Erich Bergen to Play Billy Flynn in <em>Chicago</em> on Broadway
Bergen will begin his run at the Ambassador Theatre on August 1.
Bergen will begin his run at the Ambassador Theatre on August 1.
The Chicago premiere of Britta Johnson's musical stars Samantha Williams, Paul Alexander Nolan, and Bryonha Marie Parham.
Reggaeton is an expression of movement, release, sexuality, storytelling, connection, and fashion. It's taken over the world of pop music, despite the Puerto Rican government's many attempts…
Music by Sir Elton John and Lyrics by Shaina Taub Book by Kate Wetherhead Starring Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs JULY 19-AUGUST 21, 20…
If you hadn't caught the news in the last week, there is a major crisis at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago which saw the mass resignation of their current cohort of resident artists. This…
The movie comes from the early aughts, when the world was a different place. "A lot has changed," Elton John says. The musical "Devil Wears Prada" opens first in Chicago, with Broadway next.
The world-premiere musical is directed by Laura Braza.
Felicia Pearl Fields, a Chicago treasure, sure can sing the blues. Now she has a show fully worthy of her talents.
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago's gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city. The post Young peop…
Many of our city's theatrical leaders agree that Chicago is at the forefront of defining the future of the American theater.
For more than a decade, Chicago multi-instrumentalist and engineer Jake Acosta has been a key player in a loose federation of subversive musicians. He's done a lot of crucial work running re…
The move comes after the resignation of the theatre's 2020 cohort, along with its artistic director and board chair, citing similar allegations about a lack of transparency and commitment to…
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist Sam Thousand moved to Chicago from Texas in 2009, and within a year he'd joined hip-hop fusion outfit Sidewalk Chalk. He's since become deeply e…
As written for MediaNews Group in Michigan: However you define Power Couple, you will not find a more representative theatrical pair than actor Colm Feore and director-choreographer Donna Fe…
In this Lincoln Center production making its long-awaited national tour stopover at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, Eliza is in as much control as Higgins.
Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city's flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back.
Parodies work better with honesty, but this world premiere based on the 1953 science fiction movie is still great fun.
After D.C.-area rock group Two Inch Astronaut went on hiatus in 2018, Sam Goblin decamped for the midwest and began making music as Mister Goblin. He's settled in Indiana, but to assemble hi…
Lately it seems like every "lost" recording, no matter how inconsequential, is getting pushed on limited colored vinyl for a crass Record Store Day cash grab. Beneath the hype, "archival rel…
The tour of the 2018 revival of "My Fair Lady," a romance-less romantic comedy, arrives in Chicago.
If you're a Chicago-based theater lover with a knack for social media, BroadwayWorld wants to hear from you.
Tony winner Maryann Plunkett will play one of three Allies in the new Ingrid Michaelson musical.
Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city's flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back.
I can't imagine summer in Chicago without the Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, and that's not just because this grassroots house-music gathering is celebrating its 30th annual installment (…
Since 2018, the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective has made waves in town by resurrecting the stylish grooves of the postbop era, which began in the late 1950s"nationally, the sound was shaped by …