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The Chicago Theatre is being sold to Madison Square Garden. At least that's what Chris Jones is saying. According to the article, Madison Square Garden Entertainment has agreed to purchase the downtown landmark and is just waiting for a few formalities — like the City signing off on the sale — before closing the deal. MSGE owns — duh — Madison Square Garden, plus Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theater in NY. It's... more ›

The saucy singing puppets of the Tony Award-Winning Avenue Q will finally be coming to Chicago, but not for a long run. And it’s going to be a while before they call Chicago home. As part of their national tour, which began this July, the puppets will spend two weeks from May 27 to June 7, 2008 at Cadillac Palace Theatre as part of the Broadway in Chicago series. Inspired by Sesame Street, the show’s... more ›

Chicagoist learned this week that Billy Crystal’s mega-hit Broadway show 700 Sundays is slated for a brief run (Nov. 8-20) at the Loop’s Cadillac Palace Theatre. more ›

Critical reception of her may have been mixed, but you’ve gotta admit Christina Applegate is one game girl: the actress managed to Fosse her way through 20 minutes of Friday night’s show on a broken foot before her understudy stepped in. more ›