The recording studio as the crucible of creative dreams figures in a lot of plays and movies. Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studios alone gave us the jukebox musical "Million Dollar Quartet" a…
It was December when Ben Dicke, theater department chair at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, approached Jason Patera, the head of school, to share his vision for the spring play. "Ben said,…
Individual tickets for The Cher Show, the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the iconic singer and actress, will go on-sale this Friday, March 23. The Cher Show will have…
Tickets for "The Cher Show," the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has yet t…
The theatre took down its website and all of its social media at the same time the announcement went out on a Friday morning. "The unsigned statement from ATC's board (which declined intervi…
When “Chicago” comes to town, you just want to sit down, strap in, and prepare yourself for an experience. One of the most successful musicals in theatre history, it chalked up s…
The American Theater Company has announced that it will closeits doors following the end of the run of WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY. Read a statement from the American Theater Company Board of Direct…
"Anna Karenina" âœâœâœ There aren't many towns in the world where you can roll up and find a completely new adaptation of the jottings of Leo Tolstoy. As you can currently find i…
The Chicago Humanities Festival announced today it will host former Director of the Federal Bureau [...]
Kander: "Because corruption in society never seems to go out of style. Every once in a while, it becomes more obvious than not." Reinking: "Every step is basically a word. Especially with mu…
"Razzle dazzle 'em!"Â Silver-tongue shyster lawyer Billy Flynn melodically opines that if you do that, you'll have an audience eating out of your hand. If you can snag a ticket to the Keeg…
The lineup will include the world premiere musical 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.'
With its snappy-saucy take on Chicago, The Keegan Theatre shows it knows how to give an audience the ol’ razzle-dazzle. And Keegan has done the durable musical proud. In fact in Kee…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Bedknobs and Broomsticks Stage Musical to Make World Premiere in Chicago A new stage musical adaptation of the beloved Disn…
Among the troupe's most notable productions was the holiday pageant "Blue Nativity," featuring large-scale puppetry.
Friday "The Brink!": The Walkabout ensemble presents a devised play set at a cafe on the edge of the world, with jazz standards and the poetry of Gertrude Stein. Through March 30 at Links Ha…
Also on tap: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the return of "Q Brothers Christmas Carol."
The American Horror Story and Xanadu star will now headline the March 18 benefit concerts for Chicago Theatre Workshop.
As the murderous $1bn musical returns to London, composer John Kander and Ann Reinking, one of the first Roxies, unpick the secrets of its successIn the spring of 1924, Maurine Watkins, a yo…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater will present the expanded stage adaptation of the 1971 film as part of its 2018–2019 season.
Chicago Shakespeare announces today fourteen productions in the Theater's201819 Season-encompassing the dynamic and diverse range of offerings which have come to characterize a company that …
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2018-19 season features a whopping 14 productions " which will include the North American premiere of Jessica Swale's "Nell Gwynn," a hit comedy from London's W…
Maria Rizzo is an ace as Roxie Hart.
In "Chicago," David Mamet returns to the city where he was raised and where he started to work in theater. The novel also marks a return to the Prohibition era of "The Untouchables" (1987), …
The Broadway Playhouse has a new show celebrating female friendship in the 1950s and 1960s. And after a long spell outside of the spotlight, the Apollo Theater in Lincoln Park is coming back…