The Auditorium Theatre’s Visiting Resident Company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago March 4-8, 2020 with Midwest premieres, Chicago premieres, and new productions of classic […]
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American Writers Museum To Honor VIOLA SPOLIN
Join the American Writers Museum as they honor the work of Viola Spolin, author and “mother” of improvisational theater. Ms. Spolin’s groundbreaking work and codification […]
REALITY THEATRE Opens at Trap Door Feb. 23
‘Reality Theatre’ is Next Up for Trap Open, a Trap Door Theatre program. Written by Julia Lederer and directed by Emily Lotspeich, “Reality Theatre” is […]
BOYS IN THE BAND Lambda Legal Benefit Performance Feb. 13
Windy City Playhouse (3014 W. Irving Park Rd.) today announced a special performance of their upcoming immersive production of Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking play “The Boys […]
Interview with Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’s STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS
STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS on playing singer/songwriter Bruce Sudano in SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL and his critically acclaimed performance as Sam in GHOST: THE MUSICAL. […]
Interview with Riverdance Lead Dancer WILL BRYANT
Lead Dancer WILL BRYANT on the reimagined RIVERDANCE 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW that will play Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for a limited […]
Las Tinas Improv Presents Audience Inspired Soap Opera HAPPY VALEN-TINAS DAY
Las Tinas Improv is celebrating the month of love with “Happy Valen-TINAS Day!”, a fully improvised telenovela (soap opera). Inspired by audience suggestions, Las Tinas […]
Goodman Theatre Announces Chicago Premiere of HERSHEY FELDER: A PARIS LOVE A STORY
Artistic Director Robert Falls announced today that acclaimed artist Hershey Felder will present the Chicago premiere of A Paris Love Story, his tour de force tribute […]
SHOWBIZ CHICAGO PODCASTS
Interview with Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’s STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS
STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS on playing singer/songwriter Bruce Sudano in SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL and his critically acclaimed performance as Sam in GHOST: THE MUSICAL. […]
Interview with Riverdance Lead Dancer WILL BRYANT
Lead Dancer WILL BRYANT on the reimagined RIVERDANCE 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW that will play Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for a limited […]
Interview With Once On This Island’s JAHMAUL BAKARE
Chicago native JAMHAUL BAKARE on playing Agwe in the National Tour of Once On This Island and the important message of the power of community […]
Interview with Three-time Grammy Nominee RYAN SHAW
Three-time Grammy nominee RYAN SHAW on his upcoming concert ‘Aretha: A Tribute to the Queen of Soul’ with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra as well as […]
REVIEWS
Milwaukee Rep’s Spectacular A CHRISTMAS CAROL Retains Dickens’ Message of Morality
Thrilling, grand-scale entertainment. A sweeping, heartwarming tale told with dazzling special effects, festive music and dance, and a superb cast. Milwaukee unwrapped its first gift […]
Cirque Du Soleil’s ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE… Delivers Multi-Sensory Holiday Magic
Over one hundred years before Superman was spotted flying over a New York City sky another airborne gentleman donned in red took the world by […]
Skylight Music Theatre’s Electrifying NEWSIES Proves The Power of Youth
The mark of any great musical is when a cast performs its material with such a high degree of passion and energy that it sweeps […]
Milwaukee Rep’s NUNSENSE Is Heaven Sent
Forgive me, my brothers and sisters, for dipping into my bag of holy- or nun-related terms a little too often with this review of a […]