Review: ROME SWEET ROME at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - Sep 29, 2025
ROME SWEET ROME, the latest production from the Q Brothers Collective at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, has a cool concept: JULIUS CAESAR, but make it hip hop. Like the group’s previous endeavors, the show takes a classic Shakespeare play and updates it with modern sensibilities. The resulting show, though, is really on the nose, both in terms of parallels to the current political climate (here, Caesar is an authoritarian leader who loves the sound of his own voice) and in the writing itself.
TheaterWorksUSA Launches New Division, TWTheatricals
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2025
As TheaterWorksUSA approaches its 60th anniversary in 2027, they have announced the launch of TWTheatricals, a new division dedicated to creating fully produced, full-length works for multigenerational audiences.
TheaterWorksUSA Launches TWTheatricals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2025
As TheaterWorksUSA approaches its 60th anniversary in 2027, the nonprofit producer is launching TWTheatricals, a new division dedicated to creating fully produced, full-length works for multigenerational audiences.
Cast Set for ROME SWEET ROME at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for Rome Sweet Rome, a wild and satirical new “add-rap-tation” of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar from Q Brothers Collective. Learn more!
FAT HAM & BETRAYAL Extend at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2025
Goodman Theatre will present additional performances for both of its current productions: James Ijames' Fat Ham and Susan V. Booth’s major revival of Betrayal. Learn more!
FAT HAM Chicago Premiere Extended at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 21, 2025
It’s opening night for Tyrone Phillips’ Chicago premiere-production of James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony Award-nominated play Fat Ham—which extends by popular demand with eight additional performances. Learn more.
Photos/Video: FAT HAM at the Goodman Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2025
Photos and video have been released from James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony Award-nominated play Fat Ham at the Goodman Theatre. Check out the photos and video here!
Cast Set for FAT HAM at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2024
James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony Award-nominated play Fat Ham will make its Chicago debut with an all-Chicago cast led by Trumane Alston. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Photo/Video: First Look at Amber Iman in HELLO, DOLLY! at Arkansas Rep
by Joshua Wright - Aug 22, 2024
Get a first look at Arkansas Repertory Theatre's new concert production of the classic Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly!. The award-winning cast of Broadway veterans performs Jerry Herman's classic score alongside the lush sounds of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra led by Tony Award-nominee Amber Iman.
Amber Iman to Star in HELLO, DOLLY! at Arkansas Rep
by Joshua Wright - Aug 8, 2024
Arkansas Repertory Theatre will present an all-star roster of acclaimed Broadway talent in a new concert production of the classic Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly!. The award-winning cast of Broadway veterans will perform Jerry Herman's classic score alongside the lush sounds of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.