Kelly KleimanThe most moving moments in Lookingglass Theatre's The Great Fire belong to Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary, the Irish immigrants falsely accused of causing the blaze.

As a member of the Association for Women Journalists–Chicago, I’m looking forward to its panel tomorrow night “Women in the Workplace–Yes, Sexual Harassment Still Exists.” The subject is one of those things, like race discrimination, that we like to think we’ve gotten past. But ask a

Do you know about the new show in town addressing the causes and consequences of Chicago's persistent racial segregation? No, not Clybourne Park, though Bruce Norris's Pulitzer prizewinner does so brilliantly.

Kelly KleimanIf the essence of Halloween is violence and terror (rather than candy, as I firmly believe), the Chicago theater community is getting into the ghoulish swing a bit early this year.   Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company just opened Riff Raff

You might not ordinarily speak of Katharine Hepburn and Zora Neale Hurston in the same breath.

Kelly and Jonathan picked two of the same plays this week, so let's see what they both say about them...Kelly: Then, though the official opening is next week, Sunday is the Jewish press opening of Red (though if God is willing to have us spend Christmas in a Chines

The Dueling Critics and a whole crowd of those who are otherwise night folks assembled at the Goodman at dawn (well, 8 a.m.) last Thursday for what was billed as a major important announcement, complete with mayor. (These days no announcement is major-important unless the mayor is there.