Martin Kemp is currently practicing his jazz hands because, from 2 July, he will star as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the multi-award-winning Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre.
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On Tuesday, A Red Orchid Theatre announced its 2018-19 season lineup, including two Chicago premieres and a production one of Eugene Ionesco's final plays. Things kick off in the late fall w…
Friday "Avenue Q": The award-winning show that offers a filthy spin on "Sesame Street" gets a revial in the suburbs. Through June 30 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 West Campbell S…
On Monday, the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists announced that the National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival, aka ConFest, will be held in Chicago August 13-18…
"Chicago" is a model of urban redevelopment. The musical, based on a 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins (based in turn on actual sordid events that occurred in Chicago while Watkins was a j…
Which has the greater importance to Chicago: The Chicago Blues Festival or the Chicago Jazz Festival? If you love our city's musical heritage, you'd rightly answer "both." But what about the…
Overall, it is pleasing to have Chicago back in the West End to offer new audiences an opportunity to see the classic musical. But it is just lacking a little bit of sparkle in the performan…
On Wednesday, Broadway in Chicago announced that 'Anastasia,' the musical inspired by the 1997 animated film, will have a two-week engagement during the BIC's 2018-19 season. The production …
On Tuesday, Broadway in Chicago announced that 'A Bronx Tale' will make its Chicago debut at the Oriental Theatre next spring during BIC's 2018-19 season. It will play for a limited engageme…
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF CENTENARIANS "Life is short. It's up to you to make it sweet." No cliché in Emily Mann's moving 1993 play, this is one of many hard-earned pearls of wisdom in her gener…
Friday "Cry It Out": Two new moms cooped up on maternity leave work through the (sometimes) hilarious absurdities of motherhood. Through June 17 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Sko…
PATTI QUAKES, PATTI SHAKES. PATTI GETS HER CAKES You can only listen and love: The former Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards oozes energy on stage. She kicks off her shoes in sheer delight. Loving…
On Monday, Broadway In Chicago announced that the first national tour of the Lincoln Center's "Falsettos" will run for a limited engagement during BIC's 2018-19 season. The Tony Award-winnin…
PROMETHEUSÂ SETS THE STAGE AFIRE Imagination sometimes seems abstract. It's a term you can't always savor — until you see it blossom before you. It's in full force in City Lit's revi…
YOUR FLIES ARE OPEN The running joke behind this unauthorized musical based on a 1954 novel and a 1963 film is how it hides its homage: To avoid copyright infringement, we never hear "Flies"…
On April 29, Tribune critic Blair Kamin lamented the sorry state of the pedestrian and bike path in Northerly Island Park. Instead of a bucolic circular bike ride or stroll around the lakesi…
Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce the twenty-four students nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress, and nominees for Best Production presented by Guardian Music Travel, Best Dir…
NOT A TENNESSEE WALTZ The strangest thing about Suddenly Last Summer is that the main character is never seen. But, talked about for 90 minutes by two dangerously partisan women, he's …
On Wednesday, the Chicago Children's Theatre announced programming for its 2018-19 season, including a handful of shows produced with sensory sensitivities in mind. Kicking things off will b…
