Japanese superstar Ryoko Yonekura will return to the Broadway production by popular demand in the role of "Roxie Hart" for 16 performances only, Nov 7 to Nov 20, 2022, at the Ambassador Thea…
There's too much talent at the Mercury Theater to make everyone sing to a canned backing track in "Priscilla Queen of the Desert."
The long-running production continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
In late June, the Chicago Pride Parade returned to its in-person glory after two years of delay and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people headed for the north side …
Emerging Chicago rapper Christopher Horace charmed me a couple years ago with the first EP he released as F.A.B.L.E., (IX) The Hermit. His downy voice makes his playful raps sound more intim…
More people should know the name Maureen Dallas Watkins (ca. 1896-1969) but at least now YOU do. Her name honestly ought to be as well remembered as Ben Hecht's, not just because as a journa…
On Monday, August 1, jazz trombonist Jeb Bishop will move back to Chicago after a ten-year absence. Bishop and his wife headed to North Carolina in spring 2012 (Carrboro and later Durham) an…
For Jessica Mlinaric it all started in her grandma's backyard. "My cousin and I spent hours drawing scavenger hunts and treasure maps to the patch of trees between her lawn and a neighboring…
A novelist, writing professor, and covert comedian named Solomon Gladman wakes up one morning in Chicago, sometime in 2022. He and his French-born wife, Daphne Bourbon (would she be named Si…
The fiftieth anniversary tour of "Jesus Christ Superstar" takes very seriously the notion that the work belongs to the Passion genre.
The Department of Public Health is adapting its monkeypox vaccination strategy to deal with limited vaccine ability. The post Chicago prioritizing first doses for monkeypox vaccine appeared…
At the same time that his comedy was resonating on the South Side, he was picking up paid gigs on the North Side as well.
Charity Angél Dawson will join the cast of Broadway's long-running Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton on August 1 at the Ambassador Theatre. She replaces Tony winner Jennifer Holli…
On plantations in the 1800s, plantation owners used diversity as a means of division. "We lay great stress on the necessity of having our labor mixed. By employing different nationalities, t…
Charity Angel Dawson will be joining the cast of Chicago on Broadway as Matron Mama Morton! With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chic…
Lilac are essentially a Chicago supergroup of musicians who've done time in underrated bands. They include former Cacaw and Coughs front woman Anya Davidson (also an underground comics artis…
The long-running production continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe & The TINA Band in the Broadway cast of TINA. Photo by Manuel Harlan, 2021. Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce its next season will feature 1776, Tina " …
Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones lead the new musical based on the film, with a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub and a book by Kate Wetherhead.
Erich Bergen is heading back to Broadway! The stage and screen talent will step into the Tony-winning revival of Kander & Ebb's Chicago as Billy Flynn beginning on August 1. He will p…
Broadway's long-running musical Chicago has cast Madam Secretary actor Erich Bergen in the role of Billy Flynn, producers announced today. Bergen will join the show on Monday, August 1, and …
The stage and screen favorite previously starred in Broadway's Waitress and on screen in Jersey Boys.
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes Erich Bergen in the role of "Billy Flynn" starting Monday, August 1 through Sunday, Sept…
Bergen will begin his run at the Ambassador Theatre on August 1.