To Jane Goodall, Chicago is more than just a pitstop on her voyage to save the environment. It is the place where the trajectory of her career was forever altered. In front of a packed audience at the Chicago Theatre on her current “Inspiring Hope Through Action” tour, Goodall described attending a conference in 1986 […]
Steve Martin, Martin Short, Seth Meyers, Ron White, Rodney Carrington and Jo Koy are among the comedy heavyweights joining the spectacular lineup for the third annual edition of “TBS Just for Laughs Chicago,” June 14-19. Taking place June 14-19, the festival will be packed with a wide array of comedians, sketch shows, specialty acts and […]
Rebecca Gilman never thought about being a playwright until as a freshman at Middlebury College in Vermont she entered a playwriting competition. “It was sponsored by the Dramatists Guild of America and was chosen for their new plays festival,” said Gilman. “I think that was when I got hooked.” Now, after a remarkable career she […]
Providing riffs on everything from “Survivor” to Ginger Rogers’ films, the seven member touring circus of 7 Fingers provide punk rock intensity along with classical grace in the nonlinear, ‘Blue Man Group’ style “Traces.” In between feats of flipping, human cannon balling and high wire theatrics, this troupe, with inevitable comparisons to Cirque du Soleil, […]
Alice is an aerialist, who soars above the audience. Lewis Carroll walks up the wall — yes, he really does. And characters pile out of a picnic basket like Keystone Kops. Such is the magic of this slightly mad, definitely madcap circus-like version of the classic Lewis Carroll tale about a girl who falls down […]
