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"DJEMBE!" takes its name from the goblet-shaped percussion instrument with origins in West Africa.
The high-adrenaline "Tap Dogs" continues to be a sensory overload " part vaudeville, part theater, part rock concert.
From comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago area stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Money, mystery and music are all vehicles Holter uses to get to the heart of "Lottery Day." That heart is a damning commentary on gentrification.
As American Blues Theater solo show recaps a gay teen's life, it focuses too much on his impact on the straight people.
Known for their comedy work on TV, the two actors need only a bit of the Chicago Theatre stage to make intimate theater, off the cuff.
Director Wardell Julius Clark has assembled a cast who delivers first-rate performances emblematic of the smart, uncompromising production.
This show based on earlier incarnations of "Cruel Intentions" should, to quote the poets of pop whose music it fails to do justice, go "Bye Bye Bye."
Making entertainment plans for the week ahead? We've got some suggestions for the whole family.
From comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
If the days wherein you could stage a play about race without a single person of color on stage aren't entirely over, they should be.
Caryl Churchill's play is science fiction, but every day, the "fiction" part of that seems to be fading just a little bit more.
The show has as much to do with the Romanovs as Caesar salad has to do with Julius Caesar. That's precisely what you'd expect in family-friendly fare.
From live theater to music to museum exhibits, there's plenty to check out in the week ahead.
From comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Read the play, and it's impressive but distant. Performed here, the language is urgent and real and consistently compelling.
Playwright Sharyn Rothstein's new work "Landladies," was inspired by her reading of Matthew Desmond's 2016 book "Evicted."
From comedy and musicals to drama and dance, Chicago's stages are a live with vibrant productions.
Set in Pennsylvania, and alternating between 2000 and 2008, Ron OJ Parson's staging of "Sweat" is as familiar as a decade's worth of headlines.
Actress/director Seret Scott: "Theater and the arts in general can change lives, can change minds, can change the world."
Just like its Italian-American hero, "A Bronx Tale" the musical moves between worlds and worldviews.
Michael Buble headlines the Allstate Arena Sunday night. It's just one of many entertainment events to check out in the week ahead.
Running March 14 " 16, Femme Fest spotlights the creations of five female choreographers of Black/African or Diaspora/African descent.
From comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
"The Choir of Man" may be set in a pub, but its sound hails more from the coffee shop.
