As we approach the end of 2024, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: All our names for 2024
Category: Theater
Best of 2024: TV, movies, live music, theater and much more around Chicago
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.
Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: All our names for 2024
As we approach the end of 2023, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
Kathy Griffin is doing a NYE show at the Chicago Theatre — because it felt like time for a laugh
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.
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.