The Walking Shadow Theatre Company production tackles censorship and gay rights in “Mae West and the Trial of Sex.” ...

Circa ‘21’s latest production is one of few musicals in history to win Tonys, a Grammy and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse is proud to present one of the most-requested ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This tale of a prince who learns the true ...

The Troll's Holiday at Hull House Theatre, 1923; photograph by Earl Pierce Credit: Courtesy University of Illinois Chicago Special Collections “Act Well Your Part, There All The Honour Lies ...

In December 2018, the city of Chicago ... Uptown Theatre, a stunning 1925 entertainment venue with an incomparably gorgeous interior that befitted its status as the crown jewel of the Balaban ...

Now in its 13th year, Chicago Theatre Week has become a calendar highlight for arts lovers because of its discounted access to shows. Tickets went on sale Tuesday for about 85 productions from ...

Attention theater lovers: Your chance to get affordable tickets to more than 100 Chicago shows begins Tuesday. Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 7, according to a release.

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Kris Vire, a veteran Chicago theatre critic and arts writer has died after a long battle of cancer. Vire was 47. His death on Monday was reported on Facebook by his longtime ...

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 ...