Bibliophiles whose homes are filled with reading matter are accustomed to visitors asking, "Have you read all these books?"-as opposed to lining the rooms with them as a cheap source of building insulation, presumably. But the question inevitably raised when a stage setting incorporates floor-to-ceiling shelves of weighty tomes is "Are those books all real?"

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Sometimes, being an actor is hard on a relationship. You usually have a day job, and then add 40 hours a week of another job on top of it, and it can make things stressful for your love life, because you spend so much time apart. Eric and Andy decided to investigate how hard it is when BOTH.... Read More

Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced its 2011-2012 season, featuring three productions about three moments in American history-The Great Fire that razed Chicago, Jackie Robinson's game-changing signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the 1915 Chicago tragedy of the sinking of The Eastland. This upcoming season, Lookingglass will tell the stories of those who, whether famous or.... Read More

Broadway In Chicago has announced that three-time Tony Award - winner including the award for Best Musical Revival, La Cage Aux Folles, is coming to the Bank of America Theatre (18 W. Monroe) Dec. 20, 2011 - Jan. 1, 2012. This hilarious new production of La Cage Aux Folles was the biggest hit of the 2010 Broadway.... Read More

Bringing young children to see live theatre is often a tricky proposition, for various and obvious reasons. In fact, I was just at a show the other night where I was somehow fortunate enough to sit directly in front of a family who decided to bring their (literally) infant child along with them. And no, he/she was not.... Read More

Heroes move fast. We know this to be true, and one hero that moves the fastest is longtime Chicago storefront director Louis Contey. Winner of every Jeff Award over the last 15 years, this titan has brought his A-Game since day one. He now brings his prodigious talents to Strawdog Theatre's production of The Master and Margarita..... Read More

If you have ever wanted to experience live hippieness up close and personal, and were either too young or too scared Back In The Day, then you will want to read further. Because for two weeks only starting March 8, the national touring production of Hair will be coming to the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.... Read More

Brett Neveu, important American playwright and father agreed to an interview with us. Neveu has 3 plays onstage in Chicago right now, so naturally we needed the big scoop. There was only one problem! He is in L.A. and we are here in Chicago! So we decided to split the difference and meet somewhere in the middle; a.... Read More

How has Chicago theatre developed from a grassroots movement to a global phenomenon over the past 50 years? What is the current state of "the beating heart of American theatre," as British critic Michael Billington recently described Chicago? And what is the future of theatre in Chicago - in America and around the world - in a time.... Read More

Working is a vital new musical based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Chicago's own Studs Terkel. Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin and Godspell) from the original adaptation by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, Working is the working man's A Chorus Line. We caught up with hot, up-and-coming star of the Chicago Theatre.... Read More

Les Miserables, perhaps France's third best-loved export after champagne and Brigitte Bardot (or fourth, after champagne, Bardot, and the two paired together), is coming to Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre for four weeks only starting February 2 in a new 25th Anniversary touring production that the London press has been calling "a five-star hit" (London Times), "overwhelmingly.... Read More

Jonathan Berry has been one of Chicago storefront's leading directors for the last few years. After graduating from Northwestern University, he got his start at Mary Arrchie Theatre Company directing Nicky Silver's The Altruists. He has also worked with Steep Theatre and Remy Bumppo, each time receiving more praise than the last. He met with us at a.... Read More

William Shakespeare's tragicomedy The Merchant of Venice from the acclaimed Theatre for a New Audience comes to Chicago for a limited two-week engagement at the Bank of America Theatre from March 15 - 27.

Starring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham ("Amadeus," 1984) in his riveting portrayal of Shylock, and directed by Darko Tresnjak.... Read More

White Noise, the new rock musical directed and choreographed by Broadway's Sergio Trujillo will play an 8-week limited engagement with previews beginning on April 1, 2011 and opening April 9, 2011. Featuring a cast of nineteen, the production will run at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. Tickets will be on sale in.... Read More

John Leguizamo returns to Chicago next year for a limited two-week engagement with John Leguizamo Warms Up. Presented by WestBeth Entertainment, the pre-Broadway engagement will be performed at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street, February 1 - 12, 2011.

Conceived and performed by Emmy and Obie Award winner John Leguizamo and.... Read More

TheatreInChicago presents its annual list of the top-rated plays that were produced in the Chicago area for 2010. The list was compiled objectively from critics' reviews, based on the Highly Recommended to Not Recommended scale. A few things to note...

There are 25 shows on the list, produced by 19 different theatre companies. There were four repeats: Marriott Theatre.... Read More

Profiles Theatre continues its 2010-2011 Season with reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. Previews are January 21-26, 2011 and the production runs through March 13, 2011 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway in Chicago.

In reasons to be pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil.... Read More

It's cold, it's snowy, it's Christmas time, which means it's time to buy things. Now more than ever. And if you're stuck on a gift idea for that person on your list who has everything but culture, then might we suggest the gift of Theatre? Fortunately, you live in Chicago, where, from ridiculously enormous Broadway extravaganzas to actors-tripping-over-your-feet.... Read More

That screeching sound you hear from off in the distance could be flying monkeys, or it could be the unrestrained vocal delight of gaggles of young girls that one of their favorite musicals of the past decade is dropping its house on Chicago again. Yes Aunty Em, Wicked is back.

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Broadway In Chicago and threesixty° entertainment have announced the spectacular new threesixty° stage production of Peter Pan, J M Barrie's classic story performed in a state-of-the-art theater tent for a limited eight-week engagement beginning Friday, April 29, 2011. Conceived by an award-winning creative team and featuring 23 actors, stunning puppets, epic music, dazzling flying sequences and the.... Read More