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615 stories from chicago.suntimes.com

With The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare sets engineering poetry in motion by Hedy Weiss

Each of the towers is a self-contained ecosystem with heating & ventilating connectors, electrical connections, acoustical panels & sprinkler system.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 5:31pm on September 13, 2017

Remembering Sir Peter Hall's master stagework in Chicago by Hedy Weiss

It is Hall's work on the opera stage that left its greatest mark in Chicago.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 5:58pm on September 12, 2017

Lincoln agonistes drives a haunting 'Heavens are Hung in Black' by Hedy Weiss

James Still's fascinating fantasia, "The Heavens are Hung in Black," is now receiving an enthralling Shattered Globe Theatre production.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 9:37am on September 12, 2017

Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan love Chicago's creativity by Bill Zwecker

"American Assassin" stars Michael Keaton and Sanaa Lathan know Chicago well " loving everything from our food scene to the city's creative theaters.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 4:42pm on September 11, 2017

Sun-Times 2017 Fall Entertainment Preview " Stage by Hedy Weiss

Discovery is the name of the game on Chicago stages. An astonishing pool of young talent is at work in this city right now (with many of the performers barely out of university theater progr…

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 8:30am on September 11, 2017

For 16th Street Theater, a season of troubled men, women in uniform by Hedy Weiss

The 2018 lineup features work by Chicago writers Ike Holter, Aline Lathrop and J. Joseph Cox, along with Kathleen Cahill and Sean Christopher Lewis.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:50pm on September 10, 2017

Celebs violate Norm at Second City's big-money roast of George Wendt by Darel Jevens

Some comedians reluctant to go too rough on the "sweetheart" actor best known for his "Cheers" role.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 9:45pm on September 9, 2017

Strong performances, voices, lift inane 'Rock of Ages' by Hedy Weiss

In the end, the screechy-screaminess of it all, along with the crotch grabbing, simulated humping and dumb humor, have a numbing effect.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 3:13pm on September 8, 2017

It's a long way from Carbondale to '90210' for musical star by Miriam Di Nunzio

Stage musical parody of the 1980s Fox series finds its Donna Martin in one very talented, and very hairy actor.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 3:00pm on September 8, 2017

Goodman Theatre announces members of yearlong Playwrights Unit by Hedy Weiss

The Unit is a year-long residency in support of new work in collaboration with Chicago Dramatists.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 6:37pm on September 7, 2017

Tony-winning musical 'Dear Evan Hansen' headed to Chicago by Miriam Di Nunzio

The first national touring production of the six-time Tony Award-winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” will make its way to 50 cities next year, including a stop in Chicago, it was …

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 2:00pm on September 7, 2017

Rehabbed Theater on the Lake ready for year-round use by Hedy Weiss

Upgrades to the long-decrepit space include a new permanent stage with professional lighting and sound systems, and an enclosed lobby and box office.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:37am on September 7, 2017

High-rise proposal includes Northlight Theatre's return to Evanston by Miriam Di Nunzio

The new Northlight Theatre complex would include a 350-seat venue.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:23pm on September 6, 2017

'SNL's' Julia Sweeney on criticism of Pat: 'I probably don't disagree' by Bill Zwecker

The Wilmette comedian, set to roast George Wendt this weekend, says she understands why some critics objected to her sexually indeterminate character.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 7:22pm on September 6, 2017

Camilla Cleese helps revive sketches her father did pre-Monty Python by Darel Jevens

Barely seen since their one TV airing in 1967, bits by John Cleese, Graham Chapman and others get a second life in a show at the iO Theatre.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 8:59am on September 6, 2017

'Bonnie & Clyde' (the musical) shoots its way through the Depression by Hedy Weiss

Based on the sensational Chicago premiere by Kokandy Productions, it is impossible to understand how the show failed to become a hit on Broadway.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 4:11pm on September 5, 2017

In today's discourse, George Takei hears echoes of his WWII internment by Bill Zwecker

The activist actor, best known as Sulu on "Star Trek," comes to Chicago to recall a tragic event for himself and other Japanese Americans.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 7:00am on September 4, 2017

'A Funny Thing' snatches caustic humor from the jaws of death by Catey Sullivan - For The Sun-times

In the hospital room of playwright Halley Feiffer's world, a parent's pending demise is brutal, messy and an impetus for sex.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 5:24pm on September 3, 2017

Angela Ingersoll to tape her Judy Garland concert for TV by Hedy Weiss

Cameras will be rolling when the Chicago star of Porchlight's "End of the Rainbow" performs next month in St. Charles.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 2:51pm on September 3, 2017

Marriott deals a royal flush with 'Honeymoon in Vegas' by Hedy Weiss

It's goofy escapist entertainment of the highest order.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 4:44pm on August 31, 2017

Jessie Mueller's first movie role will be in a Spielberg film by Hedy Weiss

By now, the meteoric Broadway career of Chicago-bred actress Jessie Mueller is a well-known story, with a Tony Award win for her starring role in “Beautiful " The Carole King Musical,&…

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 3:47pm on August 31, 2017

'Invisible Scarlet' torn from the comics pages of Chicago newspapers by Mary Houlihan - For The Sun-times

The comic strip originated in the Chicago Times beginning in 1940 and, after the paper merged with the Chicago Sun in 1948, in the Chicago Sun-Times.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 8:45am on August 31, 2017

Bruce Springsteen extends his Broadway concerts into February by Associated Press

His five-show-a-week stand at the Walter Kerr Theatre begins previews Oct. 3 ahead of an Oct. 12 opening at the intimate 960-seat venue.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 5:57pm on August 30, 2017

'The Elephant Man' playwright Bernard Pomerance dies at 76 by Associated Press

"The Elephant Man" was based on a true story and has been frequently revived since its 1979 New York debut.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 4:49pm on August 29, 2017

Broadway composer Jeanne Tesori slated for Chicago visit by Hedy Weiss

Jeanine Tesori is the Tony Award-winning composer responsible for such shows as “Caroline, or Change,” “Shrek the Musical,” “Violet,” “Thoroughly Mo…

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 4:16pm on August 29, 2017
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