Hart & Soul: Backstage at "Chicago" with Jennifer Nettles, Episode 7: Merry Murderesses Care Get tickets to "Chicago": http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/ Jennif…
Jennifer Nettles and the cast of Chicago sign posters to be sold in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Between July 13 and July 20, 1995, when temperatures lingered at 106 degrees and the heat index reached 125 degrees, more than 700 Chicagoans died. A preponderance of those deaths were of mi…
PATHETIC PAYBACK Some plays all but ambush their audience–dramatic Trojan horses that promise laughs and deliver the opposite. Aesthetically treacherous, they lure innocent onlookers i…
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GRASP THIS HAMMER WHILE THE IRON IS HOT! Considering the popularity of fantasy epics The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, it is a wonder that more theaters aren't performing them. Whil…
THE OTHER CHICAGO FIRE No question, this 20-year-old tragedy is not as sexy a Chicago calamity as either the historic three-day blaze of 1871 or this year's centennial of the foundering of t…
A PORTABLE COMMUNE SELF-DESTRUCTS This weird show is a strange but stirring entry in Steppenwolf's three-play "Garage Rep" series: Red Tape Theatre's The Walk Across America for Mother…
Playwrights Lucas Hnath and Anne Washburn, both familiar to Chicago audiences, are among the 10 writers honored with the Whiting Award. Each honoree receives $50,000. The post Two playwright…
Being single and navigating the dating scene can be tricky, especially in a city where online dating is becoming the norm. Chicago dating expert Melinda McIntire will host a "Love IQ: Online…
SOPHOCLES, ANCIENT BENDER OF GENDERS This "free translation" of Sophocles' timeless tragedy about a sister against the state is only 75 minutes long. Even so, Antigonick manages to alm…
Saturday | Garage Rep: Steppenwolf Theatre's annual showcase of storefront theater features works from Cold Basement Dramatics, Red Tape Theatre and Pride Films and Plays. Through April 26 a…
Spotlight On: "Chicago" Get tickets to "Chicago": http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/ Broadway.com turns the spotlight on "Chicago." From: Broadwaycom View…
The Hypocrites are thrilled to launch their 2015-16 season this fall with the Chicago premiere of the smash Broadway musical AMERICAN IDIOT, featuring music by Grammy Award-winning pun…
 Bailiwick Chicago will conclude its 2014-15 season with the Chicago premiere of the intense off-Broadway rock musical MURDER BALLAD, conceived by and with book and lyrics by Jul…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the fourth annual Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards held at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 East Chestnut Place) on Mon…
Some cool things to do this weekend and beyond. The post The Chicago Mix: Alvin Ailey, Snowstorm Fest, Shooter Jennings, Jeff Tweedy, Chrisette Michele appeared first on Chicago Entertainmen…
By Hugh Iglarsh Two great experiments mark the mid-century history of the University of Chicago. The one everybody knows about was the first sustained nuclear reaction, which occurred in a c…
If our culture had managed to advance sufficiently since 1975, when the biting musical "Chicago" landed in Broadway, the show might be considered just harmless, lively entertainment now.
Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre is having its hottest season ever. Indeed, if you shovel out of your snow and ice fast enough, you will find its current offering of Chicago making things even…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the upcoming 2015-2016 season line-up celebrating Broadway In Chicago’s 15thanniversary.  The hits just keep on coming to Chicago w…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey announced today the 201516 Subscription Season, which marks the company's 40th anniversary.
RECOMMENDED Thodos Dance's winter concert at the Harris gathers short rep pieces from a half dozen Chicago-based choreographers, including a new work by founder Melissa Thodos. The program i…
The run of "Chicago" at the Hippodrome (now through Sunday) represents a homecoming of sorts for cast member Robin Masella, who plays Liz, the condemned prisoner who shot her husband after h…
SMART DRAMA REVEALS POLAR ATTRACTION A world premiere production, Mat Smart's The Royal Society of Antarctica at The Gift Theatre is easily one of the year's best new plays. Smart, who worke…