Performing Arts
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Images: The 73rd annual Tony AwardsJun 09, 2019 1:00 am - ...
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'Hadestown' captures 8 Tony Awards, including best musicalJun 09, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, has reason to smile broadly: It's the best new musical Tony Award winner and nabbed eight trophies Sun...
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Weekend picks: Bettye LaVette, packed lineup celebrate at Chicago Blues FestivalJun 08, 2019 7:23 am - Blues cues Bobby Rush, Bettye LaVette and Ruthie Foster are just a few of the headliners for the 36th annual Chicago Blues Festival this weekend at multiple stages ...
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Theater events: BoHo stages Jez Butterworth thriller 'The River'Jun 07, 2019 6:00 am - • Kate returns from New York City to her childhood home in Texas with her African-American wife to the chagrin of her mother, Ellie, who prefers Kate marry her childhood...
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Steel Beam putting women's stories front and centerJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre will examine the lives of women during its 2019-20 season, which opens Sept. 6 with the musical theater revue "Broadway Gender Benders." The original ...
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Editorial: Efforts to boost 3 old theaters important to suburban downtown healthJun 06, 2019 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, the Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines and the Catlow Theater in Barrington - three stately, downtown theater buildings that have been...
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Steppenwolf's well-intentioned 'Ms. Blakk for President' falls short of a winJun 06, 2019 6:00 am - “Ms. Blakk for President” - ★ ★ Shortly after the dancing, lip-syncing and nightclub-inspired revelry preceding Steppenwolf Theatre's impassioned “Ms. Blakk for Presiden...
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New MAC season at College of DuPage celebrates Frida Kahlo showJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - The College of DuPage will set the stage for a major art coup - an exhibition of Frida Kahlo paintings - with a celebration of Mexican folk art and iconography during th...
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Spotlight: Angela Ingersoll channels Judy Garland in Marriott cabaret performanceJun 04, 2019 6:00 am - Get happy Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Angela Ingersoll, an Emmy Award nominee for her 2018 PBS special, brings her tribute to Hollywood legend Judy Garland to the...
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Plan ahead: Jennifer Hudson at Ravinia, Michael Bublé at Allstate ArenaJun 04, 2019 6:00 am - Oscar winner performs with CSO Academy Award-winner and Windy City native Jennifer Hudson will make her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut as part of a Gala Evening Benefi...