Dance companies are notoriously difficult to start, nurture and maintain. And few new contemporary troupes debut at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and do so with the immense style, …
Chicago Shakes' winter's tale is as fun to feel as its plot is forgettable to recall. Director David H. Bell's glorious stage pictures will stay with you long after the seemingly improvised …
Hughes currently stars as the Leading Player in Pippin.
On Monday, February 2, Carly Hughes, currently appearing as the Leading Player in Broadway's acclaimed revival of Pippin, will step into the iconic role of jazz slayer Velma Kelly in Broadwa…
She’s trading in magic for all that jazz! Current Pippin star Carly Hughes will join the cast of Broadway’s Chicago as Velma Kelly. She takes over for current Velma, Amra-Faye Wr…
Carly Hughes, who is currently appearing as the Leading Player in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Pippin, will join the cast of the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago at…
IT DOESN’T GET ANY MERRIER THAN THIS This radiant revival is Light Opera Works' fourth coming of Franz Lehár's masterpiece from an earlier turn of the century. Rudy Hogenmiller's st…
Suave and swanky, smooth-talking Billy Flynn is personified--almost but not quite that seemingly devoid of heart--in Broadway veteran Jeff McCarthy 'Side Show,' Disney's 'Beauty and the Beas…
What's the name on everybody's lips? Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower looks at the most surprising and original actors to step into the fishnets and heels of Chicago on Bro…
Victory Gardens Theater hosted We Must Breathe A Response from Chicago Playwrights and Poets, a special event gathering members of Chicago's artistic community to share their views on discri…
 One of New York's brightest new musicals written by members of the Millennial Generation will finally be seen in Chicago when the newly formed Refuge Theatre Project, a company dedicated…
A title like "Cirque Dreams Holidaze" does not exactly pack the familiar punch of "A Christmas Carol" or "Cinderella," which may account for the many empty seats at the Chicago Theatre on Th…
In a nutshell, Newsies' choreography alone is worth the price of a ticket. The running time is bloated, the added songs leave a lot to be desired, and the female character is eye roll-worthy…
A feature on FIRST WIVES CLUB musical's official blog details Broadway in Chicago's recent event to introduce the show at Chicago Playhouse. The evening featured a 'trio of musical legends' …
Victory Gardens Theater announces We Must Breathe: A Response from Chicago Playwrights and Poets, a special event gathering members of Chicago's artistic community to share their views on di…
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A CHRISTMAS CIRCUS It's dazzle central and a welcome return to Chicago by the one-ring, 20-feat Cirque Dreams performers, but only through December 21. Their extravag…
Hershey Felder will be presenting Taylor Hackford's "Louis &Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" beginning March 27, 2015, at the Royal George Theatre. The post Hershey Felder to present Louis P…
Tony nominee and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Laura Osnes will play Julie Jordan in the upcoming Lyric Opera production of Carousel in Chicago. She joins the previously announce…
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today that Laura Osnes will star as Julie Jordan in Lyric's new production of Carousel, on stage April 11 through May 3, 2015. Osnes comes to Lyric following…
Red, White, & Blaine, a stage tribute to the movie "Waiting For Guffman," will play the Chicago-based improv theatre iO, the New York Times reports.
CHICAGO (AP) -- When Anthony Freud was 14, his favorite pastime was going to the opera in London and then, on the train ride home to Wimbledon where he lived with his parents, "dreaming …
It's sold out, but you can still stream it live. On Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater presents We Must Breathe: A Response from Chicago Playwrights and Poets, a g…
The filmmaker's adopted hometown was brought to life in classics like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club."
A POOR MAN'S LANFORD WILSON Only in New Orleans could a dumpy parking lot flanking a decrepit motel on a highway leading only to the airport be transformed into a lagniappe-soaked, Mardi Gra…
Kids' Night on Broadway Q&A with Chicago Kids' Night on Broadway® went backstage to interview cast members from this years' participating shows to ask them your question…