Performing Arts
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'Ain't Misbehavin'' revival happily fills Goodman stageJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. Director Chuck Smith clearly had that adage in mind when he staged Goodman Theatre's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," the tribute to iconic jazz compos...
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'Wonka' coming to Navy PierJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Another 'Ado' Nick Sandys and Melissa Carlson play the witty, would-be lovers in First Folio Shakespeare Festival's production of Shakespeare's delicious comedy "Much Ad...
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Canceled suburban 'Ragtime' shows will go onJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The once-silenced sounds of the musical "Ragtime" will be heard in Wilmette after all-albeit indoors. Cast and crew members of a canceled Wilmette Park District producti...
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'The Fly' opera is buzz of Paris season
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenberg's 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. It's now an opera. The new incarnation, with ...
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Tickets for Guthrie's 'Little House' break records
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Language takes "Ragtime" out of park settingJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Cast and crew members of a production of "Ragtime" are searching for a new venue and funds to stage the show after its producer, the Wilmette Park District, canceled it ...
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Cirque's new show still dazzlesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The more grounded (in every sense of the word), yet still enthralling "KOOZA" marked Cirque du Soleil's return to Chicago after a two-year absence. Gone are the dazzlin...
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Too 'Much Ado About Nothing'?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Oh, the embarrassment! Imagine showing up to a summer party only to find someone else wearing your exact same outfit. Fashion mavens forever fear finding other people sp...
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Local director revives once-popular love taleJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Plays are revived all the time. But it isn't often that a play like "repeat w/Madeline," by Chicago writer and film maker Hurt McDermott, gets done. Even though the play...
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Fresh off Tony win, Chicago playwright serves up 'Donuts'Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tracy Letts has earned some time off. For more than a year, "August: Osage County," his blistering dysfunctional family drama that took first Chicago and then New York ...