WHAT OF OURÂ SUFFERING IN THE NIGHT? Ambition should be made of smarter stuff. Nearly three hours of unfocused agitation, What of the Night? begs its own incoherent question. It's not the …
To many of us at McCormick Place on Tuesday night, it felt a lot like the end of a Chicago dream. You know, those final, increasingly melancholy moments of reverie before someone wakes you u…
Adam Jacobs, Broadway's original Aladdin in the Disney musical with flying carpet rides, wish-granting genies and catchy tunes like "A Whole New World," will reprise the title role in the No…
Photo courtesy The Pasadena Playhouse Almost a year after strutting the Al-Hirschfeld stage in knee-highs in Broadway's Kinky Boots, Emmy-winner Wayne Brady will take on the role of Aaron Bu…
CATHARSIS IN A BASEMENT It's not easy for actors to lose control without losing the role as well. A master of concentrated dread and systematic despair, Kate Buddeke haunts this solo show. S…
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BroadwayWorld has learned that a Trump supporter interrupted the Saturday evening performance of Hamilton in Chicago. An audience member seated in the balcony allegedly shouted 'We won You L…
A VERY DISPENSABLE DOOM Famed for her sardonic 1948 short story "The Lottery" and the scary novels We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was a Go…
For Joshua Henry, 2017 seems to be his year, as he says in this EXCLUSIVE interview following his 2 solo shows at Schubas Tavern in Chicago. He was joined by some friends from Chicago's cast…
Hamilton's Chicago run is getting some star power: The production has cast former Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Wayne Brady as Hamilton's nemesis Aaron Burr; he'll assume the role …
Wayne Brady’s going from the Land of Lola to the room where it happens. The Emmy winner and Broadway alum will join the Chicago cast of Hamilton, assuming the role of Aaron Burr from J…
As first reported by the Tribune last week, Wayne Brady is indeed joining the Chicago cast of "Hamilton" in the major role of Aaron Burr. The producer of the hit show, Jeffrey Seller, made t…
Confirming earlier rumors, producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago haveannounced five-time Emmy Award winner and Grammy nomineeWayne Bradywill join the Chicago company of Hamilton as…