Emily McClanathan

“What makes my work with the Civic so fulfilling," says Ken-David Masur, "is that each member [has] their heart and hand on the pulse of society’s change."

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson bring a contemporary groove to a show about escaping 19th-century slavery.

Since being diagnosed with cancer, the circus artist can no longer perform. But she can still create.

The theatre that first premiered Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years returns to its roots in Evanston.

The inside dope on where to plant yourself in sports arenas, restaurants, theaters, concert halls, public spaces, and more

“Powering the Future” provides an accessible introduction to the science underlying energy sources such as wind power, solar power, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal power, nuclear power, coal and natural gas.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded a new score by local composer Joe Clark to accompany “Intergalactica," a mixed-reality video game specifically designed to aid with blood donation.

She stars in Iceboy! The Musical , or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O’Neill Came to Write “The Iceman Cometh" opposite her husband Nick Offerman at Chicago's Goodman.

With keerah opening this week with Definition Theatre, and Hayward coming up with Gift in October, Walker is a writer to watch.

“Ink & Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin” comes to Chicago after debuting in Ireland last year. And a similar exhibit opens soon at the Newberry Library.

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein says, “I love bringing unfamiliar pieces to audiences,. That's the most fulfilling thing ... to be able to share music that you love with somebody and convince them to enjoy it themselves.”

Martin Helmchen

Olympian Jason Brown returns to Chicago area for Stars on Ice, reflecting on career, LGBTQ+ pride and a full-circle homecoming performance

The new play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago explores police-misconduct settlements.

Edward Torres and Archana Vaidya take over as interim leaders of the embattled company as it seeks to reestablish itself in Chicago’s theatre scene.

The students from Ray Graham Training Center had staged their own production of the “Oz”-based musical in December and also got to attend a matinee.

Pianist Conrad Tao believes he owes a debt to Chicago: “Looking back, I’m just so delighted [Chicago] was where I got my musical start, because it has such amazing musicians, but there is also just an intimacy and a calmness to it.”

“One of the things that resonates with people about Tchaikovsky’s music is that he put so much of himself into everything he wrote,” says conductor Karina Canellakis. “There’s such a core warmth to his music.”

Theater of the Mind asks audiences to explore a 15,000-square-foot warehouse.

Staged this year at A Red Orchid Theatre’s Old Town venue, “TEN25th” is the first production of the Gift’s 25th anniversary season.