Critic's Notebook: How Chicago Is Changing Theater, One Storefront at a Time
Can tiny companies thrive in the shadow of major institutions? In this theater-mad city, the question may actually run the other way.
Can tiny companies thrive in the shadow of major institutions? In this theater-mad city, the question may actually run the other way.
Her new concert Solo Pido (All I Ask) will be presented on October 10.
Come on down " "The Price Is Right Live" will stop at The Chicago Theatre on Sunday, February 17, 2019 for two shows at 3:00PM and 7:00PM. "The Price Is Right Live" is an interactive stage s…
BACK FROM OVER THE RAINBOW Please don't take my word for it. See, hear and cherish for yourselves Angela Ingersoll's wonderful reclamation of the great Judy Garland — the look, voice, …
All he cares about is love...and returning to Broadway! Oscar winner and main-stem alum Cuba Gooding Jr. reprises his recent London turn as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the award-win…
The Oscar winner steps into the role of Billy Flynn.
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Todrick Hall to Return to the Role of Billy Flynn on the Chicago Tour Broadway alum Todrick Hall will soon razzle-dazzle …
Joan Baez will be performing at The Chicago Theatre on October 5 as part of her last North American tour which she started in September, for her new album titled "Whistle Down The Wind."This…
You can get buried alive, chased by a demented clown, get souvenir scare photos, get lost in a graveyard, pay to scare other people, pay to skip the line, get chased by a demented clown with…
Shot through with the language of tough London housing estates, the genre is being rebooted by rising British stars
The recording star and YouTube favorite will step into the musical's national tour in Detroit.
Wednesday night the Athenaeum Theatre hosted the Blue Wave Rave, a free improv show featuring cast members from Second City, the Annoyance Theatre, and iO and put together by Indivisible Chi…
MORE LIKE A SILVER TICKET Saccharinity, like speed, can kill: The guilty pleasure of loving chocolate can, it seems, cover a multitude of sins. Harnessing "pure imagination" as well as a swe…
Ben Rector's national headlining tour brings the mesmerizing, piano-fueled pop of his latest album 'Magic' to The Chicago Theatre on October 4.Born in 1986, Benjamin Evans Rector is a young …
Ben Rector's national headlining tour brings the mesmerizing, piano-fueled pop of his latest album 'Magic' to The Chicago Theatre on October 4.Born in 1986, Benjamin Evans Rector is a young …
"A Shayna Maidel" âœâœâœâœ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acte…
Interview with PIPPIN’s AYANA STRUTZ from Showbiz Chicago on Vimeo. Ayana Strutz discusses her multiple [...] The post SHOWBIZ CHICAGO INTERVIEW: “PIPPIN’S” AYANA STR…
Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, announces casting for its upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-wi…
Drag queens are coming to Motor Row. And they will be serving you dinner. "Lips," a for-profit, dinner-theater concept that has lasted 22 years in New York, is expected to open in March in t…
TOOTSIE's world premiere pre-Broadway engagement officially opened last night, September 30,at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre. The show runs through October 14 before opening on Broadway …
Chicago must be praised for not pulling punches in exploring subtexts around gender politics and in integrating serious themes with a thoroughly entertaining show.
This is one world-premiere that satisfyingly defies the odds. The powers that be behind this pre-Broadway tryout made a wise move in hiring bookwriter Robert Horn to adapt the hit Dustin Hof…
As BroadwayWorld reported in July, long-time theatre critic Joe Dziemianowicz parted ways with the New York Daily News following reports of cuts in the publication's editorial team. Now chan…
CHILD MOLESTERS GET A PLAY Some underdogs seem deeply deserving — which makes sympathy for devils a tricky proposition. Pulitzer-winning Bruce Norris has never shied away from upsettin…