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 ›

We hope you’ve been saving your money, because the shows we’re looking at this week are a bit pricey. We’ll be scanning Craigslist for someone looking to offload their tix cheap. Why, oh why, isn’t there a Hot Tix for shows? Now removed from the avalanche of hype that surrounded their last shows here, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah returns to town for a pair of shows at The Vic. Expect fewer people who “heard... more ›

It’s taken a lot (seriously, a lot) to get here, but the Gay Games have finally arrived. The week-long event kicks off Saturday with opening ceremonies at Soldier Field. Events will be held at 33 venues throughout the city and the suburbs. Tickets for the opening ceremonies and closing ceremonies at Wrigley Field are still available. Premium ticket packages can be purchased at a discounted rate on the Gay Games Web site until 10 a.m.... 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 ›