With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
Emerson “Emmy” Mae Chang, a 9-year-old Naperville resident, plays little Cosette and young Eponine in the traveling Broadway production of “Les Misérables.” The show opens in Chicago on Tuesday.
Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto and an ensemble cast play a Connecticut family. Dysfunctional, yes, but we need them anyway.
From Giordano to Deeply Rooted, this year Chicago dance delivered in a big way. And why has Joffrey Ballet’s “Atonement” stuck with me so closely?
It’s a fun premise, though unevenly executed: Dickens must perform his 171st annual reading of “A Christmas Carol.” And he’s sick of it.
Also on our best-of-the-year list, a stunning suburban “Fiddler” and “Primary Trust” at the Goodman. How many did you see?
Northlight Theatre told the Tribune Tuesday that it plans finally to break ground on a new Evanston home in early March. The new theater building, which is projected to cost around $32 million, is expected to be ready in time for the 2026-27 season. Construction is expected to be substantially complete by the summer of […]
One is a new, family-friendly musical by Griffin Theatre, the other is TUTA’s avant-garde take on Thornton Wilder. Both are short and enjoyable in quite different ways.
Two Broadway stars will join Steppenwolf ensemble members who appeared in the play’s world premiere in Chicago last March.
For the premiere of his latest film, one Northwest Indiana man wanted more than just a typical showing at a movie theater. He wanted a celebration of arts, held at the region’s last movie palace.