The Chicago Musical Improv Festival will return to iO Chicago this month with a 4-day lineup featuring everything from an improvised rock opera to a puppet musical. Closing out the festival …
With a massive undertaking like the Chicago Dancing Festival, which features multiple programs of multiple companies, planning is both essential " and impossible to perfect. Still, festival …
Lana Gordon can't do it alone! The Broadway alum will begin performances as Velma Kelly in Broadway's Chicago on August 15. She steps in for Amra-Faye Wright in the role at the Ambas…
The Carmen Cubana star will take the role of Velma Kelly in the long-running revival.
The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago will welcome Lana Gordon in the role of Velma Kelly beginning tonight, Monday, August 15 at the Ambassador…
The Kander and Ebb musical is running at the Ambassador Theatre.
Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theater is in hot water for their recent decision to cast a white actor in a Latino role, first played by the show’s writer Lin-Manuel Miranda. Their p…
Woodminster Summer Musicals' production of the classic Kander and Ebb musical 'Chicago' is a first-rate production that's a blast from start to finish.
All he cares about is love! Broadway alum Jason Danieley will return to Chicago on Broadway. He steps back into the role of story swirler Billy Flynn at the Ambassador Theatre on August 25, …
Nearly 300 members of the Chicago theater community gathered at a town hall meeting at Victory Gardens Theater Tuesday night to discuss the problem of a lack of roles for performers o…
Nearly 300 members of the Chicago theater community gathered at a town hall meeting at Victory Gardens Theater Tuesday night to discuss the problem of a lack of roles for performers o…
Barbra Streisand. That name alone strikes millions of people as one of the best singers in the world. She is a queen, a diva and a superstar all rolled into one.
The world-premiere production from the Tony-winning playwright comes to Steppenwolf.
Each year as leaves fly, ice forms and blossoms bud, we scour the storefronts, basements, walk-ups and suburban palaces in search of the hottest new acting talent to hit Chicago. Then each s…
By Tlaloc Rivas. Following a series of casting controversies in Chicago, Tlaloc Rivas offers counsel and perspective to Latinx actors while calling out theatres that practice whitewashing.
These five crowd-pleasers are productions that would each be great for a Broadway first-timer and even for veteran theatergoers who haven't gotten around to seeing these particular shows yet.
“Blame it on Midwestern bingo culture. Or maybe it’s a long tradition of immersive, unpretentious theatergoing involving cold beer and ornery nuns. Whatever. Whether card, video …
From 2006: I sometimes do too much fieldwork before seeing a movie, building up a whole structure of preconceptions that I then have to trundle into the theater with me and crane my neck to …
Long-time Chicago star Roz Ryan stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Beth Stevens.
HIS HEART IS CRYING, CRYING The latest rouser in Black Ensemble Theater's 40th anniversary celebration/season, The Jackie Wilson Story, a retrospective on an R&B Legend, showcases terrif…
By HowlRound TV. Victory Gardens Theater and the Alliance of Latinx Theatre Artists (ALTA) Chicago , along with the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts , Chicago Inclusion Project , Congo Squ…
By: Stacey Crawley Without people like Mike Petryshyn, music would remain a virtual experience. Putting music [...]
Performances begin next month at the Victory Gardens Theater.