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A RUTA WAKENING A play can be a cry for help — against a persistent peril, a former and future danger, a mindset that makes heartbreak. La Ruta, a Steppenwolf Theatre world premiere…
The decline in subscribers is upending the already fragile economics of opera, changing how companies operate and what they program. Lyric now gives a quarter fewer main stage opera performa…
“Latinx theatre and theatremakers in Chicago are consistently ignored, erased, or misunderstood by both critics at mainstream publications and the city’s one major awards body, t…
The musical by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis centers on the final year in the life of a transgender man living in Georgia.
In 1955, Shepherd co-founded Compass Players with Paul Sills, and, as one comedy historian put it, “Without David, no Compass. Without Compass, no Second City.” Which means no No…
On Friday, the Chicago Fringe Festival announced its end after 10 years of avant-garde performances. According to its organizers, the fest has presented 367 shows and returned $231,654 to th…
Amy Schumer is five months pregnant and wants to make sure everyone in the audience knows it. At the top of her show at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night " the second of two sold out nights…
URTA will host the Women+ Theatre Forum, bringing together women+ theatre artists for discussion and advice. The event will galvanize the community by offering support and encouragement in a…
Critic Chris Jones, editorial assistant KT Hawbaker and Chicago's theaters serve up some holiday realness and drag the newspaper into the new year. (Kasondra Van Treeck/Chicago Tribune)
Critic Chris Jones, editorial assistant KT Hawbaker and Chicago's theaters serve up some holiday realness and drag the newspaper into the new year. (Kasondra Van Treeck/Chicago Tribune)
The musical was previously seen in London, where it will return for an open-ended engagement next year.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has just announcedthat the Theater will stage the critically acclaimed new musicalSIX, written byToby MarlowandLucy Moss, following its debut in the United Kingdo…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Thursday that is is postponing its planned summer production of a new musical adaptation of the 1971 Disney movie, "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and will instea…
Black Box Acting has announced a change in ownership. Andrew Cutler, Amanda Fink and Eric Gerard will succeed co-founders Audrey Francis and Laura Hooper. Founded in 2009, Black Box Acting h…
By Lucas Garcia. Lucas Garcia talks about creating the first-ever Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago awards ceremony.
Issues of identity and immigration, borders and belonging, took on harsh and frightening dimensions in the headlines this year. So in looking over the shows that made the biggest impression …
From sex offenders to amoral business people and nervous autoworkers to self-involved rock stars, Chicago theater was home to some spectacularly vivid characters in 2018. Here's our annual t…
In 2005, a crowd gathered at the University of Chicago's Reynolds Club to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of improv. No less an authority than the university archivist had de…
Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr (Jerry Maguire), who played Billy Flynn in the Broadway revival of Chicago from October 6 to November 18 in 2018, will return to the production fo…
Tanya Palmer, who spearheads the annual New Stages Festival, explains how the theatre fosters robust new play development.
All he cares about is love...and heading back to Broadway! Oscar winner and main-stem alum Cuba Gooding Jr. will reprise his recent Broadway turn as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the …
The Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago has announced that Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Cuba Gooding Jr. will return to Broadway as the smooth-talking lawyer Bil…
The Oscar winner will again step into the role of Billy Flynn for five weeks.
'Tis the season for friends, family, sweet treats and the Broadway Cares holiday CD "Carols for a Cure"! In the spirit of the season and in support of BC/EFA, each year, s…
Amy Schumer is all set to entertain audiences with her robust sense of humor at Illinois' Chicago Theatre on December 19 and 20.According to Wikipedia, Schumer forayed into comedy in the ear…
