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A nw mural at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chris Jones writes, is an apt tribute to the late Martha Lavey.
The theater in Chicago's Millennium Park has a full slate of live performances planned for 2021-22, including international artists.
Bruce Springsteen will return to Broadway this summer for a limited run of his one-man show "Springsteen on Broadway."
The 76-foot artwork off Halsted Street will be Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's largest work to date and his first outdoor mural, a tribute to former artistic director Martha Lavey.
The Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango ('Slave Play") and the Canadian musical-theater star Chilina Kennedy ("Beautiful") are to star in "Paradise Square," the Garth Drabinsky musical trying ou…
Annette Bening and Sherry Lansing in conversation with Carrie Coon in free virtual event by Steppenwolf Theatre
"Far Too Late," the first song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cinderella," has been released ahead of the album drop on July 9.
Second City is bringing back its e.t.c. stage for a June 4 reopening.
Jay Españo, an actor, singer and director with experience in both film and live performance, has been appointed artistic director of PrideArts, the Chicago theater company formerly known …
Goodman Theatre performance, "Zulema" will tour this summer in Chicago parks
This play with a complicated past is set to reopen Broadway in August. Let's not forget its heritage at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
The tennis superstar doesn't want to talk to the press? She'll win in the end because the nature of celebrity is changing with the younger generation.
In just 20 minutes on YouTube, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago sends feathers and angels to save a dancer.
This summer, Lakeview's Theater Wit will resume live performances with a revival of "Mr. Burns, a post electric play," popular in 2015.
The "Saturday Night Live" star and former Second City touring company member was at his best when he was improvising, riffing with the crowd in Old Town.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. announced Thursday that it will stage "Once Upon a One More Time," featuring Spears' tunes, including "Oops!… I Did It Again," "Lucky," …
On August 25, 1944, the Allied Forces rolled into Paris and the city was freed. The COVID-19 pandemic has been just as traumatic as a world war. And the hugely successful vaccines are the eq…
More songs, fewer speeches: The actual awards ceremony will play second fiddle to a celebration of the return of Broadway performances this summer.
Chicago's famed opera company has decided to perform this fall without intermissions. I say that's a bad move. Let the people pee without missing a note.
Northlight Theatre and Court Theatre have released plans to return to live performance this fall. Both are treading carefully.
Producers announced Monday that tickets will go on sale June 11 for the eight-time Tony Award winning musical and that the production will resume playing the Walter Kerr Theatre weeks before…
Ever heard of Yannis Tsarouchis? If the answer is yes, it's a good bet you have some connection to Greece. But a new exhibit in Chicago at the Wrightwood 659 gallery argues this artist's wor…
After a tough year, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet announce their new seasons of live performances.
Chicago arts organizations from Ravinia to Goodman Theatre have been going slow on reopening. Then along comes a full-capacity Lolla in July, knocking them aside when this should have been t…
Ben Platt returns in his Tony-winning titular role in the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical hit created by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
