of the stars of Law & Order and Chicago Med, S. Epatha Merkerson, via Zoom! S. Epatha Merkerson has garnered numerous high-profile accolades for …
Cast members from the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago recently reunited for a special performance for NBC's eagerly anticipated "One Night Only: The Best of Broadw…
It's a virtual "Chris Jones recommends" ... Here are some seasonal Chicago attractions to support your local theater artists.
He was one of three artists from Chicago to win 2021 Creative Capital Awards given to support the creation of new artworks.
(Chris Jones's article appeared in The Chicago Tribune, 12/2; photo: This building at 4343 South Cottage Grove Ave. is slated to be the African American Museum of Performing Arts and a theat…
An old brick warehouse on S. Cottage Grove will house both the Congo Square Theatre Company and the new African American Museum of Performing Arts.
A building at 4343 South Cottage Grove Ave. is slated to be the African American Museum of Performing Arts and a theater.
EXTRA! EXTRA! SANTA CAUGHT ON TAPE WITH RAG DOLL! If your little ones are aching for some color and Christmas and you're looking for a critical and commercial success from Chicago to enterta…
Chicago Children's Theatre's "Walkie Talkies" self-guided podcasts are a new way for families to take a walk, release stress and create happy shared family memories until we can be back toge…
The first of what will be an annual fellowship totaling $27,500 will go to the Chicago playwright Kristiana Rae Colón and, aptly enough, Congo Square.
RIMSKY TO THE RESCUE As COVID-19 restrictions continue to evolve, Chicago Opera Theater is pivoting its November show digitally in order to honor commitments to artists while protecting the …
Pentatonix's Kirstin Maldonado is set to join Deborah Cox and Norm Lewis in Stephen Schwartz and John Caird's Children of Eden. The musical, which was originally announced to play i…
Tony Award-nominated Tina Fey ("Mean Girls") is set to host "One Night Only: The Best of Broadway," an unforgettable night of music celebrating the incredible and resilient Broadway communit…
The Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical is aiming for an August 2021 opening at the Arcada Theatre.
When Chicago's Newberry Library opened a 2016 exhibition entitled "Civil War to Civil Rights: African American Chicago in the Newberry Collection," the artifacts on display included a sample…
The musical was filmed in 2018.
A streaming video of "Eleanor's Merry Christmas Wish " The Musical" is being repackaged and offered to theater audiences all over the country. And it's not the only one. Is this a new era fo…