The Logan Theatre is finally ready for its close-up! more ›

Grab your proton packs, make some Ecto-Cooler and get ready to see the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on the big screen again. more ›

Michele's January post on the Ramova Theatre did a good job of showcasing both the history of and the efforts to preserve and rehabilitate the Music Box's bigger sister in Bridgeport. Save the Ramova, the group spearheading the preservation campaign, and the IIT Interprofessional Program conducting the feasibility studies for the theater, visited the Ramova yesterday and Eric Holubow's shot of the entry is the result. You can see some similarities with the Music Box's design and the evident work ahead of the team if they're going to preserve the theater. more ›

The League of Chicago Theaters wants you to get out of the house and see more shows, but you don’t have to get off your duff to get tickets. This afternoon, the League of Chicago Theaters launches Hot Tix Online, a service that makes purchasing half-priced tickets only slightly more complicated than reading this post. For the past few months, they’ve made a few shows available for online purchase and are now expanding options for those of us who can’t easily get downtown or to Skokie. more ›

Chicago basically shuts down on Christmas Day and, with few exceptions, the artsy folk follow suit. It’s one of only three days all year The Art Institute’s in hibernation. Mondays are typically slow anyhow, so we’ll barely feel inconvenienced. On the 25th, family, worship, Chinese food and a movie, and/or that date with Shaq and Kobe take priority. more ›

Railing against winter depression, working hard for the belly laughs, imbibing enough to make their Second City forbearers proud, legions of talented performers and commendable administrators take over Theatre Building Chicago tonight through January 15 for the 5th Annual Chicago Sketchfest. Squeezing ninety troupes over eight nights, the festival boasts one of the most impressive lineups outside Aspen. They’re savvy enough to host tonight’s League of Chicago Theaters’ Theater Thursday event, featuring pre-show beer and appetizers at an area restaurant and mingling with the performers. Click here for tonight’s ticket info (just promise you’ll come back, ok?). more ›

The League of Chicago Theaters, the largest advocacy group for our town's stages, will undergo a change of leadership next week. League Director Marj Halperin announced her resignation to membership at the League’s March “Theater Dish” event. In her 8-year tenure, Halperin brought harmony and stability to a growing cadre of theater professionals—-by itself, a Herculean task—-and raised the League’s profile considerably. Halperin’s legacy includes: more ›