In the final few minutes of “Billie Jean,” the new play with Broadway aspirations at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, we follow ...

Billie Jean King spoke with the Tribune just after attending Wimbledon and had much to say about the current state of the ...

There are no balls or rackets onstage, but chameleon-like actor Chilina Kennedy learned some of her moves from tennis legend ...

The play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater dramatizes the dramatic and impactful life of a legend with a muscular performance by ...

She changed the world and the narrative about women’s rights after an infamous tennis match in 1973. Now, the story of Billie Jean King is being told on stage at the Shakespeare Theater.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater nabbed the U.S. premiere of the sweeping musical, which was critically acclaimed in England. But this run will feature Chicago actors.

Hall ranks Chicago Shakespeare on a par with such notable troupes as Stratford in Canada, Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., and New York’s Public Theater, which produces Free Shakespeare ...

As the world commemorates William Shakespeare's 459th birthday this April, Chicago Shakespeare Theater will celebrate the Bard with multiple events throughout the month. The Theater will honor the ...

A year later, Chicago Shakespeare Theater had a roof over its head to stage "Troilus and Cressida" at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. But the Near North Side would not be home for long.

Then, Shakespeare's rarely seen dark comedy All's Well That Ends Well takes the stage in the Courtyard Theater on April 22 in a new production staged by acclaimed director Shana Cooper.

Barbara Gaines, the artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, is photographed inside Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Courtyard Theater at Navy Pier. Gaines is departing the theater company ...

The world premiere of the powerful play "Billie Jean" is now at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The producer, writer and ...