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Susan Booth, its soon-to-be first female leader, talks about her love and respect for Chicago and its theater community and the necessity for post-pandemic reinvention.

In a history-making move, Goodman Theatre has named Susan V. Booth as its new artistic director, the first woman in that role in the theaters 97 years. Booth succeeds Robert Falls, who helmed the venerable Chicago theater for 35 years.

Susan Booth will become the Goodman Theatre's next artistic director, following the departure of Robert Falls.

Booth, who currently leads the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, will succeed Robert Falls, who is retiring after 35 years leading the Chicago mainstay.

Actor Kathryn Hunter heard the news of director Peter Brook’s death, last weekend at 97, in a telephone call from his longtime collaborator Marie

Patrick Stewart, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Tina Landau and Tim Robbins on being challenged and inspired by the legendary theater maker, who died last weekend.

Michael Donald Edwards will have served 18 years and Linda DiGabriele will have worked 50 years at Asolo Rep when they step down in 2023.

Westport Country Playhouse presents a script-in-hand playreading of "The Scream: A Musical Comedy Fantasy"

In the opening number of Elton John and Tim Rice’s hit musical, AIDA, Princess Amneris sings - “Every story, tale or memoir, every saga or romance, whether true or fabricated, whether planned or happenstance….All are tales of human failing, All are tales of love at heart.” and with those opening lines, she encapsulates perfectly the touching (and heart wrenching) story that audiences are about to witness. And in its current production of this classic love story, The Henegar Center in Mel...

From the latest Chicago restaurants awarded prestigious Michelin stars to a new Frida Kahlo exhibit, a look at what's happening on the dining and arts scenes.