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Here are some suggestions to help you navigate the area's vibrant entertainment landscape in the week ahead.
From comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago area stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Medoff wrote 30 plays and wrote, produced or directed 19 movies.
The 18 rooms in the exhibit are filled with large sculptures, installations and interactive pieces along with artifacts.
"[The exhibition] became an opportunity to actually take another at-bat at the information we couldn't get into the show," Miranda says.
The show's book writer Chris D'Arienzo clearly understands that as Journey is to Mozart sonatas, so is "ROA" dialogue to Shakespearean sonnets.
The grand "palace" tent is being built in a massive space adjacent to the former Oriental Theatre, that went "undiscovered" for decades.
Close behind in total nominations are Haven Theatre Company with 10, and Steep Theatre and Artistic Home, each with 9.
The free event is open to the public and will take place May 16 at the theater, 2433 N. Lincoln.
The major selling point for "Footloose" is leading lady (and Northwestern University grad) Lucy Godinez as Ariel, the preacher's daughter.
An epic adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is the season finale at Chicago Opera Theater.
Carmelita Pope starred in movies, on TV, briefly overlapped on Broadway with her friend Marlon Brando and did ads for Wanzer Milk, PAM cooking spray.
The awards celebrate outstanding achievement in musical theater by Illinois high school students.
From comedy and drama to dance and musicals, Chicago area stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Louis Contey's dutiful revival turns Hannah Arendt into a docent, helpfully guiding us through the story of her life.
Unlike some renditions of the crowd-pleasing musical, this one displays deep empathy for the dancers.
The cast of comic actors " and one in particular " delivers fresh takes on subjects connected to the audience's real world.
There really isn't a dull moment in the play, but the variation in what is entertaining about it couldn't be more disparate from first act to second.
It was important to Platt, that his first album as an artist take him on a different path from the music he performed in his acting roles.
"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.
Opening production "Love, Chaos, & Dinner" blends cirque, spectacle, live music and comedy accompanied by fine dining.
As American Blues Theater solo show recaps a gay teen's life, it focuses too much on his impact on the straight people.
