Tug of War, a gripping take on the history plays with protest songs from Leonard Cohen and Nina Simone, is rocking Chicago. The woman behind it says torture and invasion never felt more rele…
On a prime block of Chicago's Michigan Avenue stands the Fine Arts Building. Producer and violinist David Schulman takes us on an audio tour with the people who know the building the best.
LOVERLY The most insidiously satirical moment in Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore comes when a lowly sailor and his captain must instantly switch places when we learn that the latter w…
Without a doubt, Irish Theatre's *Spinning* is a compelling, emotional parable. The show's acting is hypnotic, but unfortunately the script comes across flat and predictable at times. If Pla…
SUBVERSION, DISRUPTION"AND PRETENSION Caught is just what Gertrude Stein said of Oakland: "When you get there, there's no there there." A series of metaphysical jokes played on the audience,…
Irish Theatre of Chicago concludes its 2015-16 Season with the U.S premiere of Deirdre Kinahan's probing drama SPINNING, directed by Joanie [...]
Today in 1975, Chicago opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 936 performances. Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, with music is…
By Michael Workman “Rapid Pulse,” the international performance art festival conceived by Joseph Ravens, director of Defibrillator Gallery, enters its fifth year this June. We ta…
CAPTIVATING VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF LOVE What a feat happens seven times a week in Steppenwolf's upstairs theater! Usually critics tell you to take their words for what they saw–but t…
A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season, including two Chicago premieres. Opening the season is Harold Pinter's first play, "The Room," to be directed by Dado. Featuring Kir…
With the stand-up specials he's already put out, the late-night shows he's written for and the Emmy-winning TV show "Louie" that he writes, directs, edits, executive produces and stars in, i…
What does one do when offered a starring role in "The Untitled Tina Landau Project" during their second year of college? Say yes and dive right in, if you're Ethan Slater. "I applied for an …
A RECIPE FOR BETTERÂ THEATER It's no accident that this bold play, the latest offering from Northwestern University professor Rebecca Gilman, happens in Wisconsin circa 1976. The story of …
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the silver-tongued prince of the courtroom, the one, the only...Jaime Camil! See the Jane the Virgin star talk about why he's over the moon about steppin…
Chicago Human Rhythm Project's performance series "Stomping Grounds" is wrapping up with a grand-finale performance at the Auditorium Theatre June 4, in which five of the six participating c…
Chicago's latest Billy Flynn is here! Jane the Virgin star Jaime Camil took his first Broadway bow in the role on May 31. Stepping in for Ryan Silverman, Camil will rake on the role of r…
