The Berlin Diaries,” Andrea Stolowitz’s genealogy play at Theater J, dramatizes the search for relatives lost in the ...

The Beverly Arts Center will present its production of the Tony Award-winning musical, Hairspray, from June 12th to June 22nd ...

You Will Get Sick” — 3.5 stars Namir Smallwood is on a roll. Last fall, he delivered a beautifully limned performance as a ...

On $125,000 in profits, they built Chicago’s first “de luxe” movie house, the Woodlawn, in 1917. Two years later they sold the Woodlawn and two smaller theaters to the Balaban & Katz chain ...

Drury Lane, Northlight, Goodman and Steppenwolf are among the Chicago-area theaters participating in Chicago Theatre Week 2025, taking place Feb. 6-16. Tickets priced at $30, $15 or less go on ...

The annual Open House Chicago weekend ... The Riviera ended up becoming the second major theater of the Balaban & Katz circuit, which at the time also included the Central Park Theatre.

As I was gearing up for the Reader coverage of this year’s Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, I received news of the death of Juan Ramirez, longtime artistic director of ...

Balaban & Katz became the biggest theatre-chain in the Midwest with more ... Now 48, reserved, deliberate, hardworking, he lives on Chicago’s North Shore, is active in Jewish affairs, takes ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Uptown Theatre opened in 1925 as a movie and Vaudeville house for the Balaban & Katz movie chain. The massive venue at 4816 N. Broadway was designed by brothers Cornelius and ...

Chicago loves to take the spotlight. Live performances of plays, music and other fantastic artforms are a backbone of what makes the Windy City a beacon of culture in the Midwest. While the ...

It is in his DNA. The amazing story of Chicago’s Balaban family began soon after they emigrated from Russia. His uncles formed a coalition with Sam Katz to build theaters. The Balaban & Katz ...