Chicago is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. June 2023's ...

The North American tour of the 2023 Tony Award-winning revival of the musical “Parade,” an examination of racism, class conflict, political corruption and media manipulation by writer Alfred Uhry and ...

A good tale is worth retelling. Even an old tale whose ending we know, or a sad tale that doesn't end well. So it is with “Hadestown,” singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell's exhilarating and faithful ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is about to come alive on stage in Chicago. Harper Lee's story of racial injustice and childhood innocence is now an Aaron Sorkin play on Broadway in ...

Charles Fuller’s “A Soldier’s Play,” a dynamic drama if ever there was one, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1982 but did not appear on Broadway until 2020 because, at least in Fuller’s telling, ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The lights were on at the CIBC Theatre downtown Monday night, but no one was allowed inside – yet. On Tuesday, the theatre at 18 W. Monroe St. – operated by Broadway in Chicago and ...

Billing a show as “the 25th anniversary tour” implies something special: a salute to the tradition, an homage to the stars of the past, some extra razzle-dazzle. In reality, though, the tour of the ...

Canadian bank CIBC sealed the deal Friday on its $5 billion acquisition of Chicago-based PrivateBancorp and confirmed plans to rebrand the PrivateBank Theatre, current host of the hit musical ...

Cole Escola’s much-acclaimed play about former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will tour the states starting this fall.

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All these years of reviewing Broadway productions followed by first national tours of the same title have taught me that the casts that take to the road often are the better of the two. Why? First, ...

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