Friday "Flies! The Musical": This world premiere is part parody of "Lord of the Flies," part high school musical. Through June 10 at the Broadway at Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway; 800-…
CHICAGO ' "Hamilton," the phenomenally successful musical written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, brought so much posthumous celebrity to Alexander Hamilton that America's first secretar…
According to the New York Times, there is now a new way to get your Hamilton fix - an exhibition The exhibit will be debuting to Chicago before coming to other cities.
"Hamilton," the phenomenally successful musical written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, brought so much posthumous celebrity to Alexander Hamilton that America's first secretary of the t…
THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - presented the debut of Reeve Carney on Thursday, May 3. Paige Davis and Chicago star Bianca Marroquin joined Carney at his debu…
A LOT OF BLOOD WILL OUT Blood will have blood. It also sells tickets. And the theater's thirstiest sanguinary spectacle remains the unspeakable Scottish tragedy. The darkest doings the Bard …
A ROTTEN KIND OF GUN CONTROL It's an inhuman term, “collateral damage.” Usually it's reserved for supposedly dispensable victims, necessary sacrifices for a nobler cause. But wha…
Come with your dancing shoes, come barefoot, come as you are, this summer's lineup for Chicago SummerDance begins in June 2018 in Grant Park. The June 28 to Aug. 24 lineup, announced Thursda…
"On a personal note, I would like to announce my upcoming retirement as classical music critic of the Chicago Tribune. When I step down July 1, I will have held this position at the paper fo…
'Chicago' really is just one of those musicals you must see! There's a reason that it's loved worldwide and there's a reason that it's multi-award winning. In its 22 years of taking to stage…
As I walked my dog near Wrigley Field the other night, the two of us stopped among the bars and the noise, and stood and stared outside 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. That address used to be the hom…
The longest running musical on Broadway, Chicago has once again returned to London's West End. Initially a 1926 play by
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Friday "columbinus": Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli's docu-drama takes on the social ills that lead to the shooting rampage at Columbine High School. Through May 26 at Steppenwolf Theatre, 1…
A PLAY THAT POOPS ON ITSELF The animal realm (we won't say kingdom) fairly teems with same-sex survival. In all, over 1,500 species experiment with alternative lifestyles: Sapphic seagull…
"Last fall, ... former Writers intern Tom Robson accused longtime Artistic Director Michael Halberstam of sexually harassing him both verbally and physically in 2003. ... A few weeks later, …
"The Band's Visit," a wry and critically acclaimed musical based on an obscure Israeli movie about an Egyptian police band lost in a small Israeli town, has emerged the dominant new Broadway…
A GLOBAL FLASHPOINT BECOMES A THEATRICAL FLASHFLOOD Until the Flood lasts only 70 minutes. But its concentrated running time delivers a devastating drama. A ton of truth-telling now on to…
The North American premiere of Timothy Sheader's explosiveOlivier Award-winning production ofAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock operaJesus Christ Superstaropens at Lyrictonight, April 2…
