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From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Orlandersmith depicts a set of eight characters who talk just as much about their own history as about the case itself.
The former local playwright launches her first weekly drama on Starz and hopes to do another in the city "where I belong."
Stars Tatyana Lubov as Cinderella, and Louis Griffin as Prince Topher, perform one of the show's most memorable duets.
Chicagoans Jessie Mueller, Laurie Metcalf and David Cromer are among this year's list of nominees.
"Over a career that spanned seven decades Shay pointed his lens at Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King, John. F. Kennedy and Ernest Hemingway - to name a few - for Life, Time…
"When we were their age, we couldn't conceive of world where school shootings happened. They can't conceive of a world where they don't.
This "Superstar" has a lush, glorious sound the likes of which you've never heard before.
A lively exploration of "race music" of the 1950s and how these records by African-American artists sparked the rock and roll revolution.
Uniquely Chicago The third annual One of a Kind Spring Show arrives April 27-29 at the Merchandise Mart (Wells and the Chicago River) featuring more than 300 of merchants offering shoppers e…
The drama features the reading/dramatizations of actual letters written by U.S. servicemen and servicewomen serving in the Middle East.
The topics APTP tackles are never easy " poverty, immigration, racism, education " yet the teens' insights are always meaningful and refreshing.
This hip, imaginative work clearly taps into the contemporary zeitgeist.
The play has dissected the flashpoint incident through perspectives of black, white, old and young.
From musical comedy to drama to dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
Nearly 50 years after its debut, the musical " once condemned by leaders of various faiths as blasphemous " is in the midst of a popular resurgence.
Stephen Colbert hosts a fast-paced fundraiser for his Evanston alma mater, starring Richard Kind, Kathryn Hahn, Sharif Atkins and other famous alumni.
A new documentary by Susan Stroman called "Bathtubs Over Broadway" allows audiences into this secret world.
For the first time in its history, the Non-Equity Jeff Awards will feature non-binary nominations in its performance categories, it was announced Monday, along with the official list of 2018…
The harmonies are exquisite, the lyrics raw and real. The ensemble could probably make a decent living gigging around Chicago.
The jukebox musical traces the first 18 months of Presley's career, from his days as a teen-aged truck driver to his association with Col. Tom Parker.
This work, which the Royal Swedish Ballet debuted in 2015, has nothing directly to do with Shakespeare's play of the same title, so don't be confused.
Musically, "Oklahoma!" still works. But the Marriott Lincolnshire's revival sits uneasily in a contemporary context.
Instead of creating an issue drama, playwright profiles well-meaning people involved in the quandary of baking for a gay wedding.
ROCK ON! Grammy-winners and new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Bon Jovi arrive April 26 at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison, as part of the band's This House is Not For Sale tour…
