The Reader's guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2022
The term "world music" has never been adequate to the task we've set it"even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […] The post The <i&g…
The term "world music" has never been adequate to the task we've set it"even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […] The post The <i&g…
Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting Fiddler on the Roof, the North American premiere of an internationally heralded reinvention of the Broadway classic, now on stage at the Lyric Stage…
The Les Misérables star will star as Father in the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is presenting the world premiere musical The Notebook, now extended by popular demand through October 30, 2022. Get a first look at footage from the production he…
CHICAGO is for the dogs " and cats, and rabbits, and birds, and all animal friends! Show your pet performing a favorite number from CHICAGO the musical for a chance to win a trip to…
Always a staple of the fall dance season, Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival opens tonight at 8 PM at Ruth Page Center for the Arts (1016 N. Dearborn), and continues […] The post …
Amid the tidal wave of turnovers at theaters large and small in Chicago the last two years, we also learned this past February that Deb Clapp, the longtime executive director […] The post …
The real magic of this show are the songs by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens. Terrence McNally (book), Flaherty and Ahrens are the same triptych that gave us "Ragtime," an…
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Remarkable things happen in the cramped basement of the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park. What a thrilling Chicago-style musical!
Skybell, who will also be seen in the November return of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, reprises his award-winning work as Tevye"in English.
The Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical tells the biblical stories of Adam and Eve and Noah's Ark.
Fiddler's universal power emerges from how the show portrays the details that are particular to the lives of the characters.
The Roaring 20s… Prohibition… Speakeasies… Flappers… Jazz… Dance… …and a world of crime, corruption, sex, and murder, all of which
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The category is... Broadway! Screen star and human rights advocate Angelica Ross made her debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, becoming the first openly trans woman to play a leading role in a Br…
The Tony-Winning Revival also welcomed Brandon Victor Dixon and Amra-Faye Wright.
150+ sites. 20+ neighborhoods. Endless discoveries. Open House Chicago is back October 15-16 for another year of architectural discoveries and delights. Organized by the Chicago Architecture…
See first look photos at the new cast of Chicago on Broadway featuring Angelica Ross as Roxie Hart, Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Brandon Victor Dixon as Billy Flynn,…
The 25th anniversary non-equity tour of Chicago will launch next month, with complete casting now confirmed.
Chicago rappers Tony Santana and Aubry know that all the talent in the world can't make a hip-hop duo work if the MCs don't click. As Stranded Civilians, Aubry and […] The post Stranded Ci…
Cast and tour stops have been announced for the upcoming 25th Anniversary tour of Chicago. The Chicago tour will be making stops in Melbourne, Fl, Pensacola, FL, Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, …
The non-Equity tour will launch in October in Utica, New York.
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It's day one of the Chicago House Music Festival and Conference, which runs through Sunday 9/18. Today's the symposium portion of this free four-day event. At the Logan Center for […] The …