On Wednesday the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation named Charles Newell, artistic director of Court Theatre in Hyde Park, the...  After nearly a decade in Uptown, the Annoyance Theater announced plans this past spring for a new venue at 851 W. Belmont Ave., just west of...  THEATER REVIEW: "Lord of the Flies" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★ ... William Golding's Lord of the Flies was required...  This Theater Loop Showcase video is playwright Brooke Allen’s "The Life and Death of Madam Barker," with music and lyrics by...  American Theater Company announced on Tuesday the late addition of the touring one-man show "Mercy Killers" to the theater's new Town Hall...  THEATER REVIEW: "Trevor" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... If you called central casting and screamed "chimpanzee," it's...  "Parks and Recreation" star and former Defiant Theatre actor, Nick Offerman, will appear alongside his wife, Megan Mullally of "Will &...  KERRY REID reviews "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" at the Greenhouse Theater Center ★★  THEATER REVIEW: 'Smokefall' at the Goodman Theatre ★★★★ ... "Smokefall," the fragile, haunting, not-to-be-missed new...  Broadway legend Elaine Stritch delighted the Chicago International Film Festival audience of the new documentary, "Elaine Stritch:...  As you enter that narrow, dark hallway leading to some horrific chamber where something sick and awful has happened, or is happening, is...  The Light Opera Works in Evanston announced their 2014 season on Monday. In June, artistic director Rudy Hogenmiller will star in "Damn...  "Motown the Musical" is still weeks away from coming to Chicago, but the Harris Theater for Music and Dance has booked some real Motown...  Steven Van Zandt — the 62-year-old guitarist for the E Street Band, a political activist who famously took action in the 1980s against...  In "The North China Lover," Heidi Stillman's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' novel currently onstage at Lookingglass Theatre, a writer, M,...  In preparation for the annual Goodman vs. Steppenwolf flag football game next weekend, the Goodman Theatre's staff and artists wish to...  Chicago's storefront theaters operate on very low budgets. They typically put together a season, or several seasons, on a budget far less...  THEATER REVIEWS: Lydia at National Pastime Theater ★★★ and The Goddess at Artistic Home ★★★  Picking the upcoming opening nights.  The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is to officially announce a major fundraising campaign Friday night. Dubbed “Imagine: The...  On Thursday, Lookingglass Theatre and chef Rick Bayless announced, as expected, that the popular 'Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner -...  THEATER REVIEW: "The Table" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★ ... The physical elements of the spectacular...  KERRY REID reviews "A Year With Frog and Toad" at Ruth Page Center for the Arts ★★★  The legend of Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and their Scientology-approved, celebrity-fueled marriage made for one of the better shows of 2013.&...  As A Red Orchid Theatre begins its twenty-first season on Wells Street, the theater adds three members to its longstanding ensemble, the...  The Chicago-based actor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tracy Letts is headed back to Broadway this spring, it was announced on...  Strawdog Theatre Company announced Hugen Hall's 2013-14 season on Tuesday.  REVIEW: "Master Class" at Theo Ubique Theatre ★★½ ... "Master Class," the Terrence McNally play celebrating the...  This week’s Theater Loop Showcase video is a song from the national tour of "Once," the Tony Award-winning musical that currently...  The Music Theatre Company in Highland Park announced its 2013-14 season on Monday.  THEATER REVIEW: "Motortown" at Steep Theatre ★★★½ ... Detroit might be America's Motor City, but the "Motortown" of...  The new book "Bigger, Brighter, Louder" recalls Claudia Cassidy and others who wrote the first draft of Chicago's theater history.  The Actors' Equity union has a new leader for its Chicago office, which covers the middle third of America.  Over lunch in Chicago's River North neighborhood the other day, the playwright Noah Haidle, a restless spirit, was chortling at a menu...  NINA METZ reviews "Welcome to PleasureTown" at Stage 773 ★★★ and Switch Committee at iO ★★★  REVIEW: "Once" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★★ ... "How's the heart?" asks the Da in "Once," the not-to-be-missed...  KERRY REID reviews "Northanger Abbey" by Remy Bumppo at Greenhouse Theater Center ★★½ ... "No one who had ever seen...  The Gift Theatre announced its 2014 season on Wednesday. Beginning with "Ten," the company's annual opener of new ten-minute plays, the...  REVIEW: "Wrecks" at Profiles Theatre ★★★½ ... Drive past a funeral home in Chicago and you often catch a glimpse of...  Piven Theatre announced its 2014 season on Tuesday.
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