New Trier freshman starring on Chicago Shakespeare stage
At 14, Wilmette's Aaron Lamm has the kind of an acting career many adult performers dream of. The New Trier freshman has credits at the biggest Equity theaters in Chicago....
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65 Things to Do in Chicago in March
The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our culture critics
Audience becomes reporters in ‘Edward Snowden’ at Oil Lamp
Depending on who you ask, American-in-exile Edward Snowden is either a hero or a traitor. His former employers in the U.S. intelligence community take the latter view. As an employee...
Spring break is murder in GreenMan’s ‘McAddams Family’
If the ooky-spooky folks on stage in GreenMan Theatre's latest outing look familiar, it's by design. The quirky McAddams family is led by Tish, a long, lean beauty with waist-length...
A character to be reckoned with in Writers’ ‘The Scene’
You don't need an etiquette expert to tell you that socializing with co-workers is a fraught proposition. So it goes in Theresa Rebeck's "The Scene," a scorching tale of a...
The Best Discounts and Freebies of Chicago Theatre Week
Tickets to more than 100 local shows come at the deep discount of $15 to $30 a head.
Comedy queen: Kathy Griffin to dish on the ‘Precedent’ to the Kardashians
Kathy Griffin claims to have earth-shaking stories about the man she calls "the precedent." "I've known him for years," she says of Donald Trump. "I know things that will blow...
Piven Theatre plans a year of women-centered projects
With the year-long Women's Voices Project, Evanston's Piven Theatre is embarking on a celebration of ladies who aren't afraid to be loud, creative and in charge of their own narrative....
58 Things to Do in Chicago in February
Lunar New Year Parade Photo: Michael Tercha/baiduhai Feb. 2 Hip-Hop Talib Kweli Lake View This Brooklyn rapper may be known lately for Twitter beefs and social activism, but he’s...
First Folio’s ‘Captain Blood’ swashbuckler with a message
Yes, there are shiploads of swashbuckling and epic adventures in exotic locales, but sometimes, says First Folio Executive Director David Rice, there's more to a pirate story than, well, pirates....