Last Sunday's afternoon matinee of Gioachino Rossini's "Cinderella" ("La Cenerentola") at the Lyric Opera set me musing. Why would Lyric director Anthony Freud schedule a romantic feminist d…
John Oliver, the British comic known best for his comedic political commentary on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on HBO and previously on "The Daily Show" with Jon …
Unspeakable, a "dramatic fantasia" inspired by the life of comedy star Richard Pryor, begins performances Oct. 6 in Chicago, three years after a previous production derailed.
Chicago, you can spend part of your New Year’s eve with John Oliver. The comedian has ...
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RECOMMENDED The strings that tie mothers to daughters are knotted, twisted and forever looping. Severing those strings is an impossible feat, though many spend their lives trying. Untangling…
Comedian John Oliver has added a fourth stand-up comedy show at the Chicago Theatre.
The British comic, best known for his political and satirical humor evidenced in "The Daily Show with…
FRIDAY | "My Manana Comes": Teatro Vista presents this Chicago premiere about four immigrant busboys from four different worlds who all hunger for the American dream. Through Nov. 8 at Victo…
Comedian John Oliver has added a fourth stand-up comedy show at the Chicago Theatre. The British comic, best known for his political and satirical humor evidenced in "The Daily Show with …
Lewis Black is not be bringing his brand of angry stand-up to the Chicago Theatre stage until the end of the week, but Margaret Cho's 80-minute set Saturday night, part of her international …
Lewis Black is not bringing his brand of angry stand-up to the Chicago Theatre stage until the end of the week, but Margaret Cho's 80-minute set Saturday night, part of her international "Th…
RECOMMENDED This little operetta dinghy overcame modest box office and, proving the critics right for once, sailed away with the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. No small feat in an era whe…
Rumer has it that the latest Roxie Hart is killing it in Chicago on the Great White Way! To mark Rumer Willis' Main Stem debut in the long-running tuner, Broadway.com resident artist Jus…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced Friday that the “cheeky” holiday show, ‘A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol” ...
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Ralph Covert will replace Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's "Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny" this weekend at Chicago Children's Theatre due to travel delays.
Covert, co-author of "The …
The First National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love amp Murder,opened at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. An openin…
On Tuesday, my colleague John von Rhein reported, the board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the musicians of that venerable orchestra attended separate meetings but came ou…
Ralph Covert will replace Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's "Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny" this weekend at Chicago Children's Theatre due to travel delays. Covert, co-author of "The H…
FRIDAY | "A Strange Disappearance of Bees": Forget Me Not Theatre Company presents Elena Hartwell's play about five people searching for connection amid an unexplainable disappearance of mil…
Food network star Alton Brown, best known for "Good Eats," will bring another live show to Chicago this summer. "Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science" will play for one-night-only on May 7.
B…
Actress and DANCING WITH THE STARS winner Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as 'Roxie Hart' in Broadway's Chicago just last week. She will now play a 6-week limited engagement at the Amba…
Actress Rumer Willis, who is currently starring in the Broadway production of the Tony-winning Chicago as Roxie Hart, recently offered a number from the show on ABC's "Live w…
