Wednesday, August 22, 2018
The Steep Theatre on the Far North Side neighborhood of Edgewater has a new cabaret space: The Boxcar. The intimate new venue opens this weekend in 1113 W. Berwyn Ave., an expansion into the…
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Chicago's Amy Morton will direct an all-women “Glengarry Glen Ross” on Broadway, the Tribune reported late Thursday. Morton, of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, has acted a number of ti…
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“Come From Away” will make its first landing in Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday. The unlikely musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, will play July 30 to Aug. 1…
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Time for more “Memory”: The national tour of “Cats” is coming back to Chicago in July 2019, presenter Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. The record-breaker of an Andrew Lloyd Web…
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Come with your dancing shoes, come barefoot, come as you are, this summer's lineup for Chicago SummerDance begins in June 2018 in Grant Park. The June 28 to Aug. 24 lineup, announced Thursda…
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Want a first look at summer in Chicago? The 2018 summer lineup for Millennium Park has been announced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Expect more detailed calendars…
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Tickets for “The Cher Show,” the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has y…
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Pivot Arts on Thursday announced the lineup for this summer's Pivot Arts Festival, the sixth year for the fest. It's slated to run June 1-10 in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods…
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The lineup was announced Tuesday for the Onion Comedy & Arts Festival in Chicago, running at various venues May 30 to June 3 and celebrating the Onion's 30th anniversary as a publication. Th…
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This is our 2017 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we've run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year's Eve. This year the eve is on Sunday, w…
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What are you doing for New Year's Eve? Save the Seats is our annual feature with loads of Dec. 31 ticket reservations for the big night, and they're all for Tribune readers when the time com…
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The lineup is in place for the 17th annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, according an announcement Monday from SketchFest executive producer Jill Valentine. Running Jan. 11-21 at Stage 773…
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The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for "Blind Date," an upcoming new play by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls. "Blind Date" is about Ronald Reagan…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PM"Burning Bluebeard," that most unlikely and critically acclaimed holiday show, is back again this winter for a short run of six performances, The Neo-Futurists and The Ruffians announced Thu…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMThe next block of tickets for “Hamilton” in Chicago go on sale 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, the show announced Thursday. Tickets will be available for performances through Sept. 2, 2018. Thi…
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As we spin our way into October, the nights come earlier and last longer, and things go bump in them. In the suburbs, on some nights, there can be heard the sounds of screaming. Mostly Thurs…
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Chicago magician Dennis Watkins will be on an upcoming episode of "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" on the CW Network. He'll be doing a bit of magic he also performs in his long-running Chicago magic…
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William Petersen is joining the cast of the much-anticipated new Tracy Letts play "The Minutes," Steppenwolf Theatre announced Friday. Also added to the cast are ensemble members Kevin Ander…
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The event was Jimmy Buffett talks with Chris Jones and Christopher Ashley, but it could have been a listed as a quadruple bill: Jimmy Buffett, the Tribune's Chris Jones, Christopher Ashley a…
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Sandra Bernhard, a regular visitor to Chicago, will bring “Sandra Monica Blvd: Coast to Coast” to City Winery, 1200 Randolph St., for July 20-21. In her new touring show, Bernhard is tra…
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Chicago magician David Parr says he will be on an upcoming episode of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” The show on the CW network invites aspiring magicians to perform a single trick for magic …
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The production of the play "Pamplona" at the Goodman Theatre has been ended, with all remaining performances canceled, according to an announcement from the Goodman Theatre Friday. This come…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:54PMDay-by-day cancellations continue for the play "Pamplona" at the Goodman Theatre. Friday's 8 p.m. performance has been canceled. As with past nights, ticketholders are being contacted by the…
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Thursday's night performance of "Pamplona" has been canceled, the Goodman Theatre has announced. Ticketholders for the 7:30 p.m. show are being contacted by the box office to reschedule. "Pa…
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If only most marriages lasted so long. In June, the show "Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding" will celebrate 25 years in Chicago with an anniversary performance featuring the original cast members. …
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The summer schedule is out for the 21st Annual Chicago SummerDance, presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). As in past years, dancers of all abili…
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The horses have arrived. The tents for the upcoming "Odysseo" by equestrian performance company Cavalia are now under construction at the Soldier Field South Lot in anticipation of the show'…
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The Comedy Get Down tour stop for Chicago has been rescheduled again, for July 14 at the United Center. The comedy tour, starring Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George …
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The Comedy Get Down event Saturday at the United Center has been postponed until July 15. The tour, starring Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Mur…
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Patton Oswalt will headline the big comedy festival in Chicago this summer, an event put on by The Onion and also including appearances by Mike Judge, Christopher Guest, Bobcat Goldthwait an…
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Chicago actor Jim Poole in the drama "Earthquakes in London" at Steep Theatre plays a genius, a climate change scientist who has shut himself off from his family and hidden himself away in a…
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