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The play runs through May 27 at Raven Theatre.
The show charts Turner's small-town roots, her musical apprenticeship alongside abusive husband Ike Turner and her solo breakthrough in the 1980s.
The Tony Awards ceremony will be held June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.
Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions. Here are highlights of theater/dance performances and opening nights for April 20 to 26, 2018: "The Explorers Club": Nell Benjamin's come…
The Off Broadway stage production is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Rick Riordan.
Ivonne Coll of 'Jane the Virgin' stars in the story of mothers and grandmothers fighting for their families during a time of repression.
The world-premiere musical is slated to play the Oriental Theatre June 12 to July 14, before heading to Broadway in November.
Schemers scam and doors slam in a world premiere farce that seldom lets the "Office" actor and his castmates rest.
It's time to make big plans. Here are some cool things to check out in the coming week: A CALL TO ARMS The World Armwrestling League is hosting twelve of its best “pullers” for a…
"Lettie" paints an exhausting picture of just how difficult it is to stay on the straight and narrow.
Running in repertory with "Letters Home," "Ghosts of War" continues Griffin Theatre's commitment to telling the story of veterans, in their own words.
Under director Victor Malana Maog's new staging at Drury Lane Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein's lush score has never sounded more beautiful.
Riccardo Muti brought obvious zeal to Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, shaping an agile, exhilarating performance.
Playing two roles in the high-stakes farce, the former 'Office' co-star says, is "the hardest job I've ever done."
Virtually every major comic from Richard Pryor to Robin Williams to Jerry Seinfeld used the club as a stepping-stone to successful careers.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Art institutions in the Loop contribute over $2.25 billion to Chicago’s economy every year, according to a study released Wednesday. The Chicago Loop Alliance unveiled their report …
NEW YORK " From its inception, “Mean Girls” has always been feminist. Tina Fey's beloved teen comedy, an adaptation of Rosalind Wiseman’s “Queen Bees and Wannabes,…
Aaron Posner and Teller also directed "The Tempest" in 2015. Then, Teller provided a variety of jaw-dropping feats for the magician Caliban.
McKayle choreographed works that focused on black life and socially conscious themes such as poverty, homelessness and discrimination.
While big laughs are scare, the talented writer-actors keep the energy high and break out plenty of silly moves.
Watch a performance of a scene from the musical, presented by the show's cast at the Sun-Times' Racine Avenue studio.
Men must pay extra for their tickets to see the feminist play "Women Laughing Alone With Salads" to cover the cost of Illinois' gender wage gap.
IT’S THE ONE THAT YOU WANT! It’s been 40 years since the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John musical “Grease” hit movie theater screens, and in honor of the milestone…
Performing "The Rosenkranz Mysteries," the titular magician is a mix of Khalil Gibran, Will Rogers and the Victorian-era fascination with spiritualism
