The Second City is offering a two-fer of what it calls "diverse new voices" for the weekend of June 6-9. The comedy mainstay will host the fifth annual Bob Curry Fellowship Showcase, featuri…
Friday "Mies Julie": Farm laborer John and Mies Julie, the daughter of his white master, embark on a sweltering night of passion set against post-apartheid South Africa. Through June 24 at V…
Rachel Rockwell, one of Chicago's leading directors and choreographers of stage musicals over the past two decades " and also a rising star on the brink of a major national career in the Ame…
Odysseus is depressed. Home from the war, he stares into his bathroom mirror and quietly bemoans his broken bath, a perfect reflection of how PTSD ravages what should be his return to normal…
During my preshow detour in the interests of personal comfort, an announcement of a pending curtain came across the Chicago Shakespeare Theater loudspeaker, which reaches everywhere. Beginni…
On Thursday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced the casting for its upcoming staging of "Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure," based on the classic, high-flying tale about the boy who refused …
A quarter-century ago, the lavish new Rosemont Theatre caused severe indigestion among the nervous honchos of Chicago. The occasion was the 1993 groundbreaking for a 4,200-seat theater " as …
"Birdland" âœâœâœâœ Playwright Simon Stephens' "Birdland," the fabulous new show at Steep Theatre, is a totally gripping examination of what it's like to be a rock star. Can…
Since April, the Chicago Human Rhythm Project has been traversing the city, bringing percussive dance into neighborhoods far and wide as part of a two-month festival called Stomping Grounds.…
Robert Redford is headed June 1 to the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods in north suburban Riverwoods, where he and his wife, German-born environmental activist and multimedia artist Sibylle…
"Pretty Woman: The Musical" will be changing leading men for Broadway. The producers announced Wednesday that Steve Kazee, who played the lead role of Edward Lewis during the show's pre-Bro…
It was a star-studded night at Steppenwolf Theatre Company's annual gala, where 675 guests joined the company's ensemble members to celebrate 42 seasons. The May 12 event, held in an enormou…
When spring comes so late, we know it's even harder to take time away from beaches and barbecues, street fairs and sunshine. But great theater happens year-round in Chicago. Here are 25 pick…
When did you last see a baby at a show? And when did you last see a baby in a show? If you attended one of the early previews of Tracy Letts' "Mary Page Marlowe" at the Steppenwolf Theatre i…
On Tuesday, A Red Orchid Theatre announced its 2018-19 season lineup, including two Chicago premieres and a production one of Eugene Ionesco's final plays. Things kick off in the late fall w…
Friday "Avenue Q": The award-winning show that offers a filthy spin on "Sesame Street" gets a revial in the suburbs. Through June 30 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 West Campbell S…
On Monday, the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists announced that the National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival, aka ConFest, will be held in Chicago August 13-18…
Since Antonin Scalia, the late and famously flamboyant associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, once taught " very happily, by his own account " at the University of Chic…
On Monday, First Folio Theatre announced its lineup of 2018-19 shows, including the remounting of its most beloved show, "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe." An original play by executive direc…
If class and social status determine how we live, why shouldn't it determine how we die? That premise is the jumping-off point for Lucas Baisch's "Refrigerator," now in a world premiere with…
New parents are notoriously difficult to attract to the theater and the reasons are obvious: Sitters add greatly to the cost and hassle of an evening and, in my experience anyway, a fun and …
Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Jose Limon, Erick Hawkins and Paul Taylor. This is a short list of pioneers who shaped and transformed 20th century modern dance in America. Taylor started h…
The last time Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC) came to Chicago was 2003. Prima ballerina Viengsay Valdes was 26 at the time. Her performance at the Auditorium Theatre was anticipated by Tribune…
On Friday, the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago announced the lineup for its 2018-19 season, including Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance and Hedwig Dances. The programming will mark the c…
The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its lineup of 2018-19 shows, marking the company's 17th season. Along with classics like "The Nutcracker," there will be three world premieres. "Bo…