Dispatch: Socrates Found Not Guilty in the Trial of the Sesquibimillennium
The People of Athens vs. Socrates, perhaps the most famous trial in history, took place in the year 399BCE. The…
The People of Athens vs. Socrates, perhaps the most famous trial in history, took place in the year 399BCE. The…
Cabaret has always been about pushing boundaries. But it also has a rich and complicated past. This month Porchlight Music Theatre at…
What do theater artists do when creative offerings morph post-COVID? What do theatrical spaces become in this life-after-coronavirus reset? Creators…
This isn’t a “best theater of the year” list. As we’ve noted about past lists, we don’t see everything. Most…
Tim Dolan is an actor—occasionally. But his regular gig is as a Broadway tour guide and entrepreneur. He’s owner of…
We learned this week that House Theatre of Chicago, a 21-year-old company, will cease to exist this summer. House will…
Let’s get this out of the way: I like Alyssa Edwards. She’s one of my favorite drag queens from RuPaul’s…
Two lean years of pandemic economics, entwined with continuing, insistent calls for real racial justice and gender equity and an…
“We’ve been taught the history of a country that doesn’t exist.” Nikole Hannah-Jones is today’s Ida B. Wells, both fearless…
Theater and architecture share a creative bond in this edition of Steppenwolf Theatre’s Half Hour podcast series. The podcast features…
Chicago playwright J. Nicole Brooks has won the 2021 Harold and Mimi Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for…
There’s no need to say how devastating 2020 has been for live theater and all forms of live entertainment. Millions…
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