On Thursday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced that four time Tony Award-nominee and "Law and Order: SVU" alum Raul Esparza will lead William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," under the direction …
Chicago's fall theater season opened in a flurry of activity in recent days. Before I talk you through what I think you should see, let me start by saying this has been a golden fall for can…
On Tuesday, the Marriott Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of Irving Berlin's wintertime musical, "Holiday Inn." Tony Award-nominee Denis Jones will direct and choreograp…
Lynn Nottage may be one of the most humane playwrights in our contemporary canon. Her plays give breathing space for her characters to find their voices, no matter how constricted their own …
On Tuesday, the Jeff Awards announced that it will mark its 50th anniversary with special awards for four different theaters that are still "thriving" after half a century. This quartet incl…
Nelson A. Rodriguez has resigned as artistic director of Pride Films and Plays, Rodriguez confirmed to the Tribune on Monday. "The Board of Pride Films and Plays has accepted the resignation…
The House Theatre of Chicago has announced casting for its annual "ballet-free" production of "The Nutcracker." The 2018 ensemble features many returning faces including Ben Hertel as Hugo, …
Come on down " "The Price Is Right Live" will stop at The Chicago Theatre on Sunday, February 17, 2019 for two shows at 3:00PM and 7:00PM. "The Price Is Right Live" is an interactive stage s…
The Faustian myth " wherein some ambitious dude sells his soul to the devil to score some instant gratification " is one of literature's most popular themes. There's Christopher Marlowe's "T…
In June 2017, an article by Mark Gokavi in the Dayton Daily News mentioned that one man in the Ohio city had been revived via Narcan by police 20 times after overdosing on opioids. An office…
Ah, Switzerland. Home of chocolate, cleanliness, secret bank accounts, beautiful scenery, lonely wanderers, studied neutrality and a carefully veiled past. What might it be like to stare int…
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is an atypical project for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program, which for years has produced either original, socially conscious work…
The first thing you'll notice walking into the Edlis Neeson Theater at the MCA for "Unwanted" is a striking, free-standing mural placed just off-center on the stage. The corrugated metal tot…
You can get buried alive, chased by a demented clown, get souvenir scare photos, get lost in a graveyard, pay to scare other people, pay to skip the line, get chased by a demented clown with…
When a furious Brett Kavanaugh decried his United States Supreme Court confirmation history as a "circus," he was using the word as a pejorative: He was describing what he believed to be a c…
On Thursday, Hell in a Handbag Productions announced casting for its world premiere holiday production "SnowGirls " The Musical." A parody of the classic cult film "Showgirls," featuring a b…
Noah Weisberg, the fine young actor playing Willy Wonka in the musical version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," has a tough gig. He has to follow the late Gene Wilder, whose twinkle-e…
On Thursday, producer Scott Rudin announced that Steppenwolf ensemble member Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow will return to Broadway to star in "Hillary and Clinton," a new play by Tony nomi…
"A Shayna Maidel" âœâœâœâœ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acte…
On Wednesday, 16th Street Theater announced its 2019 season, including three new plays by Chicago authors, including Loy A. Webb. The season will begin with Steven Strafford's "Small Jokes A…
On Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs learned a tough lesson from "Macbeth": "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.…
On Wednesday, Drury Lane Theatre announced the cast for "Disney's Beauty and the Beast," with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton. The show w…
On Wednesday, Writers Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Next to Normal" with music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. Fr…
Anyone who works in the theater is familiar with struggle. But the Polish-Jewish novelist Sholem Asch had so much strife with his 1907 play, "God of Vengeance," that he surely must have felt…
Strawdog Theatre Company announced casting for its world premiere adaptation of "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins" on Tuesday. Based on the book by Eric Kimmel, with book and adaptation by e…