• Reeve Carney will star as 'Spider-Man'on Broadway
• Grande dame
• Bernstein's 'Mass' is celebrated
• ‘Fallen Hero’ mixes opera and hip-hop, adds Othello
• Fresh life breathed into 'Young Frankenstein'
• Alan Gross returns with 'High' expectations

• American Theater Company making big plans
• Viva ELVIS is name of Cirque du Soleil’s new show
• Angela Lansbury to get 1st Stephen Sondheim Award

• With 'End' result, Next affirms human nature

• Colbert coming to Chicago for Second City anniversary
• Second City 50th anniversary schedule
• Second cast of 'Faust' heats up the Civic Opera House

• Some dazzling surprises launch Dance Chicago

• Laughter on tap at Humanities Festival
• Obama brings back Halloween spirit at White House
• Funny business at Humanities Fest

• Drury Lane assembles a thoroughly delightful 'Millie'

• Brooks turns 'Young Frankenstein' into monster smash
• 'Silk Road Cabaret' leads to triumph of diversity
• Halloween event a Square deal
• Irish stage traditions fold into 'Farce'
• Theater listings

• Redmoon's White House plans become less ghostly

• Redmoon to do Halloween show at the White House
• Ogre comes over with pals for an early 'Shrek' kickoff
• 'Silk Road' leads to triumph of diversity
• Giordano dancers keep up 'Dynamic' pace

• This monster's hard to follow
• Rhoads finds humor among thieves

• Voice coach moves fast, gets results

• After 11 years, road leads to Broadway for 'Wait, Wait'

• Dance Chicago takes bold step by moving to multiple venues
• Cabaret show extends Silk Road to Broadway
• Irish 'Farce' hits the gut with humor and tragedy
• Triumvirate of talent
• Rainy days & murder: Return of 'Carpenters Halloween'
• Theater listings
• Broadway has 'Shrek' on run as gross shrinks

• 'Addams Family' moves in for Loop premiere 'tryout'
• Rogers Park company's effort a Quixotic success

• Good vs. evil do battle joyously
• Luna Negra taps Spain's Sansano as artistic chief

• These 'Heroes' face more daunting enemy than war

• Chicago novel charms onstage
• 'History Boys' wins 5 Jeff Awards, 3 categories tie

• Lubovitch's 'Othello' puts poetry in motion
• Julia Rhoads finds treasure in Lucky Plush repertoire
• Graney finds new life in Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
• Staging a spectacle despite economy's woes
• Theater listings

• American Blues Theater gets its groove back

• 2 publicized ‘Christmas Carol’ stars actually not with show

• Another 'Carol' crowds Goodman's
• McCullough's 'Bed' made of pain, beauty
• Cirque du Soleil casts 'Banana Shpeel'

• Myth's no match for Haiti reality

• Stoppard play adds another dimension

• Shakespeare, Greek mythology get contemporary spins
• McCullough jumps into 'Bed' for her latest play
• Quality of LaBute's 'Mercy' is strained
• 'Sleepy Hollow' proves a perfect fit for Arboretum
• Speaking With: Kevin Meaney
• Theater listings
• 'Wonderettes' sugar & spice -- and not too much more