Heaven help us with today’s political turmoil. Between onerous spin doctoring and senseless online posts by those in power, ...

Had the NFL draft taken place in Pittsburgh 10 or more years ago, Ralph McElhaney would have been in attendance. Now? The ...

C hicago theater is nothing if not resilient. While local companies, both large and small, have been struggling and some ha ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Three L.A. theater leaders —Danny Feldman at Pasadena Playhouse, Tarell Alvin McCraney at Geffen Playhouse, and ...

My great-grandmother was born and raised in central Texas. She lived into her late 90s. She had an elementary school education, due to dropping out to help the family work in the fields. She lived ...

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 ...

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 ...