The donation allows the Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet to continue offering scholarships to dancers in training.
Joffrey Academy of Dance is being renamed following $5 million donation
Category: Theater
Whereya from? Whaddaya do for a living? Comic Moshe Kasher and the art of crowd work
In his audience at the Den Theatre, there was a woman who ran “a Jewish-themed OnlyFans account” and a man who insures cannabis dispensaries. Watching Kasher work played like an argument for the need for comics to really listen.
Review: Steppenwolf Theatre goes off-brand with ‘Noises Off,’ but with only limited success
This is Michael Frayn’s backstage farce and some parts tickled me a great deal. But overall, too much moved too slowly, and this was a strange choice of play for Steppenwolf’s talents.
Review: ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway has stars much bigger than this story
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone are roommates in a story set in Iowa City. Farrow especially delivers a performance you can’t look away from.
In appreciation: In everything from ‘Fences’ to ‘Field of Dreams,’ James Earl Jones gave both voice and heart
He played presidents and kings and garbage haulers and apartheid survivors. Through the decades, the big man with the basso profundo voice found the gravity and the flinty heart in everything.
Larry David will headline Chicago’s 312 Comedy Festival this fall
According to an announcement Tuesday, the show at the Chicago Theatre, titled “Conversation with Larry David,” will be presented as part of the festival’s second year in town. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Glenview playwright, Skokie director bring Broadway comedy ‘The Cottage’ to Lake Forest
A North Shore playwright’s play – which ran on Broadway last year—is being performed in her home state for the first time. “The Cottage” by Sandy Rustin premiers at The Citadel Theatre in Wake Forest Sept. 14-Oct. 13. It is directed by Jack Hickey of Skokie. Rustin, who lives in the suburbs of New York […]
‘Boom X’ at Governors State to feature music, story of Generation X
Rick Miller, writer, performer and director of the Governors State one-man show, said there are 100 characters and over 50 musicians.
Kary M. Walker has died, longtime executive producer at the Marriott Theatre
“Theater was Kary’s passion. Marriott was his passion. And Chicago’s actors were his passion.”
Theater for fall 2024: Our top 10 upcoming titles from ‘Potter’ to ‘Pericles’
Also among the highlights: “Inherit the Wind” at Goodman Theatre and “Frozen” in Aurora. This is the strongest fall theater slate in years.