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Those of us in the arts community should take care not to get too intoxicated by Rahm's going to the theater or to a dance concert, or even by his appointing a multi-member arts committee for his transition.  Many if not most theater and dance companies are nonprofit organizations, and the mayo

 You just can't get away from Teatro Vista these days, the little Off-Loop Latino theater troupe that could.

“I kind of do forget that almost every line I have is about … poop,” says Nicole Wiesner.

KELLY: “Black Watch,” the show by National Theatre of Scotland playing through April 10 at the Broadway Armory, tells the story of that legendary Scottish military unit as it goes through what turns out to be its final mission, during the Iraq War.

I got all warm and fuzzy when I first heard about the “Downtown Seder” at the Cultural Center on April 13. Dang, I thought: the city is making this piece of ecumenical theater available to all Chicagoans, in the true inclusive spirit of seders!

 In my lecture at World Theater Day (3/27), an event hosted by the League of Chicago Theatres, I spoke about the future of Chicago theater under the new mayorship.

The death Thursday (March 24) of Lanford Wilson, 73, one of America's most distinguished playwrights, ended a career that began in Chicago 50 years ago and had long and strong local affiliations.