Michael Shannon, along with other members of the original team behind the 1995 production of "Victims of Duty," will star in a special remount from A Red Orchid Theatre this summer. Written …
As far as I remember, I first saw Rachel Rockwell perform in 1999. The show was director Marc Robin's production of "A Chorus Line" and the venue was the now-defunct Drury Lane in Evergreen …
The season will feature works on the theme of "hunger."
With public trust in the media taking a hit amid constant accusations of "fake news," many news outlets find themselves on the defensive on a daily basis. But there is one publication that c…
The Ride the Cyclone director was tapped to helm the new adaptation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks in 2019.
Friday "Mies Julie": Farm laborer John and Mies Julie, the daughter of his white master, embark on a sweltering night of passion set against post-apartheid South Africa. Through June 24 at V…
By Douglas Mayo Martin Kemp to join the London cast of Kander and Ebb’s Chicago as Billy Flynn at the Phoenix Theatre from 2 July 2018. This post Martin Kemp Joins The Cast of Chicago …
The Chicago Tribune has reported that one of Chicago's leading directors and choreographers over the past twenty years, Rachel Rockwell, has died at age 49.
Rachel Rockwell, one of Chicago's leading directors and choreographers of stage musicals over the past two decades " and also a rising star on the brink of a major national career in the Ame…
"Empower" will be on stage at Lyric Opera House, Chicago. It is an original opera from the hearts and minds of the city's youth."In this world premiere, a group of South Side youth band toge…
Odysseus is depressed. Home from the war, he stares into his bathroom mirror and quietly bemoans his broken bath, a perfect reflection of how PTSD ravages what should be his return to normal…
EINE KLEINE SWEDISH SOLSTICE Some 40 years after its birth, A Little Night Music feels like it's always been here. Wisely and warmly, composer Stephen Sondheim and writer Hugh Wheeler, borro…
Druid Theatre Company's production of Beckett's most well-known work, produced by Chicago Shakespeare Theater as a part of their WorldStages initiative, begs the question: what exactly are w…
This week we learned that Andrew Scott will appear in a limited run of Simon Stephen's monologue Sea Wall at the Old
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Strictly Ballroom and Chicago are among the new shows announced in the line-up for this year's West
On Thursday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced the casting for its upcoming staging of "Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure," based on the classic, high-flying tale about the boy who refused …
A quarter-century ago, the lavish new Rosemont Theatre caused severe indigestion among the nervous honchos of Chicago. The occasion was the 1993 groundbreaking for a 4,200-seat theater " as …
Chicago native Kelsey Walsh discusses touring the country in the hit musical Dirty Dancing:-The Classic [...]
Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" will be performed in a new production by Lyric Opera of Chicago. Opening on October 13, the production does its best to encompass all the grandeur of the original p…
THE CHER SHOW, the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the iconic singer and actress, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago with previews beginning on June …
Kemp will succeed Cuba Gooding Jr. as Billy Flynn.
English actor, musician, and director Martin Kemp (Let It Shine judge, Celebrity Big Brother 2012, EastEnders, The Krays) has been confirmed to be taking over the role of Bill…
When spring comes so late, we know it's even harder to take time away from beaches and barbecues, street fairs and sunshine. But great theater happens year-round in Chicago. Here are 25 pick…
Martin Kemp will star as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the multi-award-winning Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End from Monday 2 July for a limited season until Saturd…
Martin Kemp will star as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the multi award-winning CHICAGO at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End from Monday 2 July for a limited season until Saturd…