For the company's first full evening at home in a decade, the Trinity Irish Dance Company commanded the Auditorium Theatre's big, beautiful stage on Saturday. The engagement is the second of…
If you find yourself wanting to draw parallels between today's political unrest and the tumultuous late '60s, Aaron Sorkin is here with a gigantic sketch pad and 1,000,000 sharpened pencils.…
Veronica Dunne is putting her jazz shoes back on. The stage-and-screen star will step back into the Broadway revival of Chicago as Roxie Hart for a six-week limited run from February 12 thro…
On Friday, Theater Wit announced the Midwest premiere of Joshua Harmon's "Admissions," to be directed by Jeremy Wechsler. In the bleak satire, Bill and Sherri Mason, the very liberal leaders…
Chicago announced today that actress Veronica Dunne will return to the Broadway production in the role of Roxie Hart beginning Tuesday, February 12. She will play a 6-week limited engagement…
The international hit musical continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
We were all there to make believe. And so, when the first act's showstopper ended with a charming dose of awkwardness, no one at the Saturday matinee of Disney on Ice blinked. "Coco" had sei…
BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
Greetings from Hoth or #Chiberia or whatever you want to call this fresh winter mess. With the onslaught of theater closings this week " Broadway in Chicago actually shut down Wednesday's "H…
Mr. DeRogatis veers from expletive-laden indignation to choked-back tears when describing the effects of Mr. Kelly's alleged behavior with what he estimates to be at least 48 women. But he h…
"Blue Man Group" âœâœâœ 1/2 "Blue Man Group" has been playing at Briar Street since 1997, a remarkable run of 20-plus years. The Blue Men still chomp marshmallows, bang drums and…
"Howard Schultz " more bitter than his coffee," tweeted the TV screenwriter Warren Leight on Wednesday, part of a torrent of social-media abuse, much of it from Hollywood, aimed at the forme…
Cold weather has officially squelched the city's hottest show. Due to extreme weather conditions, the Jan. 30 matinee and evening performances of "Hamilton" in Chicago have been canceled. Do…
This WorldStage Production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater renders trauma, memory and youth in its own exquisite language.
You can make a killing in the theater, but not a living, goes the theatrical cliche. The playwright Steven Dietz, whose work never has been seen on Broadway, has achieved precisely the rever…
CONSIDER CREATION CAUGHT IN THIS SEMINAL WORLD PREMIERE It's a tour-de-force to take home and reverently recall: A Goodman Theatre world premiere, How To Catch Creation lives up to a l…
Imagination contends with plot in this co-production from Adventure Stage Chicago and Rough House Theater.
As of February 24, “anyone who believes the gender pay gap has negatively impacted their earning potential” may pay $12 for admission to the MCA. That’s 80% of the normal t…
Tickets are to go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 to "Hamilton: The Exhibition," the latest high-profile project involving Lin-Manuel Miranda and the creative team behind the hit Broadway musical…
 Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce tickets for "the ultimate night out" (Entertainment Weekly) CRUEL INTENTIONS: [...]
Look, we know you should stay in on Wednesday. History has its eye on some record-low temps for Chicago, and several institutions have already announced closures due to the anticipated tempe…
The season also includes Sondra Radvanovsky in a semi-staged concert engagement of Donizetti’s three Queen operas.
Over the years, Chicago's famous storefront-theater community occasionally has turned the lens upon itself. But in every such case that I recall, these shows have romanticized the struggles …
In 2004, a group of terrorists demanding independence for Chechnya descended upon School Number One in Beslan, Russia, taking more than 1,100 people hostage. By the time the so-called Beslan…
Ryoko Yonekura, the multi-talented original star of the Japanese-language production of Chicago, will return to the Broadway revival as Roxie Hart on July 1. Yonekura will play a limited 16-…