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The new musical "Paradise Square" opens in Chicago in the Nederlander Theatre.
"Diana, the Musical" offers no meaningful insights (nor even ones lacking in meaning) into a woman who really should be allowed to rest in much-deserved peace. Dramaturgically speaking, this…
Jermaine Maurice Spivey makes his Hubbard Street and Chicago debut with a world premiere, alongside "Jardà Tancat" by Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato, and the Hubbard Street premiere of…
The Apollo Theater Chicago on Lincoln Avenue is lit again with live shows, now with the comedy musical "Love Actually?" and continuing in the spring, including with a show titled "Friends! T…
Hubbard Street Dance's 44th season opener, a trio of works collectively called "RE/TURN", that runs three performances only at the Harris Theater this weekend. Hubbard Street is the last of…
"Hundred Days" allows love to shine through the darkness of grief. The story plays out over the course of essentially an hour-and-a-half concert featuring a mix of folk and punk music.
Happy holidays! Live shows and events are back this year, and if you've missed celebrating " be it Scrooge or caroling at the Bean " we have a holiday list.
The hilarious new production at the Mercury Theater, the work of a first-time director named Reneisha Jenkins, offers a reminder of this musical's other endearing quality: A big, sloppy hear…
First Folio Theatre, a longstanding suburban theater company in Oak Brook, is to cease operations at the end of the 2024 season when executive director David Rice retires.
When the cast bursts onto the stage with a blast of warm energy against the quickly cooling Chicago weather, it's clear that there are few better ways to spend 90 minutes than with gas stati…
This solo theatrical work is about Polish diplomat Jan Karski, who met with Western leaders in 1943. It's a hard piece to watch.
Human connection in live theater? Be warned, Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade's staging of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" mostly likely will not fully fulfill that expectation.
The play follows two tracks: One, with a young Wayland wanting to move away from the racism he's facing in Mississippi and to Chicago. In the other, Della Rose sits dreaming of a chance for …
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's new $54 million Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arts and Education Center in Lincoln Park.
On Tuesday morning, Chicago's illustrious Steppenwolf will dedicate its new campus, a $54 million bet on the Lincoln Park theater's post-pandemic future.
"Y'all can choose an ending for this next sketch," came the word from the stage, at the late show of the Second City e.t.c. Stage. "Do you want heartfelt or funny?"
Walk and listen to "Ghosts of Bloomingdale Trail" at your own pace, using QR codes along the way to hear ghost stories by Chicagoans.
Heidi Schreck's moving piece of political theater, popular on Broadway, explores the strengths and weaknesses of a document that has shaped the United States.
"Caroline, or Change" returned to the stage in a very different world than when the show played in 2004.
Chicago's first big Broadway tryout show in a long time opens soon at the Nederlander Theatre. It's also a big return for Garth Drabinsky, a producer of the old school.
The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation surveyed its performing arts grantees and 27% are unable to welcome audiences in-person, and 16% remain uncertain about returning to the stage th…
After two extraordinary fresh-air performances in both Chicago and Washington, D.C., the remarkable E. Faye Butler finally gets to take Fannie Lou Hamer indoors.
The new commercial production of "When Harry Met Rehab" by Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz has added another familiar name to its cast.
What does an Afrofuturist world look like? That is the question at the heart of Elastic Arts' annual Afrofuturist Weekend, which brings together artists of many stripes.
The campus contains a teaching kitchen and a wood shop, a live fire cooking station, a member's lounge with a cafe and bar, co-working spaces, a small library and event spaces.
