The reinvention of Chicago's MCA
As the city's Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates 50 years, its director Madeleine Grynsztejn explains her transformative vision
As the city's Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates 50 years, its director Madeleine Grynsztejn explains her transformative vision
Cast members from the Chicago production of "Hamilton" will "Rise Up for Puerto Rico" this Monday at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Spearheaded by Jose Ramos, a Chicago Academy for the Arts …
The majority of Equity acting jobs across Chicago theaters are going to men, white performers are often paid higher salaries than performers of color, and women are paid less than men on com…
Broadway In Chicago and Producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller today announced the cast and itinerary for the national [...]
Can we just talk about Beth Johnson Nicely for a second Thanks to the miracle of algorithms, this master tapper has made her way into my Discover feed recently, brightening my days with her …
In partnership with the 34th Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Instituto Cervantes of Chicago presents ¡AnÃmate with Animayo!, a stop-motion [...]
A SEX STRIKE FOR SMALL STAKES, OR JONESING FOR LESS Maybe—dammit!—we get the comedy we deserve, cut to fit and ready to wear. Take Lysistrata Jones (please). Aristophanes' …
Ren e Zellweger will take on the role of famed singer and actress Judy Garland in an upcoming biopic. Principal photography will get underway in February 2018 on the film which will center o…
Chicago Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is a fine production of a play that doesn't deserve the resources lavished on it. For all the prodigious talent on stage, Shrew remains an endorseme…
HIS FALL FROM GREATNESS By 1980 Tom "Tennessee" Williams was on a constant skid: His last great play, The Night of the Iguana, had premiered two decades before. Ever since, the once-supre…
Tuesday, October 24, immediately following the 8:00 p.m. performanceThe company of Amarillo joins the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists (ALTA Chicago) for a conversation around ethnographic…
The artists’ podcast is launching a new initiative that will focus on artists who are also activists.
The Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue will run throughout December.
The comic foils of the story are scheming innkeeper Thenardier and his wife played so perfectly here by J. ANTHONY CRANE and ALLISON GUINN!
DANCES OF THE DEAD Both classic ballet and romantic fantasy, Adolphe Adam's 1841 masterwork is for a rightly renewed reason a worthy offering by Chicago's Joffrey Ballet. Playing the gorgeou…
The films “Chicago” and “The Artist” took their Golden Globe comedy/musical wins all the way to Oscar gold as Best Picture champs during this century. Other recent wi…
The creative team behind "Trevor" " the new musical about a lovable young teen with a tough road but a passion for Diana Ross " was gathered in the Times Square offices of U Rock Theatricals…
The "Star Trek" and "X-Men" actor returns to town next week to accept an honor from the Chicago International Film Festival.
Top Broadway talent who are all excellent! Tara Rubin casts this show and she knows what she is doing. Chicago run mostly sold out. 3 1/2 Stars last time. FOUR (4) **** NOW!
Miguel Cervantes, star of Chicago's production of "Hamilton," tearfully opens up about his young daughter's epilepsy on Wednesday's episode of "Rachael Ray." Adelaide was diagnosed with epil…
Looking for the theater industry's Harvey Weinstein moment? Look to Chicago. Last year, a bombshell report in the Chicago Reader brought to light two decades of harassment and abuse by Darre…
A new deal includes tickets and dinner for two at The Dearborn.
The Porchlight Music Theatre production of "Billy Elliot," through which I sat Sunday night with misty eyes, is to a great extent what I always hoped this piece would become in Chicago: not …
DANCING OUT A DREAM Billy Elliot was born to dance; likewise his cinematic tale just had to become a musical. But it's a case of apples and oranges: If you loved the Universal Pictures…
CHARLES DICKENS, RINGMASTER EXTRAORDINAIRE This exuberant offering first appeared 16 years ago: Lookingglass Theatre Company reinvented Charles Dickens' tough-loving and always topical Ha…