The Second City that never sleeps

Dec. 13, 2012
The guys who could make Shakespeare-haters love him and hip-hop-haters love it set out to rescue another classic: A Christmas Carol.

The Christmas shows are coming!

Nov. 19, 2012
'A Christmas Carol,' 'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'The Santaland Diaries' offer up some seasonal fun for families and theater-goers alike.

Daily Rehearsal: a Twitter theater holiday poem

Dec. 15, 2011
1. Didn't get enough holiday with the Dueling Critics online?

Daily Rehearsal: Children on children's theater

Dec. 5, 2011
1. The Sketch Comedy Festival line-up is here. It runs over two weekend between January 5 and 15th, and includes one day of comedy for the kids.

The 'Good Wife' actually visits Chicago

Nov. 17, 2011
1. Debates over how good Maestro is continue among the major media outlets, with votes all over the place. The Reader says that Hershey Felder "succeeds on every level".

Scrooge R Us: Is 'A Christmas Carol' still relevant?

Dec. 6, 2010
It’s hard to imagine how children reared on PlayStation and Wii, and plugged into the world and each other every minute of the day, can make sense of the theater, where you have to go when they tell you, sit where they tell you and shut up while others talk.

Dueling Critics: 'Kiss Me Kate'

Dec. 3, 2010
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew factors heavily into "Kiss Me, Kate." Cole Porter's play-within-a-play is not only an adaptation of the classic, but is actually about a theatre company putting on a production of Taming of the Shrew.

Bobby Hull to perform in Goodman Theatre production of 'A Christmas Carol'

Nov. 18, 2010
Legendary Chicago Blackhawks hockey hero Bobby Hull, "the Golden Jet," will make a one-night-only appearance in the Goodman Theatre's lavish annual production of "A Christmas Carol." The great star of the 1961 Hawks Stanely Cup team will don him now some gay apparel (in the Chris