16 recommended Chicago shows to see right now
"A Shayna Maidel" âœâœâœâœ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acte…
"A Shayna Maidel" âœâœâœâœ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acte…
Whatever day you might have, the evening will be improved by a visit to a Colombian circus. Just such a troupe, Circolombia, has arrived at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's fabulous new Navy Pi…
Behold the brand-new Green Line Performing Arts Center. As of Nov. 10, Chicago will have a well-equipped, 100-seat, $5.5 million, storefront-style theater, replete with separate rehearsal sp…
The Goodman Theatre and American Blues Theater productions were among the top winners for the night.
Sunday "Cosmologies": In this comedy, a young man's negotiation for a date goes totally awry, transporting him through different worlds and identities. Through Dec. 9 at The Gift Theatre, 48…
TRENCH STAGEFARE It's a small-scale marvel, a feat to treasure: In only 80 minutes director/adaptor Simon Reade and performer Shane O'Regan do total justice to Private Peaceful, Michael M…
The American Theatre Wing names the 10 theatres are the recipients of the $10,000 grants.
The French Baroque operas about two heroes who fall in love, with starkly different consequences, open first in Toronto Oct. 25.
"An American Dream" will be on stage at Lyric Opera of Chicago from March 15, 2019 through March 17, 2019.The opera is sung in English with music by Jack Perla and libretto by Jessica Murphy…
LET HER ENTERTAIN YOU! Some people say Gypsy: A Musical Fable is the greatest Broadway musical ever written. And some people are probably right. It isn’t just a stirring story of…
This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Chita Rivera reveals the story behind a cut song, Judy Kuhn survives a backstage injury, and Seth announces upcoming guests for his concert series.
Tony winner Betty Buckley stars as matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in the tour of the Tony-winning revival.
The Chicago actor Fredric Stone spelled his first name in such a way as to confound careless critics and curse copy editors. "I used to tease him about that," said Chuck Stransky, a friend o…
Saturday "The American Revolution": Presented by Theater Unspeakable, seven actors share a small stage and re-create the entire fight from Lexington to Yorktown, using only their bodies and …
"A Shayna Maidel" âœâœâœâœ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acte…
In Milan, she was dubbed "La Silicona." In New York, she gets paid to enter a room " lips first. In Chicago, Amanda Lepore landed at the airport in head-to-toe leopard print, right on time f…
If you doubt that the ferocious passion of one gifted performer for one iconic role can propel an entire young cast to raise its game to the rafters, then you have not seen E. Faye Butler at…
Her new concert Solo Pido (All I Ask) was presented October 10.
Due to popular demand, Alexandra Burke and Duncan James will extend their runs in Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre. Burke will play Roxie Hart until 10 November 2018 and James will play Billy …