Chicago producer: 'London needs to do better with musicals'
Tony award-winning producer Barry Weissler has said the UK should "do better" at musical theatre. Weissler, whose productions include the forthcoming London
Tony award-winning producer Barry Weissler has said the UK should "do better" at musical theatre. Weissler, whose productions include the forthcoming London
CAGE-MATCH COMBAT: IBSEN VS. TRUMP Right now, the biggest prize fight in Chicago is at Randolph and Dearborn. More polemically urgent than psychologically penetrating, a new treatment of Hen…
A tidal wave of dance is upon us. Each April, See Chicago Dance, the city's dance service organization formerly known as Audience Architects, shines a spotlight on the wealth of dance offeri…
Even before previews have begun of the upcoming Chicago revival, the production has announced it is extending until 6 October at the Phoenix Theatre. The post Chicago to razzle dazzle West E…
Comedian Kathy Griffin is coming to the Chicago Theatre, it was announced Tuesday. The Oak Park native, a two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning performer, will bring her Hollywood hot takes…
The Tony-winning musical will close out the theater's 2017-18 Broadway Series.
The Kander and Ebb musical will run at the Phoenix Theatre March
Even before previews have begun, the producers of the Kander amp Ebb musical CHICAGO, winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, have extended the booking period at the Phoe…
The West End production of classic showbiz musical Chicago has just announced an extended run at the Phoenix Theatre.
Friday "The Beauty Queen of Leenane": A spinster in an Irish town tries her hand at romance to escape taking care of her mother in Martin McDonagh's black comedy. Through April 22 at Northli…
The recording studio as the crucible of creative dreams figures in a lot of plays and movies. Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studios alone gave us the jukebox musical "Million Dollar Quartet" a…
It was December when Ben Dicke, theater department chair at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, approached Jason Patera, the head of school, to share his vision for the spring play. "Ben said,…
Individual tickets for The Cher Show, the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the iconic singer and actress, will go on-sale this Friday, March 23. The Cher Show will have…
Tickets for "The Cher Show," the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has yet t…
The theatre took down its website and all of its social media at the same time the announcement went out on a Friday morning. "The unsigned statement from ATC's board (which declined intervi…
When “Chicago” comes to town, you just want to sit down, strap in, and prepare yourself for an experience. One of the most successful musicals in theatre history, it chalked up s…
The American Theater Company has announced that it will closeits doors following the end of the run of WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY. Read a statement from the American Theater Company Board of Direct…
"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 Chicago Humanities Festival announced today it will host former Director of the Federal Bureau [...]
Kander: "Because corruption in society never seems to go out of style. Every once in a while, it becomes more obvious than not." Reinking: "Every step is basically a word. Especially with mu…
"Razzle dazzle 'em!"Â Silver-tongue shyster lawyer Billy Flynn melodically opines that if you do that, you'll have an audience eating out of your hand. If you can snag a ticket to the Keeg…
The lineup will include the world premiere musical 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.'
With its snappy-saucy take on Chicago, The Keegan Theatre shows it knows how to give an audience the ol’ razzle-dazzle. And Keegan has done the durable musical proud. In fact in Kee…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Bedknobs and Broomsticks Stage Musical to Make World Premiere in Chicago A new stage musical adaptation of the beloved Disn…
Among the troupe's most notable productions was the holiday pageant "Blue Nativity," featuring large-scale puppetry.