Performing Arts
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Theater takes up-close look at raceJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Lots of white people live in the quiet, middle-class neighborhood of Jefferson Park on Chicago's Northwest Side. A homogeneous community settled primarily by immigrants ...
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AuditionsJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - • The Palatine Children's Chorus will see some last minute singers ages 8 and older for the winter and spring season on Jan. 16 at 205 E. Wood St., Palatine. Call (847) ...
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More theater newsJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A fighter's 'Requiem' After 14 years, prizefighter Mountain McClintock confronts the end of his career only to find the skills that served him in the ring don't ser...
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'Joan' carries punch Shaw wantedJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The Shaw Festival of Canada arrived for its Chicago debut well-armed and emerged victorious. Much of the firepower came from the engrossing "Saint Joan," Geo...
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Circus acts, story line blend wellJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago-based circus artist Tony Hernandez has a confession to make. All those hip, new circuses, like Cirque du Soleil, that mix theater and traditional circus, leave h...
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Female-bonding play fails to find its footingJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A trio of sassy twentysomething singletons spend a sunny Sabbath in October sharing their feelings, skirmishing over men and slandering their absent roommate in "Sunday ...
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'Goodbye Girl' drowns in schmaltzJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Look up "grit" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of Bernie Yvon, a Chicago-area performer who epitomizes "trouper." A nasty bout of laryngitis left Yvo...
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Winter theater season will sizzle with premieres, classicsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Baby, it's cold outside. But Chicago area theaters keep audiences warm with a number of promising premieres, a smattering of classics and a tribute to an American region...
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Sketch Comedy Festival plans come togetherJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The weeks just before and after New Year's Day are usually the slowest in the theater scene. But not for Chicago director, teacher and writer Brian Posen. In those weeks...
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More theaterJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Outing or not? About Face Theatre says farewell to its co-founder and artistic director Eric Rosen when he directs the Chicago premiere of Douglas Carter Beane's comedy ...