Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) continues the dynamic World's Stage Series with the U.S. debut of Théâtre de la Ville's Ionesco Suitefrom Paris, France. Directed by Emmanuel Demarcy…
This Tuesday, September 23rd, Young Americans all across Chicago will be celebrating the Golden Years of Ziggy Stardust himself on David Bowie Day. And what better way to honor the mu…
GOTHIC FRICTION There soon will be plenty of haunted houses and Halloween-themed plays cropping up, but if you’re looking for a genuinely creepy production now, you'll find it in Lifel…
The image one usually comes away with from a production of "King Lear" is that of the aged king, stripped down to his skivvies and raging against the elements. But one comes away from Chicag…
Eight veteran actors, directors, writers, choreographers and producers have created FWD Theatre Project 'Festival of Works in Development', a grass-roots initiative for the discovery, develo…
Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller joins her sister Abby Mueller and Karen Mason for a one-night-only Sept. 22 concert at Chicago's City Winery.
AFTER THE FALL IS OVER A Midwest premiere by Northlight Theatre, Amanda Peet's topical domestic drama The Commons of Pensacola isn't exactly about Bernie Madoff's unimprisoned wife nor how h…
Sheldon Patinkin, a crucial figure in the development of improvisational comedy in Chicago and a mentor to numerous generations of American and Canadian comedians and aspiring theatrical dir…
SUNSET ASSISTED DYING Samuel D. Hunter, Victory Gardens Theater ensemble playwright and recent recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award, specializes in tender tales of gutsy outsiders, spunky…
On Monday, September 29, the company of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning, record- breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes a brand new “Countess of the Clink” to the cell block, …
TALESPINNING AT ITS MOST LITERAL Running only through this weekend, Joffrey Ballet's captivating evening, Stories in Motion, delivers three richly imagined dance narratives, complete with st…
Carol Woods ends her 17-year tenure with the Kander and Ebb musical.
On Monday, September 29, the company of Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record- breaking hit musical CHICAGO welcomes a brand new 'Countess of the Clink' to the cell block, when Carmen Ruby F…
On Sept. 29 the company of Broadway's Tony Award-winning, long-running hit musical Chicago will welcome a new Matron "Mama" Morton, Carmen Ruby Floyd.
A new mistress of Murderers Row is heading to Chicago on Broadway! Carmen Ruby Floyd will step into the role of Matron "Mama" Morton on September 29, taking over from Carol Woods. …
A FORCED FRENZY Some well-meant productions make you feel bad because you care so little. That's perilously close to what transpires in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's louder-than-life revival…
The American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of its 2014 National Theatre Company Grants. This year's recipients are Amphibian Stage Productions Fort Worth, Texas, Ars Nova New Yo…
Andrew Ramcharan Guilarte and Heidi Kettenring will co-star in the Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, which will begin performances Oc…
Barbara Gaines' raw and visceral Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of "King Lear" begins, poorly, with the titular monarch, he who hath ever but slenderly known himself, fast-forwarding…
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, and Concertus Manila, together with VISA, Smart Infinity, and Solaire Resort and Casino, unveiled via a press launch Tuesday, Septe…
Broadway In Chicago is pleased to feature its shows starting with EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL in a new student ticketing program called "TIX4STUDENTS," an annual membership program offered exclusi…
Friday | "Rest": In this new drama by Samuel D. Hunter ("The Whale"), a retirement home on the verge of closure endures a blizzard. Though Oct. 12 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln…
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the opening of Le Méridien Chicago " Oakbrook Center, a Rockbridge Portfolio property, following a $25 million tran…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater CST presents William Shakespeare's towering epic King Lear, directed by CST Founder and Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and featuring Chicago theater legend Larr…