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Among the troupe's most notable productions was the holiday pageant "Blue Nativity," featuring large-scale puppetry.
Also on tap: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the return of "Q Brothers Christmas Carol."
Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Chicago Flower & Garden Show and the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival are just some of the fun in store.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has filed suit over an upcoming Broadway adaptation of the novel.
Jerry Mitchell: "The film is so beloved that I had to honor the movie and still find a way to turn it in to a new musical."
Previews for "The Cher Show" begin June 12 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph. Tickets go on sale March 23.
While it's easy to poke fun at retrogressive ridiculousness, "Taste" doesn't shy away from the malevolent aspects of the 1950s and 1960s.
In Philip Torre's brooding, ghoulish Sweeney Todd, director Fred Anzevino has a baritone worthy of the epic role.
The agreement calls for co-commissions for new sketch-style and full-length and scripted works.
A fresh look at the film about interracial marriage also finds perspectives on gender, class and generational differences.
Audacious and enigmatic new play by Stacy Osei-Kuffour confronts us with the image of a fellow talking while suspended.
"An Epic Tale," recommended for ages 6 and up, stretches over two floors from the theater's classroom spaces to hallways, elevator and stairwells.
Demi Lovato & DJ Khaled, the South Side Irish Parade and The Eagles are just some of the entertainment offerings in store in the coming week.
Season tickets go on sale March 28 at broadwayinchicago.com.
Some concepts move with surprising ease from ancient Greece to contemporary Chicago. Odysseus's crew becomes Ody's, well, crew.
From musical comedy to drama, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
He wore a puffy coat and sat on a barstool at the Old Town Ale House, one of his favorite Chicago hangouts.
"Plantation!" in the end most feels like an exceptionally good extended comedy sketch. It can be, and hopefully will be more.
Lyric Opera deserves credit for going outside the conventional stable of opera designers for a startlingly fresh vision.
Alcott College Prep freshman Melciades Somarriba was directing a scene from a play for the first time in his life. "If you could get in Jack's face when you start arguing, that would be grea…
The beautifully looking and fitfully engrossing production depicts two dramatic days in the life of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
John Frame and Vita Tzykun give us a behind-the-scene glimpse of the design of this new multi-million dollar production.
Northlight says it will seek other site options in Evanston or perhaps elsewhere for its new location.
His death on Wednesday was confirmed by Dan Demello, a publicist for the Off-Broadway show.
