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Review: "Champions of Magic" brings big, fun, family-friendly illusions to the Studebaker Theater
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (283+ words) Chicago, town of magical beauty, is swarming with prestidigitators. We've got the Magic Lounge, the Magic Parlour, the Rhapsody Theatre and the recently opened'Hand & The Eye, a glam Magnificent Mile attraction modeled on the Magic Castle in Los Angeles and…...
Comedian Tom Dreesen, from suburban Harvey and Sinatra's opening act, has died at 86
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (1333+ words) I cannot say enough good things about the guy and his comedy," late-night host David Letterman said years ago. He is one of my oldest friends and a born storyteller. And he's got such a good heart." That heart stopped…...
Review: Skillfully staged "Leopoldstadt" at Writers Theatre needs to find its heart
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (385+ words) Stephen Sondheim was not loved by his mother. But in his final work, "Here We Are," he wrote lyrically and pseudonymously of a dream wherein his mother appeared and told him to stop dreaming. He refutes her admonition in favor…...
La Grange area actress makes her feature film debut in "The Breadwinner" after earning straight As
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1001+ words) For most high schoolers, the summer between sophomore and junior years means looking ahead to the ACT and, reflecting on the halfway point, starting to more seriously contemplate what the future has in store. Few get to celebrate making their…...
Column: For "Ferris Bueller's Day Off's' 40th anniversary, we found the real Ferris Bueller
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (12+ words) "Ferris Bueller" at 40: We tracked down the real Ferris Chicago Tribune...
Chicago Media Report: "Late Show" set arrives, WGN-TV sued over "Mr. Finance" and a King-sized loss for Bulls
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1555+ words) CBS may have canceled "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," but its legacy will live on at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. "The Late Show" set " desk, chairs and all " made a day-and-a-half sojourn in the back of…...
Chicago Theater Report: Shattered Globe announces new artistic director
2+ week, 1+ day ago (196+ words) Welcome to the Tribune's new weekly theater news column, beginning this week. Gift Theatre has announced a show for the summer: "Marble" by Marina Carr, a play about two married couples that will be directed by Kay Martinovich. Performances will…...
Of Notoriety: Dunes Summer Theatre's 75th anniversary kicks off this weekend
2+ week, 5+ day ago (426+ words) Dunes Summer Theatre in Michigan City, with team talent Elise Kermani as managing director of the Dunes Arts Foundation and Steve Scott (a director emeritus from Chicago's Goodman Theater) as Dunes Theatre Artistic Director since fall 2021, has much to celebrate…...
Top 10 for Chicago theater for summer 2026: "Suffs," a suburban "Leopoldstadt" and Broadway-bound "Iceboy!"
2+ week, 6+ day ago (613+ words) Chicago Tribune After a customary late-May lull, Chicago"s theater gets back into action in June with several lively summer offerings, ranging from new musicals with star-encrusted casts to an in-the-round Sondheim to an experimental vampire show. Here"s our…...
Nightmare on Chicago Street's Friday night expansion to include concert stage
2+ week, 6+ day ago (304+ words) Nightmare on Chicago Street this year will be a two-day event, with a concert stage being the main attraction on the first night. The zombie-themed street fest has drawn as many as 15, 000 people in a single night so the goal…...