WE SHALL DANCE! It's no puzzlement why this sumptuous reclamation of Broadway greatness, Marriott Theatre's The King and I, is such a grand night for singing, an enchanted evening, and, like…
Monday, November 17, 6 - 8 p.m.Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave. Finding a job after your internship or apprenticeship can seem daunting even in the large and suppo…
The producers have hired some of the best in the business and these actors and designers give us their "A" game. Nonetheless, a musical's gotta have music you want to hear again and again, a…
Sunday | "Skyscraper Live": Daredevil Nik Wallenda will walk on a high wire between Marina City's west tower and the Leo Burnett Building, as well as blindfolded between Marina City's east a…
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today that Steven Pasquale will star in the iconic role of carousel barker Billy Bigelow in Lyric's new production of Carousel, on stage April 11 through May…
There's no "if" about it: we really do love him. Steven Pasquale will star as Billy Bigelow in Lyric Opera’s Carousel next year in Chicago. Rob Ashford will direct the cl…
A TREASURE TROVATORE There's nothing subtle about Verdi's ambitiously conceived Il Trovatore (The Troubadour). Grandly realized and magnificently staged by Lyric Opera, it is one of the thre…
RECOMMENDED Not all opera roles are created equal, and neither are all opera singers. But singers will be offered roles for which they might type physically, and may accept them for greater …
Giordano Dance Chicago's two-night engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance this past weekend came and went all too quickly, but attention should be paid to the company's excitin…
The new musical ‘Amazing Grace’ made its world premiere at Broadway in Chicago. The show officially opened October 19 following previews that began October 9 at Chicago's Bank of…
PRIDE COMETH BEFORE AN ICEBERG Griffin Theatre Company's total triumph is a strange success. It's odd that a more intimate version of a musical called Titanic can so succeed. The cast is red…
Broadway in Chicago's world premiere of the new musical Amazing Grace, which officially opened Oct. 19 following previews that began Oct. 9 at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre…
EXCELLENT BY ALL APPEARANCES It is rare enough to find early operas staged in the U.S., so to find a whole company devoted to their performance is truly extraordinary. Haymarket Opera Compan…
FACELESS FOLLOWERS OF TWITTER AND MAO There's a fascinating paradigm shift in the middle of The Hundred Flowers Project, Christopher Chen's cautionary stage and video thriller. Whether you c…
A bit of blissed-out Americana, of escapist fantasy, goes down pretty easy these days. And that's what Giordano Dance Chicago delivers with Ray Leeper's new "Feelin' Good Sweet." A former Gi…
LEAPING BIPEDS! There's one more chance"tonight"to see five intriguing dances on display at the Harris Theater, exciting work from the reliable 52-year-old Giordano Dance Chicago troupe. Kin…
The Chicago Humanities Festival CHF presents the 25th Anniversary Fall Festival, featuring 112 events which will explore the theme of Journeys, today, Oct. 25-Nov. 9, 2014.
Technically flawless and, of course, brilliantly composed, Don Giovanni ranks near the top of any opera lover's must-see list. This production is a luscious interpretation from vocals to vis…
The 50th edition of the Chicago International Film Festival ended last night with the screening of Reese Witherspoon's Oscar hopeful, Wild. With the marked improvement in both audience exper…
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking 43 week run in 2012-2013, returns to Chicago for a limited engagement February 24through May 17, 2015 at Broadway I…
Sumptuous, unexpected and breathtaking, Joffrey Ballet's Swan Lake is a sublimely executed and unexpected interpretation of the classic ballet. In Christopher Wheeldon's telling of the tragi…
The current production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," playing through Nov. 9 at the handsome and justifiably renowned Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, stars Larry Yando as th…
