Each January, the (especially cold and) windy city attracts hundreds of the finest puppeteers in the world to perform in what ...

Chicago is seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or ...

Chicago is seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or ...

Chicago is seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or ...

Chicago is seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or ...

1 Uncle Vanya (The New Theatre Project) Chekhov comes to the shop floor: Spencer Huffman directs a cast that includes Larry ...

Chances are, if you read this magazine—or any other arts publication in Chicago—you’ve seen William Frederking’s work. Check the caption of an image in any dance section in the last thirty years and ...

The Joffrey Ballet’s annual holiday-time “Nutcracker” extravaganza, that revered tradition, offers so much—but it also raises the question, How much is too much? The show, playing through December 28 ...

“Disney’s The Little Mermaid” at Oakbrook Terrace’s Drury Lane Theatre is a charming take on the beloved fish-out-of-water tale. Alan Menken’s hit songs are in good hands here, with additional tunes ...

Stage adaptations of Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol” seem to always work. The characters intrigue, apparitions haunt and heartstrings pull. Of course the main character, Scrooge, is a hateful ...

Every year, we hear over and over that Christmas isn’t about things or gifts. We don’t need to go all out to have a happy holiday. Heck, even the Grinch knew that: “It came without ribbons. It came ...

The latest “jukebox musical” to hit Chicago, “& Juliet,” running through December 15 at Cadillac Palace, combines licensed music from über-producer Max Martin, a narrative like Shakespeare fanfiction, ...