At the Lifeline Theatre, the soon-to-be-departing artistic director Dorothy A. Milne gave the usual little curtain speech about cellphones and emergency exits, winding up to her climax: "And…
A ROYAL CATFIGHT GETS A ROYAL PRODUCTION Coulda, woulda, shoulda: It's the greatest confrontation between rival monarchs that never happened — the 1586 face-off between the "Virgin" Qu…
Following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, student survivors wasted no time mobilizing their fight for gun control through the Never Ag…
Our staff picks the best things to do this week " with a look ahead.
Less than two years after revelations of abuse led to the closing of Profiles Theater Co. and the creation of the advocacy group Not in Our House, "six Chicago-based actresses report an exte…
Ike Holter has written a major, seven-play series about the strife and humanity to be found in his home city of Chicago. You may have even seen some of them. You just likely didn't have the …
Playwright David Mamet has a new novel, 'Chicago,' a story of gangsters and newspapermen in the 1920s. A 3.5 star book review.
The musical will welcome new cast members in March.
The Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago, which recently celebrated its 21st anniversary, will welcome legendary singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson …
Valerie Simpson, the music star who rose to fame alongside her late husband Nickolas Ashford as music team Ashford & Simpson, will make her first Broadway stage appearance in more than 4…
The stage musical based on the iconic film starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts begins previews March 13 at the Oriental Theatre.
JOHNNY BE BAD: A CHUCK ROAST Once more it's homage time on Clark Street. The latest musical reclamation from Black Ensemble Theater, L. Maceo Ferris's Hail, Hail Chuck: A Tribute to Chuck…
Are cops a force for good? In his three compelling mystery plays about the Chicago Police Department " "A Steady Rain" in 2008, "The Detective's Wife" in 2011 and, here in 2018, "Six Corners…
First you walk into the laundromat. Someone hits the spin-cyle button, a panel gives way and then you head into the room for the magic. A very nice 1930s-style, 120-seat salon. Replete with …
The grants are the official first act of the Bayless Family Foundation, headed by Kevin Sullivan, the chef's son-in-law.
MESSING UP MURDER The cops may be blue, the victims black, but in Six Corners the predominant color is gray. Marinating in moral relativism, this independent installment in Chicago pla…
Lyric Opera attempts to liberate this sexist libretto.
According to The Clyde Fitch Report, six women have come forward alleging physical and verbal abuse byJeremy Menekseoglu, artistic director of Chicago's Dream Theatre Company.
The Chicago Sun-Times is bringing back its storied entertainment section, "Weekend Plus."
Mercury Theater presents the story of Gilda Radner as told by her kvetching, entitled best friend.
He's a big movie star, but Cuba Gooding Jr is set to make his London stage (and Musical Theatre) debut next month in the triumphant West End return of CHICAGO at the Phoenix Theatre. He stop…
A PRODUCTION TO COSÃŒ UP TO A Lyric Opera season would not be complete without Mozart, so it was with great anticipation that I attended the opening night performance of Così Fan Tutte.…
Adam Chanler-Berat, Patrick Page, and more also join the MTC Broadway revival, starring Condola Rashad.
AN EVERGREEN PARABLE OF RESISTANCE It's a two-act tonic, this Madwoman of Chaillot. Life, Jean Giraudoux knew, is never safe from our constant "fever of destruction." When decency gets be…