Angelica Ross grew up doing musical theater and was convinced that would be her path forward. But, as she tells Paul Wontorek in the latest episode of "The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal," …
Ryoko Yonekura has withdrawn from her upcoming limited engagement as Roxie Hart in Broadway's "Chicago." Yonekura had previously been announced to return to the musical for 16 performances i…
If you've paid even the slightest bit of attention to Chicago music over the past, say, 35 years, you've surely heard Doug McCombs. He's held down the low end for […]
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Ryoko Yonekura has withdrawn from her previously announced engagement in CHICAGO, which she was scheduled to perform on Broadway from November 7th thru November 20th, under docto…
The term "world music" has never been adequate to the task we've set it"even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […]
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Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting Fiddler on the Roof, the North American premiere of an internationally heralded reinvention of the Broadway classic, now on stage at the Lyric Stage…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is presenting the world premiere musical The Notebook, now extended by popular demand through October 30, 2022. Get a first look at footage from the production he…
CHICAGO is for the dogs " and cats, and rabbits, and birds, and all animal friends! Show your pet performing a favorite number from CHICAGO the musical for a chance to win a trip to…
Always a staple of the fall dance season, Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival opens tonight at 8 PM at Ruth Page Center for the Arts (1016 N. Dearborn), and continues […]
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Amid the tidal wave of turnovers at theaters large and small in Chicago the last two years, we also learned this past February that Deb Clapp, the longtime executive director […]
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The real magic of this show are the songs by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens. Terrence McNally (book), Flaherty and Ahrens are the same triptych that gave us "Ragtime," an…
Career politicians are stepping down, and there's now an opportunity for new"and possibly progressive"Black leaders to take the reins.
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Longtime journalist and editor Enrique Limón has been named editor in chief of the Chicago Reader, the city's 51-year-old alternative newspaper, after a national search. Limón will sta…
