DARK DOINGS IN POSTWAR PARIS Now in an appropriately driven local premiere by Chicago Opera Theater, Tobias Picker's two-and-a-half hour opera from 2001 delivers a bleak harvest of shame. Th…
Original Broadway Cast, 1975 (Arista) Perhaps not fully appreciated during its initial run of only two years in the mid-1970s, the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Bob Fosse musical Chicago is now recog…
Those of us who love the art form appreciate efforts like this to make the musical relevant and appealing to new generations, and it may well be that those who have more recently experienced…
The event offers $15-30 tickets to more than 100 productions at Chicago theatres, and experts and theatre leaders say it's putting more (and new) butts in seats.
A VICTORIAN TALE FOR TODAY Jackie Robinson was not, it seems, the first black baseball player in the major leagues. Long before 1946, Moses Fleetwood Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue…
By Raymond Rehayem "It's really close, I mean it’s about thirty minutes. Some people think it’s Muncie and that’s way far away compared to Munster which is just right next …
The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents Chicago author Cristina HenrÃquez on Wednesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago (31 W Ohio St).The Crain’s &#…
If you’ve a hankering for the orgiastic feast of a sumptuously designed, dramatically staged, organically acted, and gloriously sung evening of Wagner to warm the frozen tundra of your…
BY KYLE MACMILLAN | FOR THE SUN-TIMES Gioachino Rossini wrote his inaugural opera while still ... The post ‘Therese Raquin’ slated for four performances by Chicago Opera The…
New plays from writers of The Laramie Project and Detroit '67 are planned.
Lyric Opera of Chicago will soon present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, starring Steven Pasquale as carousel barker Billy Bigelow, Laura Osnes as his true love, millworker Julie Jordan,…
Time to crack open that piggy bank and book a trip to Chicago! Broadway favorites Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale are heading to the Windy City to play Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in the …
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a day-of-show drawing for the Second National Tour, which returns to Chicago by popular demand f…
Equity is preparing to square off with small theater producers in Los Angeles over a proposal to require a minimum wage for actors. The upcoming bout between the union and the producers will…
SUNDAY | "One Came Home": This new stage adaptation of Amy Timberlake's novel, set in 1871 Wisconsin, is set in motion by the disappearance of a young girl. Through April 5 at Lifeline Theat…
Churchill, a new play adapted and performed by Ronald Keaton, officially opens Feb. 18 at New World Stages. The show began previews Off-Broadway Feb. 6 following an acclaimed and sold…
Hart & Soul: Backstage at "Chicago" with Jennifer Nettles, Episode 4: Getting Ready Get tickets to "Chicago": http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/ "Chicago&q…
Chicago's Jennifer Nettles takes deep into the scariest part of her pre-show ritual: doing her hair and her lashes!
DOOMSDAY THERAPY The peculiar premise behind Matt Lyle's lifestyle comedy, now running in a moderately intriguing Midwest premiere by The Ruckus, is that for some folks the end of the world …
Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news HAMILTON opens at the Public, Sienna M…
The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club begins tonight, February 17, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015.
Do you believe the arts are important to a strong Chicago? We need your help! In a few days, all 50 Chicago City Council seats will be up for election on February 24. Help us show all 183 …
ALL KINDS OF ADMISSIONS A peculiarly persuasive puzzle play, Daniel Pearle's resonant A Kid Like Jake strategically omits the title character from the cast of characters. That's very right: …
A REALLY REALLY TIMELY PLAY 29-year old playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really premiered at Virginia's Signature Theatre in 2012 before heading to Off-Broadway, where it was helmed b…
Hotcha! The long-running revival of Chicago recently welcomed new stars, including a country-singing foxy Roxie and a Broadway baby Velma. Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs&r…