When it comes to chronicling dumb ways to die, William Shakespeare was ahead of the curve. Gander at his much-disputed authorial oeuvre and you'll find no fewer than 75 final exits, shufflin…
Cast members of Chicago, the longest-running American musical on Broadway, are launching a music video today, December 5, 2016, to accompany their original song 'Holiday Melody,' which appea…
THE BEAST DOESN'T CHANGE WHEN KISSED: A HAPPY ENDING Fairy tales may seem ready for ditching into the dustbin of abandoned narrative, taking all their happily ever afters, glittering princes…
TO "MAKE CHRISTMAS GREAT AGAIN" You can't keep a good elf down. Very loosely based on the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell as a love-seeking non-elf named Buddy, Barney the Elf repurposes …
Created in 1991 by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, STOMP is an hour and forty-five minutes of pure energy and stage craft. No special effects, just movement and music with ordinary hous…
SHAKESPEARE'S TOTAL SLAUGHTER It's a daunting statistic: In the 37 plays written by William Shakespeare, there are 74 onstage deaths. (The demises of Ophelia, Cordelia and Lady Macbeth, amon…
Greg Allen christened The Neo-Futurists with the opening of his show 'Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind'- an ongoing experiment in performing '30 Plays in 60 Minutes'- on December 2nd, …
Greg Allen, the brain behind Neo-Futurists’ Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, pulled the rights to the show—much to the surprise of the experimental theatre troupe.
HAMILTON is now playing at The PrivateBank Theatre in Chicago 18 W. Monroe, and is currently booked through September 2017. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at highlights of the show be…
With Broadway in Chicago's Finding Neverland about J.M. Barrie's journey to write Peter Pan, director Diane Paulus has conceived the piece as a most family-friendly entertainment. There's ev…
GALATEA GETS HER PLAY The source has finally come into its own: Overshadowed by the thunderous success of My Fair Lady, its musical spinoff, Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw's superbly penned,…
What will the role of theater be in the age of Donald Trump? Following the election earlier this month, free hugs were offered, potlucks were held and doors were opened at Chicago theaters. …
SCROOGE GETS SAVED WAY TOO SOON AND FAR TOO EASILY Goodman Theater's holiday happening has now reached the age of 39 (which, of course, is where Jack Benny stayed the rest of his life). A ve…
Tiffany Tatreau will get another ride on the cyclone and make her off-Broadway debut. Tatreau, a cast member of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of "Ride the Cyclone," is joinin…
Hotcha! Dylis Croman and Amra-Faye Wright will return to Broadway's Chicago as Roxie and Velma, respectively, on November 28. The duo step in for Veronica Dunne and Lana Gordon at the Am…
The Cirque du Soleil will be back in Chicago for the summer of 2017 with its latest tent show. Titled "Luzia" and inspired by the sights, sounds and soul of the nation of Mexico, this will b…
