TOO MANY ACT(S) Even apocalypses, it seems, can be goofy, disruptive, and "meta" " if you go by Lookingglass Theatre Company's irritating and overlong world premiere. With two intermissions …
"I started here in Chicago at Zanies 30 years ago," said stand-up comedian and St. Louis native Kathleen Madigan proudly from the Chicago Theatre stage Saturday night in jeans and a black sh…
Director Stephen Daldry's heart-stopping deconstruction of the post-war J.B. Priestley thriller "An Inspector Calls" was, for my money, one of the best English-language productions of the 19…
Mercury Theater announced the cast and creative team of "Little Shop of Horrors," running on the main stage from March 1 through April 28. Under the direction of Walter Stearns, musical dire…
Art on theMart, the fledgling video projection project on the south facade of the Merchandise Mart, is celebrating Chicago theater with the second round of video art it will display, the org…
Somewhere in the mid-1960s, Lee Radziwill (nee Bouvier), the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy and a socialite officially known as Princess Lee Radziwill following her 1959 marriage to Pr…
SHE STRIKES! SHE SCORES! WELL, BOWL ME OVER It's only women who perform, design, direct, write, and otherwise shape this Goodman Theatre world premiere. Rebecca Gilman's Twilight Bowl …
Chicago's iconic culinary treasure, Russian Tea Time, perfectly nestled in the heart of Chicago's Downtown at [...]
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Broadway In Chicago and Fifth Estate Entertainment are delighted to announce that tickets for ROCK OF AGES will go on [...]
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Photo Credit: Salman Chaudry I Heart Halal™, the premier halal lifestyle festival in America, announces the second I Heart Halal event, [...]
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Question: Which Broadway show has the highest audience demand in Chicago right now? "Hamilton" or "Dear Evan Hansen"? Answer: "Dear Evan Hansen," the moody musical about a loving single moth…
A SMALL STORY SOARS IN THIS NEW OPERA Right now the Studebaker Theater houses a wonder. A chamber opera with a heart of gold, The Scarlet Ibis, with a supple score by Stefan Weisman and l…
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," the new Broadway musical about the life and work of Michael Jackson, has canceled its Chicago tryout, slated for fall. A New York spokesman for the show, wh…
Ben Levi Ross as ‘Evan Hansen’ and the Company of the First North American Tour [...]
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Ashley Magnus: “Right now, we're in a golden era of American opera. Significantly more operas have been written in the US between 1997 and the present than in the 100 years…
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'Dear Evan Hansen' is currently playing at the Curran in San Francisco, following its tour stops in Denver, Los Angeles, and Arizona. Let's see what the critics are saying about the recent t…
“Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians voted on Wednesday evening to authorize a strike that would begin on March 10, if contract negotiations are not resolved. … At issue are pension…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 9:32am on February 15, 2019☆⚑
The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage announced today that the new musical Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough will [...]
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Barton G.’s Waffle-Cheeseburger Photo Credit: Leah Davis Barton G. The Restaurant Chicago is about to take [...]
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Actors' Equity Association issued a statement regarding media reports about the cancellation of performancesof the musical inspired by the life of Michael Jackson scheduled for late October.
