Stephanie Street: Be prepared to sweat if you want to be an actor
I realised this week that acting is quite like Bikram yoga. A series of 26 held postures working strength, balance and flexibility
I realised this week that acting is quite like Bikram yoga. A series of 26 held postures working strength, balance and flexibility
An hour before he took the stage, Mike Pourhadi, Chicago's newest live-lit bard, ordered an Allagash Victor Ale at the Black Rock Pub (3614 N. Damen Ave.) and hoped its high alcohol content …
If Steve Katz were, indeed, a cat, he'd be on about the sixth of his nine lives by now.
Pulitzer Prize winnerLynn Nottage's SWEAT, currently making its premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, could beheaded off-Broadway next year.
Lynn Nottage, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined, debuted her newest work, Sweat, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Amid critical acclaim, the NY Post reported that the play may have it…
Comics at the Edinburgh fringe reveal their sartorial secrets, from furry trousers to see-through numbersI wear a black suit on stage, with a black shirt, black socks, black shoes and black …
Lynn Nottage's new drama, produced at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, examines two generations of factory workers and the decline of industry in the United States.
Serenbe Playhouse premieres an immersive, outdoor retelling of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Tony-winning rock musical Evita beginning July 23 in Chattahoochee Hills, GA. Randi …
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I report on American Players Theatre's revival of A Streetcar Named Desire and the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival production of The Winter's T…
The playwright of 'Ruined' and 'Intimate Apparel' talks about her new play, inspired by America's 'de-industrial revolution' and bowing this month at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Performers should take inspiration from their perspiration. Sweat is a good sign that something physical is at stake
Though Broadway celebrated its artistic achievements last night at the 62nd annual Tony Awards, not everyone in the industry feels like singing.
It’s not that I hated Chicago; it’s just that I’m getting tired of hearing the stars talk about how hard they worked. And, I’ll admit, I’m put off by the number of people I hear buzzing about how surprised they are at the actors’ musical skills.
Austin Pendleton has given us a superficial take on one of Chekhov's major works. The youthful star potential is just that: potential
The National Yiddish Theater — Folksbiene is presenting an evening of two one-acts inspired by the short stories of I. L. Peretz.
Michael Hollinger generates plenty of subtle heat in his absorbing new play about the unstrung lives of the members of a string quartet.
From the look and sound of it all -- and be advised that it is drenched in fake blood, genuine sweat, ear-piercing screechiness, heavily bruising physicality and an...
Even in a city full of striving talent, the Rockettes may well be the hardest-working women in show business.