It’s a leap from Point Break Live!, a stage version of the 1991 extreme-sports action film about FBI agents and surfers, to Shakespeare.

Last weekend, Pulitzer-winning playwright Tracy Letts took in a show: his own Bug at tiny Redtwist Theatre. “He loved it,” says Jacqueline Grandt, who plays sleazy, tough-talking waitress Agnes. “He was very kind to all of us, the whole cast.

A Jeff recommendation is the first step. If your production isn’t recommended for somethingon opening night, you can’t be nominated for an award—or get one.

There’s a hole in my wonderful church, a landmark building in Ravenswood recently selected as one of 100 finalists (the only one in Chicago) for the national This Place Matters competition.

In the fifth year of the Chicago Dancing Festival, expect more shows at more locations that go beyond ballet and modern to embrace the avant-garde, including avant-garde king and queen Eiko & Koma.The festival doesn’t happen till August 23-27, but you should mark your calendars for the week of J

 Jonathan Berry was the third director Steep Theatre head Peter Moore approached to bring David Eldridge’s Festen to fruition.

Harry Groener is passionate about being analytical. To prepare for his role as the king in CST's The Madness of George III, he read seven books—including one focused on the king’s 15 children. Or was it 16?