5 new comedy clubs to know in the Chicago area By Ryan P. C. Trimble July 17, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. Get your maps out, order your two-drink minimum and chart a course with us across...
How Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ first brought families to Broadway By Chris Jones July 15, 2025 at 1:05 p.m. The animated movie had those amazing songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Everything else,...
La Grange’s LATTE Theater updates Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ By Hank Beckman July 15, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. La Grange-based LATTE Theater will bring Jane Austen’s first novel to life in a stage...
Review: New tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ lives up to all the expectations By Emily McClanathan July 11, 2025 at 11:13 a.m. Is this latest tour up to the task of carrying on a beloved Disney musical?...
Faces of freedom come alive through Black history storytelling effort By Susan DeGrane July 8, 2025 at 1:27 p.m. The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Chicago Association of African American Storytellers are presenting freedom...
‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ will move from Steppenwolf to Broadway By Chris Jones July 7, 2025 at 10:50 a.m. The play in New York will star Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, reprising their performances...
Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Oak Park Festival Theatre is more comedy than love story By Emily McClanathan July 6, 2025 at 11:32 a.m. Director Peter G. Andersen’s outdoor summer production leans into the antics and physical comedy at...
Elmwood Park’s Jordan Arredondo brings a lifetime of acting experience to the stage at Steppenwolf By Myrna Petlicki July 2, 2025 at 2:10 p.m. Jordan Arredondo performs as #5 in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Chicago premiere of “You Will Get...
Review: ‘The Color Purple’ renews its Chicago welcome at the Goodman Theatre By Chris Jones July 1, 2025 at 1:23 p.m. Lili-Anne Brown returns as the director of this beloved musical with a long Chicago history,...
Anna D. Shapiro is stepping away from Steppenwolf show for health reasons By Chris Jones July 1, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. Steppenwolf's former artistic director will no longer direct “Amadeus” in its upcoming 50th anniversary season....