It’s an inauspicious start. You begin your visit to the mysterious Teatro ZinZanni via the nondescript entry lobby of the Cambria Hotel in the very heart of The Loop. But it gets exponentially more interesting when you are quickly ushered up to the 14th floor and enter into a once-forgotten, now reclaimed, two-story ballroom that […]
Chicago’s theater scene is just starting to heat up, with everything from a world premiere take on Jane Austen to an adaptation of an Oscar-winning movie. Here are the best shows to see around Chicago and the suburbs this fall and winter. “A Doll’s House” Sept. 25 to Dec. 15 Daring to depict a woman […]
The Joffrey Ballet opens its 2019-20 season with the Chicago premiere of Cathy Marston’s enthralling adaptation of the classic novel “Jane Eyre,” presented at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, in 10 performances only, Oct. 16-27. Set to music by Philip Feeney, Marston’s celebrated adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel combines theater […]
What if happily ever after isn’t what you thought it would be? Writers Theatre opens its 2019/2020 season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods,” which explores the dark Brothers Grimm fairy tale characters you remember, but with surprising twists. You’ll be enchanted by the witch, laugh at the scene-stealing cow, cry with […]
Lyric Opera of Chicago is opening its spectacular 65th season with Gioachino Rossini’s beloved comic opera, “The Barber of Seville,” on Saturday, Sept. 28. A Grand Lyric Tradition Less than two months after the very first meeting of Lyric’s Women’s Board in 1955, the inaugural Opera Ball was held. In its first year, the event […]
From concerts and shows to new museum exhibits and festivals, here are the can’t-miss events around Chicago this May. Comedy May 9-12: Margaret Trudeau: Certain Woman of An Age Margaret Trudeau, author, actress, and mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will bring her staged performance (directed by Kimberly Senior) to Chicago for a limited […]
“Cruel Intentions,” one of the most beloved teen dramas from the ‘90s, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. The film seduced a generation and starred some of the most crush-worthy actors of the time: Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Selma Blair. It was wicked, shocking, and decades later the story about the manipulative world of […]
Spring has arrived in Chicago and with it comes can’t-miss events for “Star Wars” fans, foodies, bookworms, and really anyone looking to get outside after a long winter. Comedy April 27: Trevor Noah: The Loud & Clear Tour “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is coming to Chicago for one hilarious night. United Center, 1901 […]
We turn the spotlight on the hottest plays in Chicago and beyond this spring and summer. “Hamlet“ April 17 to June 9 To be or not to be in the audience for this play? That is not the question — you’ll definitely want to be there when Chicago Shakespeare’s longtime artistic director, Barbara Gaines, takes […]
On March 13, as part of the Hamilton Education Program, also known as #EduHam, 1,900 Chicagoland high school students from 29 area schools packed the CIBC Theatre to watch peers from 14 schools perform on the “Hamilton” stage. They created original works inspired by their studies of American history through a special integrated curriculum about […]
