Billie Holiday Lives On In Alexis J. Roston
Alexis J. Roston embarks on her second decade of embodying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.
Interviews & profiles.
Emerald Visions
Artist Max Guy is off to see the Wizard with his first solo show.
The Art of Creative Protest
Court Theatre’s Gabrielle Randle-Bent directs an anti-apartheid play that echoes wider.
Masterpiece theater [PDF download]
Auctioneer enjoys the deals — and the art
The Conversation: Sophie Scott [PDF download]
A funny thing happened during this neuroscientist's research: She stumbled on the study of laughter
Aqua Man [PDF download]
Water expert lends his skills to The Rotary Foundation
Brian Balcom Wants Accessible Theater Onstage and Off
The director of Theater Wit’s “Teenage Dick” on creating opportunities for artists with disabilities.
Jane Byrne’s Cabrini-Green Stunt Gets a Theatrical Treatment at Lookingglass
Three Questions for playwright J. Nicole Brooks about “Her Honor Jane Byrne.”
“Where Did You Laugh?”
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts talk spousal script reading, being almost famous, and bringing Bug back to Steppenwolf.
New Auditorium CEO on the Theater’s Rocky Year
Rich Regan talks turnover on the board and filling the Joffrey’s vacancy.
Bri Sudia Is So In Demand She Competes Against Herself
Get to know the local actor soon to star in “Oslo” at TimeLine Theatre Company.
Gina Rodriguez Is Taking On Her Anxiety
The Jane the Virgin star answers some questions ahead of an appearance tonight at the Harris Theater.
After Moonlight
Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney returns to Chicago — and to acting — for his new Steppenwolf play.
Hamlet’s on Trial, Kim Foxx Is the Prosecutor, and You’re the Jury
Chicago Humanities Festival artistic director Alison Cuddy discusses the making of Please, Continue (Hamlet).
How Lili-Anne Brown Found Success As a Director
The Pill Hill native makes her Goodman Theatre debut with Lottery Day.
Reviving August Wilson’s Oeuvre, Play by Play
Chicago director Ron OJ Parson discusses his close relationship with the late playwright’s work
Oculus' Peter Bristol Talks Comfortable VR & Adjustable Chandeliers
Bristol’s hyper-diverse CV includes ergonomic Microsoft mice, spider-like lighting fixtures, and the first consumer-available virtual reality system.
You Should Know: Sydney Charles
She plays the title role in “Nina Simone: Four Women” this month at Northlight Theatre.
From Hull House to Second City, Ensemble-Made Chicago documents a distinctively democratic way of making theater
A new book by Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg makes a persuasive case that devised performance is in Chicago’s DNA.
Alexandre Touguet Lives for the Prototype Phase
Based in suburban Paris, Alexandre Touguet calls himself an “industrial and digital designer.”
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