On this Chicago-themed episode, Rob and J.R. talk to the actor-director duo about staging August Wilson’s solo play, ‘How I Learned What I Learned,’ and check in with arts journalist Mike Davis.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s world premiere play about a Black political dynasty is the latest in Steppenwolf’s lineage of explosive work crafted around their acting ensemble.
Efforts like Fat Theatre Project and Broadway Bods are fighting for more opportunities for performers who identify as fat and to change the way they’re seen onstage.
This month, theatres are still making tough programming choices as they look hopefully toward growing into the future, plus thoughts from Willow James and Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
First it was cancelled, then it wasn’t, then the students couldn’t talk about it. Now that the show actually went on, it’s worth asking: Were this school district’s precautions about safety or silencing?
The film and television actor talks returning to Chicago, acting training, and tackling Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Penelopiad’ at the Goodman.
The Chicago ensemble theatre, which put this past season on pause, begins space renovations this spring and will return with programming in the fall.
AEA and Producers’ Association of Chicago Area Theatres have announced a new 4-year deal.
This month, we look at joy as a candle in the darkness and hear from artists Yao Nana Dogbe and Michelle Renee Bester.
Director Edward Hall and actor Katy Sullivan discuss the unique qualities that the Paralympian brings to one of Shakespeare’s iconic roles.
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