It was announced last week that Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company is headed to Broadway in the fall with Tracy Letts' remarkable new Chicago play, August: Osage County. How big is that news?
Tom Hewitt, a frequent presence in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago, will return to the production at the Ambassador Theatre Sept. 13 as slick lawyer Billy Flynn.
Some directors hide on opening nights. Not PJ Paparelli, the artistic director of American Theater Company (ATC), who died Thursday, at the age of 40, in a car accident in Scotland. Earlier …
THE LAST VICTIMS An urban massacre grabs headlines for days, then burns out as quickly as it erupted. There's always the next shock of the known to deal with: Without meaning to be cruel, we…
“The subject is sensitive, awkward and uncomfortable but also, a growing priority for even the most established theater companies in Chicago, many of which are still relatively new at …
JERSEY BOYS cast members met with Order of Canada recipient and internationally renowned Famous PEOPLE Players founder Diane Dupuy and her mother, Mary Thornton after the May 21st perform…
“Both Paparelli and his theater company " the two were inseparable " were at their creative peak. During Paparelli’s seven-year tenure, ATC produced a slew of highly regarded wor…
P.J. Paparelli, director of the innovative American Theater Company in Chicago, died May 21 of injuries suffered earlier this week in a car crash in Scotland, where he was vacationing, accor…
Chicago's Kokandy Productions has announced the casting for its upcoming summer show, Loving Repeating, composer Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime) and director-adaptor Frank Galati's mu…
The world premiere of Sense and Sensibility, Paul Gordon's musical adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen beloved novel, is now playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Megan McGinnis, Wa…
