It's mid-July, the air is heavy with humidity and the best a/c in town is on the CTA " there's no time like the present to fantasize about the winter holidays. On Monday, Cirque Dreams Holid…
The final Chicago performance of "The Cher Show" at the Oriental Theatre was cancelled Sunday afternoon after a technical malfunction. Instead of the planned performance of the pre-Broadway …
In a neon green hoodie, jeans and white tennis shoes, comedian Michael Che, a stand-up comic best known for his "Weekend Update" co-hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," took the stage at th…
On Thursday, Victory Gardens Theater announced casting for several of its upcoming productions. In the fall, Paula Vogel's "Indecent" will be directed by Gary Griffin and will feature David …
"20,000 Leagues Under the Seas" âœâœâœ 1/2 Say "Nemo" and most kids now think of the Disney clown fish. But in 1870, the great Jules Verne imagined Captain Nemo as a misanthropic…
"Come From Away" will make its first landing in Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday. The unlikely musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, will play July 30 to Aug. 18, 2…
On Thursday, Red Clay Dance Company announced the lineup for its 2018-19 season, marking its tenth anniversary. The company, which creates and performs Afro-contemporary dance, will feature …
On Thursday, full casting was announced for "Arms and the Man," the George Bernard Shaw comedy opening City Lit's 2018-19 season. Set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war, the show ribs the f…
Steppenwolf Theatre has announced a July 16 memorial service for Claude Binder, the theater's former production manager and general manager. Binder died July 1 from cancer. He was 65. A Step…
On Wednesday, Raven Theatre announced casting for 'Crumbs From the Table of Joy,' written by two-time Pulitzer-winner Lynn Nottage. Tyrone Phillips is slated to direct the family drama. The …
"We got such a kick out of doing the Tony Awards," Sara Bareilles said the other day, over the phone as she walked around Los Angeles. "Josh and me? We're such theater nerds. And we've been …
On Tuesday, ​Jackalope Theatre Company​ announced its 2018-19 season, featuring two world premieres and a Midwest premiere. Things kick off with​ "In The Canyon" written…
On Tuesday, About Face Theatre announced the lineup for its 2018-19 season, a trio of shows new to the city's stage. Starting things up in the fall will be the Chicago premiere of "This Bitt…
Time for more "Memory": The national tour of "Cats" is coming back to Chicago in July 2019, presenter Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. The record-breaker of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musi…
On Tuesday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced casting for the North American premiere of "Nell Gwynn" by Jessica Swale, which arrives in the city this fall after debuting at the Globe an…
The Court Theatre " the long-established Chicago theater in residence at the University of Chicago " has a new executive director from outside the theater industry. Court will announce Tuesd…
On the heels of its 20th anniversary, Aerial Dance Chicago presents "Blackbird," an ambitious full-length work highlighting the company's signature blend of contemporary dance and aerial art…
Saturday "Scary Stories to Save Your Life": Presented by the About Face Youth Theater, this series of real-life political horror stories is balanced out by moments of resistance. Through Jul…
On Monday, Lifeline Theatre announced casting for "Frankenstein," adapted from the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley novel by ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric and directed by ensemble member Paul …
Born at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, the narrator of Adam Rapp's new play, "The Sound Inside," has ascended to one of those professorships, both tenured and scarce, teaching creative …
After the 2016 massacre of 49 people at Orlando's Pulse dance club, fresh attention landed on a tragedy in the gay community decades earlier. On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Up…
On Friday, Shattered Globe Theatre announced its 2018-19 season. The fall will start things up with Chris Hannan's new stage adaptation of "Crime and Punishment" (Sept. 6"Oct. 20). Ensemble …
On July 1, Neil Young played a sold-out concert at Chicago's historic Auditorium Theatre, part of the music legend's summer solo tour. Young saw great historical resonance in the gig, remind…
"20,000 Leagues Under the Seas" âœâœâœ 1/2 Say Nemo and most kids now think of the Disney clown fish. But in 1870, the great Jules Verne imagined Captain Nemo as a misanthropic, …
"Easy as pie" doesn't apply to the life of Jenna, the anguished-but-still-warmhearted baking whiz at the heart of "Waitress." But then, the colloquialism refers not to the act of creating pi…