Tickets to MCA’s Virgil Abloh show to go on sale Thursday
In summer 2019, Virgil Abloh is coming home to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with an immersive solo show entitled “Figures of Speech.” The MCA announced on Tuesday that...
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9 blood-curdling horror and true-crime podcasts for Halloween (or whenever, if you’re like that)
Scary stories are some of the first we learn to tell. A time-honored tradition at childhood sleepovers involves passing a flashlight around in the dark and trying to one-up your...
Porchlight announces lineup for 2018-19 “New Faces Sing Broadway” series
On Wednesday, Porchlight Music Theatre announced the 2018-19 “New Faces Sing Broadway” series. A multimedia program, the show features trivia games with prizes, sing-alongs and more, with a celebrity host...
The best looks of the 2018 Equity Jeff Awards
At the 50th Jeff Awards, Chicago's theater community came together for a night of celebration — and served. some. looks. From nominees to supportive family members to superfans, here are...
‘I don’t wear deodorant and only take bubble baths’: Why ‘Big Mouth’ is the feminist cartoon I’ve been waiting for
TV’s most meaningful depiction of sexuality is on a cartoon. If you’ve overlooked Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” I’m here to steer you toward the light. Its second season dropped earlier this...
‘Hellbound’ at Sideshow is a feminist statement unafraid of the dark
While Michelle Obama might tell us to “go high” in perilous times such as these, Sideshow Gallery is going low — so low, in fact, that its current show, “Hellbound,”...
Goodman adds ‘St. Nicholas’ — with a ‘Downton Abbey’ star — to 2018-19 season
On Thursday, Goodman Theatre announced the addition of “St. Nicholas” to its 2018-19 season. Directed by Simon Evans, the revival will star Brendan Coyle, who earned an Emmy nomination as...
10 questions with queer icon Amanda Lepore as she hits Chicago in head-to-toe leopard print
In Milan, she was dubbed “La Silicona.” In New York, she gets paid to enter a room — lips first. In Chicago, Amanda Lepore landed at the airport in head-to-toe...
Steppenwolf for Young Adults casts ‘We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…’
On Wednesday, Steppenwolf for Young Adults announced full casting for its upcoming production of "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South...
Midsommer Flight announces cast for fourth annual ‘Twelfth Night’
On Wednesday, Midsommer Flight announced casting for its upcoming production of “Twelfth Night,” its annual “pay-what-you-can” holiday production. Ian Damont Martin, artistic associate with Sideshow Theatre Company, will direct a...