In the 2010s, Rory Allen Phillip Ferreira became a national force in underground hip-hop rapping as Milo. He retired that name in 2018 and now performs as R.A.P. Ferreira, but the whimsical,…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is keeping its show docked at its Navy Pier facility and Oak Brook's First Folio Theater is taking the summer off before re-commencing in the fall, but playgoers …
Emma Pittman entered Broadway.com's competition The Search for Roxie, in which hopefuls sent in audition tapes to play Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway. After being named a top …
The Muny announced today its full cast, design and production teams for the theatre's production of Chicago, June 13-19. The cast features Sarah Bowden (Roxie Hart), J. Harrison Ghee (Vel…
Emma Pittman talks with Broadway.com's editor-in-chief Paul Wontorek about winning THE SEARCH FOR ROXIE, being called a "triple-threat" by the late Ann Reinking and making her long-awaited B…
The nonprofit ensemble theatre, known for commitment to community and storytelling, will end its run in July, only a year after hiring a new artistic director.
Guitarist and drummer Weasel Walter, the "brutal prog" purveyor best known as longtime leader of the Flying Luttenbachers, left Chicago in 2003 for San Francisco and later moved to New York"…
Over the years, its most memorable and acclaimed productions included "The Sparrow," "Death and Harry Houdini" and the show through which it shot to fame, "The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan."
Chicago trio Dehd sound like they're trying to levitate by fusing the ineffable but often incompatible powers of frigid postpunk and wispy indie rock. Dehd are dedicated minimalists: their l…
Sin, dance and all that jazz ✨
In the Roaring Twenties, aspiring chorus girl Roxie Hart and fading vaudeville star Velma Kelly each face trial for murder. Both as cynical as they are s…
By Douglas Mayo
Brenda Edwards returns to the Chicago UK Tour as Matron Mama Morton next week. Book tickets now!
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Instead, we need to address the root cause of violence: inequality.
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As we navigated shutdowns and venue closures throughout 2020, many of us observed that time seemed to slow down. But when it comes to dilating time, COVID-19 is a rank dabbler compared to Pe…
Arian Keddell / @ariankeddell
Arian Keddell took a less-travelled road to the Broadway stage and it sure does make for an amazing story. Enjoy our conversation!
Broadway: CHICAGO the Music…
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced 52 grants to Chicago and Illinois organizations, totaling $2,172,510, as part of nationwide grant-making this week.