Hamlet’s on Trial, Kim Foxx Is the Prosecutor, and You’re the Jury

By Kris Vire

Chicago Humanities Festival artistic director Alison Cuddy discusses the making of _Please, Continue (Hamlet). Read more

How Lili-Anne Brown Found Success As a Director

By Kris Vire

Lottery Day opens March 29 at the Goodman. Read more

Reviving August Wilson’s Oeuvre, Play by Play

By Kris Vire

Chicago director Ron OJ Parson discusses his close relationship with the late playwright's work Read more

50 Things to Do in Chicago in February

By Jason Foumberg, Meaghan Garvey, Graham Meyer, Taylor Moore, Kris Vire, and Lauren Warnecke

Cher, Chicago Winter Ale Fest, doomy cold wave, and more ways to stay busy this month Read more

You Should Know: Sydney Charles

By Kris Vire

The Logan Square resident, bored with her bank job, started auditioning for musical theater roles on a whim. Read more

Plans for a New Dinner Circus Reveal a Hidden Theater in the Loop

By Kris Vire

… and its history as the site of various cultish lectures Read more

Four Fringy Holiday Shows in Chicago

By Kris Vire

Dickens and The Nutcracker are swell and all, but sometimes you just need a little more spice in your eggnog. Here, four edgier holiday shows. Read more

Hamlet Is the Latest Chicago Shakespeare Theater Role that Didn't Go to a Local

By Kris Vire

In casting Raúl Esparza as the Bard's thinky prince, the theater yet again overlooks qualified locals. Read more

E. Faye Butler Lands the Role She Said She'd Sell a Grandkid to Play

Interview by Kris Vire

The seven-time Jeff Award winner takes on the iconic diva role of Rose in Gypsy, running October 12 to November 25 at Porchlight Music Theatre. Read more

The Civic Playwright

By Kris VirePhoto by Tim Klein

Four years into his ambitious seven-play cycle about Chicago, Ike Holter ratchets up the tension. Read more

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