Central Works, which has been making new plays in Berkeley for 36 years, plans to close at the end of its 2026 season with ...

In Chicago last week, Barney Balaban, Chicago cinemagnate (Balaban & Katz theatres) was enjoined by Knute and Emil Hulquist, operators of the Chicago Theatre (burlesque), from using the title “Chicago ...

Marlene Slaughter (L), Martasia Jones, and Matthew Lolar-Johnson in Black Bone at Definition Theatre Credit: Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Tina Fakhrid-Deen wrote her blistering comedy about academia, race, and ...

That’s how Juicy, the meditative, somewhat unmoored central character in “Fat Ham” perceives the tragic, surreal, hilarious and poignant events that unfold in James Ijames’ fiercely entertaining, ...

Playwright James Ijames rethinks masculinity in “Fat Ham,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning riff on William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in its Chicago premiere courtesy of Goodman and Definition theaters.

The play, in which (according to Vivian Mercer, an early commentator in 1956) “nothing happens, twice” is disarmingly simple. Two homeless men, Vladimir (Whishaw) and Estragon (Msamati), are waiting ...

Definition Theatre announces two world premiere plays as part of its 2024 season. The company has also added stage and production manager Julie Jachym and Sound Designer Willow James to the ensemble ...

IS IT ART? Lauren Levato Coyne: How Joseph Grigely's exhibition at Mass MoCA helped expand my own definition of art By Lauren Levato Coyne — Eagle correspondent Nov 16, 2023 6 min to read ...

Stages of Survival is an occasional series focusing on Chicago theater companies, highlighting their histories and how they’re surviving—and even thriving—in a landscape that’s become decidedly more ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Just in time for Halloween, the Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre will open “Dracula” and “Frankenstein,” productions set in 19th-century Europe, for the next two weekends in ...