Following a successful UK and international tour, and after a 5-year absence from London, the multi award-winning Kander amp Ebb musical CHICAGO, winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Award…
Full to the brim with Razzle-Dazzle and showstopping visuals, Chicago The Musical is back in the West End with a bang - not to mention an all-star cast, scores of sizzling songs, one heck of…
Valerie Simpson is best known to everyone as one half of Ashford and Simpson, the songwriting duo of Motown fame who composed Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)
Friday "Gaslight District": The Second City e.t.c.'s 42nd revue takes on everything from aliens to the alienated. Open run at Second City, 1608 N. Wells St.; 312-337-3992 and www.secondcity.…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble members Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood will be featured in LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater's production of "Pass Over," it was announced Wednesday. The…
SWEET BIRD OF TRUTH The Gentleman Caller was the original name for a breakthrough "memory play" that, opening at Chicago's Civic Theatre in late 1944, made Tom "Tennessee" Williams famous…
"The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's season finale concerts were saved by 'an outpouring of support' from the community, which donated more than $140,000 since a public plea 10 days ago, orchestr…
It would be hard to find a more beloved and iconic modern Cinderella story to bring to the musical stage than Pretty Woman. But this Broadway in Chicago world premiere of the Broadway-bound …
The Sound returns with a roman à clef love letter of a world premiere about a young theater company striving for that most specific of victories: a non-equity Jeff Award.
What better in the run-up to the opening night for CHICAGO, back in the West End at London's Phoenix Theatre, than a series of interviews from Caroline Hanks-Farmer with the show's stars? We…
Now there is a redaction, an editor's note, and an author's apology. But for roughly 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday this week, in a theatre review in the Chicago Reader, the …
"Anna Karenina" âœâœâœ There aren't many towns in the world where you can roll up and find a completely new adaptation of the jottings of Leo Tolstoy. As you can currently find i…
The photojournalist caught the stylish nightlife of the funk and soul era in full, alluring swing
As Kapoor's Cloud Column is being installed in Houston (and drawing inevitable comparisons to Kapoor's Cloud Gate in Chicago), the Chicago Tribune's Kim Janssen and the Houston Chronicle's L…
The 2018 installment of the annual throws the spotlight on the city's teeming dance scene, with dozens of classes, performances and special offerings.
Saturday "Mary's Wedding": First Folio Theatre presents a love story that travels back in time to World War I. Through April 29 at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St., Oak Brook; 630-986-…
If you're gonna survive in the criminal world of Chicago, a sharp brain is a prerequisite - so we put the cast to the test with 10 quickfire questions. The post Watch: 10 questions with the …
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night
The pre-Broadway run of the new musical, directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, opened March 28.
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL opened last night in Chicago Let's see what the critics have to say
"Because of a financial shortfall, the Symphony Orchestra's board of directors have scheduled a special meeting late Thursday afternoon to see if the group will be able to find a way to affo…
As the movie "Pretty Woman" made a star of a young Julia Roberts, so "Pretty Woman The Musical," likely will do the same for the sensational 27-year-old Manx actress Samantha Barks. She's gr…
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL has already begun performances in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show's stars,Samantha BarksandSteve Kazeein their icon…