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Richard Gray, art dealer and stalwart cultural benefactor, dies at 89

December 17, 2018 at 4:17 p.m.

Richard Gray, an influential gallerist whose name emblazons galleries in Chicago and New York, had an artist’s approach to the business of art dealing — i.e. he winged it. “I...

MCA fall 2018 lineup: Japanese Breakfast, ‘Live Magazine Show’ and Claudia Rankine

May 22, 2026 at 8:21 p.m.

On Wednesday, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago announced its roster of public programs and performances for fall 2018, culling artists from a range of creative practices and digging into...

Steppenwolf announces lineup for summer 2018’s “Lookout” series, including Big Dipper and Walkabout Theatre

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Wednesday, Steppenwolf announced the complete lineup for its summer 2018 Lookout series, featuring more than 20 different artists from an array of performance-based media including standup and podcasting. A...

‘Anastasia’ will journey to the Oriental Theatre during Broadway in Chicago’s 2018-19 season

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Wednesday, Broadway in Chicago announced that ‘Anastasia,’ the musical inspired by the 1997 animated film, will have a two-week engagement during the BIC’s 2018-19 season. The production will play...

‘A Bronx Tale’ to make Chicago debut during Broadway in Chicago’s 2018-19 season

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Tuesday, Broadway in Chicago announced that ‘A Bronx Tale’ will make its Chicago debut at the Oriental Theatre next spring during BIC’s 2018-19 season. It will play for a...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Tony-winner Len Cariou to bring his one-man musical revue, ‘Broadway and the Bard,’ to Stage 773

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

On Tuesday, Tony Award-winning actor Len Cariou, Starry Night Productions and Aruba Productions announced the Chicago staging of "Broadway and the Bard: an Evening of Shakespeare and Song," a mashup...

Navy Pier — the tourist spot is going native this summer, with Chicagoans in mind

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

The bad henna tattoos. The flimsy, "personalized" keychains. Jimmy Buffett. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Jimmy Buffett. The droves of hormone-addled high school students away from their parents for the...

Ellen Fairey, the acclaimed playwright and graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will debut "Support Group for Men" at Goodman Theatre.

Goodman announces cast for world premiere of Ellen Fairey’s “Support Group for Men”

December 17, 2018 at 4:17 p.m.

On Monday, the Goodman announced casting for its upcoming world premiere of “Support Group for Men” by Ellen Fairey. The comedy, which tackles shifting gender norms and social paradigms through...

Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby; So ugly, it’s punk

December 17, 2018 at 4:17 p.m.

Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby One of RuPaul’s best-known lines goes, “We’re all born naked and the rest drag” — essentially alluding to the costuming ritual we all go through before...

Lincoln Center production of ‘Falsettos’ to tour Chicago in 2019

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

On Monday, Broadway In Chicago announced that the first national tour of the Lincoln Center's "Falsettos" will run for a limited engagement during BIC's 2018-19 season. The Tony Award-winning musical...

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