KT Hawbaker

Chicago premiere of Steven Levenson’s ‘If I Forget’ to close out Victory Gardens’ 2018-19 season

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Thursday, Victory Gardens’ artistic director Chay Yew and managing director Erica Daniels announced an addition to the 2018-2019 season — the Chicago premiere of “If I Forget,” written by...

Second City casts ‘e.t.c.’s 43rd Revue’

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Wednesday, the Second City announced casting for “The Second City e.t.c.’s 43rd Revue.” Under the direction of Anneliese Toft with music direction by Jacob Shuda, the show features returning...

Broadway’s Corey Cott and Mikaela Bennett to star in Lyric Opera’s ‘West Side Story’

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Wednesday, Lyric Opera announced that Broadway performer Corey Cott will headline its production of “West Side Story” as Tony with Mikaela Bennett as Maria. Francesca Zambello directs the Lyric...

Jackalope Theatre Company casts ‘Dutch Masters’

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Tuesday, Jackalope announced casting for the Midwest premiere of “Dutch Masters,” written by Greg Keller and directed by Wardell Julius Clark. The cast features Patrick Agada and Sam Boeck,...

Janet Ulrich Brooks cast in Steppenwolf’s ‘The Children’

May 31, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

On Monday, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the casting of Janet Ulrich Brooks in “The Children,” written by Lucy Kirkwood and helmed by director Jonathan Berry. She will play the role...

Bernard Carey, a former Cook County state's attorney who won office as a reform Republican in the wake of the 1969 police raid that killed Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and who helped kick off the judicial corruption probe, Operation Greylord, died of stomach cancer on June 1, 2018, in Naples, Fla. He was 83. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bernard-carey-obituary-20180604-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Marc Hauser, black-and-white photographer and master of Chicago’s local color, dies

August 25, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

"I'll always do conventional black-and-white photography — that's my first love," Chicago photographer Marc Hauser told the Tribune in 1996. It had been more than a decade since his portrait...

Raven casts Chicago premiere of ‘Yen’

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Thursday, Raven Theatre announced casting for its Chicago premiere of Anna Jordan’s drama “Yen.” Elly Green will direct Jesse Aaronson, Tiffany Bedwell, Reed Lancaster and Netta Walker. The show...

Casting announced for Prop’s world premiere of ‘2 Unfortunate 2 Travel’

May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

On Wednesday, Prop Thtr set casting for its world premiere of “2 Unfortunate 2 Travel,” a cabaret-style evening of live performances devised from Thomas Nashe’s novella “The Unfortunate Traveller.” Directed...

Sky Cubacub, founder of Rebirth Garments, a clothing line for people on the full spectrum of gender, size and ability, at their Chicago studio.

Chicagoan of the Year: Sky Cubacub finds art in Rebirth Garments

December 27, 2018 at 6:11 p.m.

“The Chicago Way” is often discussed in terms of white maleness: It’s Ditka, it’s Daley, it’s a blue collar-fantasy doused in mustard and sport peppers, always served with a chip...

Chicagoan of the Year: Sky Cubacub finds art in Rebirth Garments

December 28, 2018 at 9:02 p.m.

“The Chicago Way” is often discussed in terms of white maleness: It’s Ditka, it’s Daley, it’s a blue collar-fantasy doused in mustard and sport peppers, always served with a chip...

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