Paul Rider will return to the role of Amos Hart, joining the previously announced Cuba Gooding Jr, Sarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Ruthie Henshall in the multi award-winning Chicago a…
The Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
Music star Valerie Simpson and stage alum Chaz Lamar Shepherd join the cast of Broadway's Chicago on March 12. Simpson takes on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton while Shepherd …
WHO NOSE BEST? Edmond Rostand's timeless love story celebrates the one-sided love between the famous 17th-century swordsman and poet — disfigured with a humongous schnoz — and hi…
"An Epic Tale," recommended for ages 6 and up, stretches over two floors from the theater's classroom spaces to hallways, elevator and stairwells.
Spend your weekend reading 'Chicago' by David Mamet. Plus more recommendations from USA TODAY's book reviewers.
Take a look behind the scenes of "Long Way Home," the Q Brothers' collaboration with the Chicago Children's Choir, in this latest Showcase. In the video, filmed during a recent rehearsal, Q …
BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
Lyric Opera's newest production must have made a deal with the devil because it truly has it all.
UNLOCKING WHAT WAS NEVER HIDDEN At least Time Is On Our Side is more sex-affirmative and upbeat than Significant Other, About Face Theatre's last offering. A Midwest premiere devote…
The season kicks off with the previously announced world premiere of the musical Tootsie.
In Long Way Home, the theater group Q Brothers Collective creates a contemporary mix on Homer's epic The Odyssey: instead of hyper-masculine white men slaying mythical creatures or stirring …
Lyric Opera entered into a swap agreement in 2006 to cover $40 million in bonds. The fixed rate that Lyric's paying is 3.8 percent, while the variable rate it's getting in return is now 1…
If you still haven't seen two of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2017 season, or if you just want to see them again, you're in luck: "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Hello, Dolly!" are coming to Chi…
Some concepts move with surprising ease from ancient Greece to contemporary Chicago. Odysseus's crew becomes Ody's, well, crew.
He wore a puffy coat and sat on a barstool at the Old Town Ale House, one of his favorite Chicago hangouts.
A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN OF SORTS Bold, eclectic and experimental, Lyric Opera's new production (co-produced with Portland Opera) of Gounod's Faust comes across as rather jumbled, a mishmash, a ho…
Saturday "Cyrano": BoHo Theatre presents a new adaptation of the classic French romance about a big-nosed poet who turns to the power of his pen. Through April 15 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Bel…
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, must decide the fate of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned and accused of treason in 'Schiller's Mary Stuart.'
RIDICULOUS REVENGE It's so well-intentioned that the results are doubly deplorable. Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Plantation!, a world premiere by ensemble member Kevin Douglas staged…
LITERAL LEAPS INTO THE FUTURE It's all over — but this review of record is as much a promissory note as a remembrance. Worth noting as much as seeing, Winning Works, the Joffrey Bal…
The Marriott Theatre kicks off its 2018 family programming with a contemporary take on the fable.
Called 'Art on theMart,' the permanent large-scale lighting installation will be a digital canvas spanning across nearly 3 acres of its river-facing façade. The project was announced S…
The beautifully looking and fitfully engrossing production depicts two dramatic days in the life of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.