The from-Chicago comedian is on a stand-up tour for the first time in years, ready to use all the stuff she’s been through as material.
Kathy Griffin is doing a NYE show at the Chicago Theatre — because it felt like time for a laugh
Category: Theater
Magic Masters show celebrates eighth decade of tricking Chicagoland
The Magic Masters of Chicago, started in 1944, is Chicago’s “longest-running magic club dedicated to the advancement of the art of magic.”
Review: In ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway, Audra McDonald is transformational and tragically human as Rose
Madam Rose is known for her powerhouse belt and for being the scariest Bad Showbiz Mother of the Year, but not for moving an audience to tears. Audra McDonald, surely the best actress ever to play this iconic role, changes that trajectory in director George C. Wolfe’s disarmingly moving Broadway revival of “Gypsy.”
The ensemble of Congo Square Theatre says board chair must go
Members of the theater say they will not participate in any Congo Square activities until the board chair is removed.
Chicagoan of the Year in Theater: Tim Rater leads Paramount Theatre in transforming Aurora’s downtown
Paramount’s shows rival Broadway tours and draw audiences from all over. Under his leadership, this theater has reinvented Aurora’s downtown.
Chicagoan of the Year in Dance: Vershawn Sanders-Ward is still here, doing the thing
Vershawn Sanders-Ward is laser-focused on leaving the dance world a better place than she found it.
Top 10 Chicago theater performances of 2024: Alana Arenas, a stunning Blanche and the return of some Chicago greats
From the always-riveting Michael Shannon to the best “Mamma Mia!” Donna ever, these were some of the performances that stood out in the past year.
Review: In ‘Eureka Day’ on Broadway, idealism at a private elementary school only goes so far
NEW YORK — Among myriad pandemic horrors was the Zoom school board meeting, a soul-sucking collection of faces in little boxes, raising digital hands and arguing over who is on mute. Often, an entirely different and far more salacious meeting was taking place in the chat channel. One such hilariously unhinged chat appears for a […]
Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
This year’s crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year’s entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands.
Review: Tony Kushner’s powerful ‘Bright Room Called Day’ is set in last days of the Weimar Republic
As staged by the talented Blank Theatre Company, a group of friends gather in Berlin to try to understand their moment.