How Luya Poetry became a space for Chicago's poets of color
Founder Chris Aldana talks revitalizing and diversifying the city's spoken word scene. Chris Aldana, 27, inspires Chicagoans"especially many who are LGBTQ and p…
Founder Chris Aldana talks revitalizing and diversifying the city's spoken word scene. Chris Aldana, 27, inspires Chicagoans"especially many who are LGBTQ and p…
SOME LIKE IT HOT, a new musical comedy, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre with performances from March 2 - April 4, 2021.
Heidi Schreck's play is nothing short of revolutionary but the true measure of its success will be how we carry the baton and keep the conversation going.
The Marc Shaiman-Scott Wittman stage musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot will make its pre-Broadway debut next March in Chicago, with, as previously announced, Tony Award-winner Casey Nic…
Some Like It Hot, the new musical based on the 1959 classic MGM film comedy of the same name, will receive its pre-Broadway premiere at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre. Performances for th…
The musical will feature a book by The Inheritance playwright Matthew Lopez and a score by Smash duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Like it or not, a Britney Spears jukebox musical is coming toward us like a meteorite set to destroy the world. "Once
Maria Dizzia talks about playing Heidi Schreck, high school debate, and the power of the 14th Amendment. Heidi Schreck's 2017 play What the Constitution Means to…
After a career spent largely in Toronto, most recently running the city's Opera Atelier, Barretto came to the Harris as a marketer in 2015 and became CEO in 2017. One of her "singular achiev…
Political plays, new musicals, and riffs on classics top the list of upcoming Chicago productions.
Showbiz Chicago Broadway In Chicago Announces All-Star Cast For Broadway-Bound <em>ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME</em> Broadway In Chicago and The Nederlander Organization a…
A new theatrical take on the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck will take the stage of Steppenwolf Theatre Company during its 2020-2021 season. Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro, helmer of The Mi…
For essentially the same reasons that some people wanted the murals at George Washington High School in San Francisco to be covered over or removed. " Artnet
"Once Upon a One More Time," a new musical about fairytale princesses set to the songs of Britney Spears, has announced its Chicago cast, ahead of an expected Broadway run. Briga Heelan will…
Late last year, a one-third share of the Tribune was purchased by Alden Global Capital, an equity firm notorious for buying newspapers and stripping them bare. Contractual issues prevent Ald…
Designer William Ivey Long talks about the intense maintenance necessary for the long-running musical.
The musical by Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz will play the Windy City's Apollo Theater beginning in April.
Because of cultural tradition, each audience brings specific expectations to a performance. Classical listeners, who are steeped in the European performance practices, have been conditioned …
Preservation Chicago releases its 2020 list. Preservation Chicago announced the 2020 edition of its annual list of the city's "7 Most Endangered Buildings" today…
His debut collection, Stateway's Garden, captures the city's unique, ugly beauty. It's not often that a writer will make me see Chicago in a new way, but with hi…
Broadway's Liz Callaway has announced a new concert tour with dates in New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and more!
Showbiz Chicago National Book Award Winner TA-NEHISI COATES To Headline 36th Annual <em>Printers Row Lit Fest</em> in Chicago Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor lit…
Erika Jayne is dazzling audiences nightly in her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago. The Real Housewives star recently made an appearance on The Wendy Wil…
Check out Chicago headliner Erika Jayne performing "Roxie" live.
Director Richard Jones projects psychological depth onto Tchaikovsky's opera to such shocking effect that it must be seen to be conceived.