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Public fireworks on July 4, or streaming "Hamilton" from July 3? The symbolism and debate will be too rich to resist.
Although an exact date for performances to resume has yet to be determined, Broadway producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through Sept. 6.
Hamilton coming to Disney Plus
Neither total isolation or totally restarting the economy can work. What's needed now is an honest and open debate.
One of the biggest arts institutions in the Midwest has slashed its 2020-21 season, a jolt for the arts.
Florence Pugh, Brandon Flynn and Margaret Qualley part of Brando Crawford's Acting for a Cause livestream plays
According to a hopeful and emotional update from Cordero's wife, dancer Amanda Kloots, the "Rock of Ages" actor has opened his eyes and started to show "early, early, early signs" of trackin…
Large theaters are closed until Phase 5 of the new Illinois reopening plan. Many won't survive. Here's some alternatives.
"Swans for Relief" is designed to raise funds for dancers all over the world who have lost their jobs after ballet performances, like most public events, were shut down due to social distanc…
In 2010, Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre brought "August: Osage County" to Sydney Theatre Company. The actor Andrew Henry had his life changed, and so did Australian theater.
In the wake of artistic director Chay Yew's departure, she will be overall director of the longtime North Side theater.
Chicago's Pivot Arts Festival announces June 5-11 schedule, as the North Side performance fest pivots to online for summer 2020.
Talking to the top government official, nominated by Trump's White House, who is looking out for artists and the arts in America.
No live theater at Chicago's famed Steppenwolf until at least mid-fall. Instead, many from the famous ensemble will do streaming productions.
The Hollywood types are all locked away in their beach houses and penthouses. Who's taking up the spotlight now? Our mayors and governors.
"A young black man and woman lean into each other across the table, within the allowed parameters of closeness," the playwright André Patterson wrote. His play must now wait to be staged.
They banded together from their homes to perform a song composed by Cordero himself, "Live Your Life."
The nominations are in for this year's Non-Equity Jeff Awards, Chicago's theater awards going to productions not covered by a union contract.
Review: "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration" on Broadway.com with Broadway stars Neil Patrick Harris, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt and others.
Another unfortunate casualty of the pandemic, the Stratford Fest in Canada has put theater "on hold."
Get your Chicago theater fix online: Our updating list of play videos, interactive classes, concerts and more.
The winning contestant will be introduced onstage by Lloyd Webber at either the home of "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway or London " whichever opens first " and sing after the performa…
Songs, books and movies all tell stories about moments in history. Wars, the 1960s, times of change. What will the pandemic story be?
In the summer of 2002, I remember improvising with my Columbia College classmates at Links Hall. We were dressed in black jazz pants and white T-shirts " in hindsight, white T-shirts in July…
The play's the thing wherein to catch the conscience of the queen in Timothy Findley's 2001 drama "Elizabeth Rex," now in an al fresco staging with Oak Park Festival Theatre. Fitting, since …
