Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Review: CSC's new 'A Month in the Country' lacks nuanceJan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Careless actions can have unexpected consequences, as demonstrated in the great 19th-century Russian playwright Ivan Turgenev's classic "A Month in the C...
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Kerry Butler to join 'Clinton: The Musical' off-BroadwayJan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Kerry Butler's next role will take her to the White House - the Clinton White House, that is. The Tony Award-nominated star of "Xanadu" said Thursday she...
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Goodman's 'Rapture, Blister, Burn' reignites debate about having it allJan 27, 2015 2:00 pm - One thing theatergoers won't want for after seeing Goodman Theatre's Chicago premiere of “Rapture, Blister, Burn” is conversation fodder. Gina Gionfriddo's shrewd, head...
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Lincolnshire theater marks a milestone as area's longest-running musical theaterJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - For 40 years, audiences have been making the drive to Lincolnshire to see some of the best locally produced musical theater in the Chicago area. Despite the challenges o...
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Drury Lane revives well-done 'West Side Story'Jan 23, 2015 3:45 pm - “West Side Story” is about as close to perfect as a musical gets. Inspired by Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet,” with a masterwork score by Leonard Bernstein, the groundb...
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Theater events: Chicago Children's Theatre remounts 'Selfish Giant'Jan 23, 2015 5:00 am - • Chicago Children's Theatre remounts its 2008 production of “The Selfish Giant” by Blair Thomas & Company. This retelling of the Oscar Wilde story about a grumpy giant ...
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'Rose Tattoo' an early valentine to Chicago theatergoersJan 23, 2015 4:15 am - Shattered Globe Theatre delivers to theatergoers an early valentine in the form of its heartfelt, exquisitely acted revival of “The Rose Tattoo,” Tennessee Williams' lov...
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Metropolis' 'Private Lives' a look at deliciously dysfunctional romanceJan 22, 2015 5:00 am - The relationship between Amanda and Elyot, the endlessly sparring ex-spouses in Noel Coward's “Private Lives,” stands as a textbook example of marital dysfunction. Or m...
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Zany romp through 'Into The Woods' has bewitching singingJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Why go "Into the Woods" through the musical play when the big, splashy Disney movie is everywhere? Because a streamlined, refreshingly irreverent version...
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Jason Alexander revisits his musical-theater rootsJan 21, 2015 5:01 am - We'll always know him as George Costanza, the slow-boiling sidekick on "Seinfeld." But before he stepped foot in Jerry's apartment, Jason Alexander already had a success...