Chicago Theater Report: ‘Purpose’ returns, new Broadway shows in town and dinner with Basil Fawlty
The entire Broadway cast and creative team of Branden Jacob-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning...
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Column: Can some Second City alums make Oklahoma City the new Hollywood?
"Drive Through Fire" is the latest movie project from Jim Carlson and Kate Duffy, two...
Funny you should ask: Chicago scientist says humor makes for better researchers
Letonia Copeland-Hardin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and also a stand-up...
Review: “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway is about an unhinged, hilarious Mary Todd Lincoln
Just try keeping up with Cole Escola’s chaotic version of the White House, circa 1860s.
Review: ‘Savor,’ now in Chicago, is a bit of dance dazzle in the style of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
The opener, the Dean Martin classic “Sway,” sets the tone with three couples performing what...
Goodman Theatre announces new Scrooge, cast names for ‘Inherit the Wind’
Casting news for the 2024-45 season also includes some big names for "Betrayal" next spring.
‘Ali’ will premiere in Chicago, a Broadway-bound musical about Muhammad Ali
The co-lyricist and music producer of the show about the famous boxer and civil rights...
Review: In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Oak Park Festival Theatre, young love gets a little extra open-air magic
In a break from tradition, Juliet is not merely a lofty idol during the famous...
Review: ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ at the Goodman Theatre is gutsy but needs a conflict worthy of its star
The ending may be uneven in this new musical's pre-Broadway tryout but it has a...
Review: ‘Corduroy’ has a young audience cheering him along at Chicago Shakespeare
The title character only speaks two words — “friend” and button” — but they’re enough...
Review: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin” is a classy and glamorous night out at Drury Lane Theatre
Directed by E. Faye Butler, the show has a knockout set, the songs of "Fats"...
Review: ‘The Hot Wing King’ take a while to really get cooking at Writers Theatre
The otherwise impressive set puts us too far from the action in the kitchen in...
Review: Modern, monochromatic ‘Carmen.maquia’ returns in Visceral Dance’s MCA debut
Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s contemporary ballet on the subject of the opera “Carmen” is back in...