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Friday "Endeavor Mind": Presented by the Plagiarists, Claudine attempts to shake up her dull academic life with a new brain-enhancing technology. Through Oct. 28 at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. …
On Tuesday, Black Button Eyes Productions set casting for the Chicago storefront premiere of "Evil Dead the Musical," a parody of Sam Raimi's horror films, with book and lyrics by George Rei…
On Tuesday, TimeLine Theatre Company announced a four-week extension of its current revival of "A Shayna Maidel," the Barbara Lebow family drama about two sisters reunited after being ripped…
Drag queens are coming to Motor Row. And they will be serving you dinner. "Lips," a for-profit, dinner-theater concept that has lasted 22 years in New York, is expected to open in March in t…
On Tuesday, Promethean Theatre Ensemble announced casting for Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," the company's season opener. Directed by Ted Hoerl, the show will feature several of the company's ens…
Full casting was announced today for City Lit's world premiere of "The Safe House," by Chicago-based playwright, director and actor Kristine Thatcher. 32-year-old Bridget has come back home …
The late Charles Ludlam and his Ridiculous Theatrical Company provided the blueprint for David Cerda's Hell in a Handbag Productions, purveyors of quality camp since 2002. So it's perhaps od…
The best moment in "Tootsie," which opened its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago on Sunday night, is not when the remarkable Santino Fontana first appears in a dress as Dorothy, the ill-advised…
As the nonprofit American theater has primarily become a gathering place for educated, like-minded progressives, those who provide its content have a sacred moral and artistic duty not just …
A charming courtesan is plucked from her former milieu by a rich and powerful patron. Although initially reluctant, she moves into his rooms, relieving his boredom and even helping him, in h…
The paranoia of comedians is growing. Taking your phone out of commission and emptying your pockets to step through a metal detector is becoming the new norm for attending a big-name comedy …
On Friday, the Joffrey Ballet announced the addition of seven dancers to its roster for the 2018-2019 season. The lineup includes Derek Drilon (Vancouver, Washington), Anna Gerberich (Dillsb…
Hubbard Street's Season 41 Fall Series asks a lot of its audience: The new environmentalist collaboration between the choreographers Emma Portner, Lil Buck and Jon Boogz runs close to 90 min…
On Friday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will officially announce an estimated $10 million donation to support his Year of Chicago Theatre initiative. The private money, which comes from the …
Snooker isn't pool, any more than it's billiards. The widespread confusion annoys us aficionados of the noble cue sports on both sides of the Atlantic. Any number of snooty leisure activitie…
"This is a circus," roared the furious Judge Brett Kavanaugh, reflecting how we often respond when a seemingly controlled life of achievement devolves into escalating chaos that we discover …
On Thursday, Drew DeSantis, producer at Drury Lane Productions, Jim Jensen, Drury Lane, Royal George, Commercial Theater Producer and General Manager, Mark Michelson, MJA Ventures Chicagolan…
"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 Thursday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced the cast for its forthcoming production of "A Midsummer's Night Dream," featuring former "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight as Bottom. Other…
Friday "Indecent": By Paula Vogel, the show chronicles a 1923 Broadway debut of Jewish playwright and a play about a forbidden lesbian romance. Through Nov. 4 at Victory Gardens Theater, 243…
On Wednesday, Refuge Theater Project set the cast for the first production in its 2018"19 season, "The Last Session." With book by Jim Brochu, music and lyrics by Steve Schalchlin, additiona…
Not long ago, a New York-based actress named Kelly Felthous found herself auditioning for Roxie Hart in the musical "Chicago." The audition was in Manhattan, but the theater was the Drury La…
Don't throw away your shot " Broadway in Chicago announced on Wednesday that a new 18-week block of tickets for "Hamilton" will go on sale Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. The tickets will be available for…
One of the most thrilling developments in the American theater is a broader acceptance of women playing the great male roles of dramatic literature. Instead of the same old wizened dudes doi…
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's "Caroline, or Change" is a musical that dangles the one quality common to any politician worth the time of day, and to almost every musical ever to appear o…
