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The Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook Terrace — which racked up an impressive 19 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations last week for its productions of the past season — has today ann…
The play, directed by Damon Kiely, is now receiving a ferociously acted Chicago premiere by Strawdog Theatre.
It is the latest addition to the more than 40 murals in the South Loop neighborhood, and kicks off this year's public art exhibition, Street Level.
Make way for Martha Lavey Way. A section of North Halsted Street where Steppenwolf stands will be renamed in the artistic director's honor.
The new lottery system begins Aug. 27.
TimeLine Theatre's superb Chicago premiere of "The Audience," Peter Morgan's whip-smart portrait of a Queen Elizabeth, is not to be missed.
ZWECKER: The longtime Steppenwolf actress says new film role, as a widow reminiscing with a hologram, let her explore the shifting of memories.
The winners will be a announced at a gala awards ceremony Nov. 6 at the Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace.
A new 16-week block of tickets will go on sale Aug. 29.
Meehan wrote the books for three shows that ran over 2,000 performances on Broadway: "Annie," "The Producers" and "Hairspray."
Mary Robin Roth's Rose is a tireless force of nature in this production that reinforces the ruthless and bitter aspects of the burlesque star's story.
The Oscar-winning short film has been expanded into a fervent, surprisingly playful, fully musicalized two-hour show.
Brooks: "It is rather daunting to play an iconic character that everyone feels they know. The Queen is just so visible and there are expectations."
The 1928 play by Sophie Treadwell was in many ways far ahead of its time in both style and substance,
Smothers says he follows today's political satirists and feels they're doing "a great job."
WEISS: As sick and twisted as the Black Button Eyes production is, its depiction of domestic horror is so imaginative that you cannot look away.
Neither Alexander Hamilton, nor any of such scientifically-minded Founding Fathers as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, had an app, although they certainly had “appetites.”…
Gaines' re-imagined production, with Shakespeare's script featuring additional dialogue by Second City's Ron West, is set in 1919 Chicago.
The festival will run Sept. 29 through Oct. 29 at various venues.
The musical is based on the 1994 Oscar-winning short film.
Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" was Cook's biggest Broadway hit, opening in December 1957 and running for more than 1,300 performances.
WEISS: Mercury Theater Chicago production is at once grand-scale yet intimate, aiming to capture the fashion, attitudes and anxieties of the era.
Individual tickets go on sale Sept. 17.
WEISS: The reality TV takeoff also delves into backstage drama, a variety of musical styles and even contemporary politics.
Since its publication in 1900, L. Frank Baum’s novel, ‘The Wonderful of Wizard of Oz,” has been the source of countless iterations, from the magical 1939 MGM film, to the u…
