The artistic director of American Blues Theater used to be busy as an actress. She returns to the stage in the lead of ...

American Blues Theater, under the ongoing leadership of Executive Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, continues its 40th ...

Haines City Theatre is presenting the William Inge play that inspired the 1952 film of the same name that starred Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth in her screen debut: Come Back, Little Sheba. Set in ...

Philip Earl Johnson (L) and Gwendolyn Whiteside in Come Back, Little Sheba at American Blues Theater Credit: Michael Brosilow It’s been a minute since I’ve seen Gwendolyn Whiteside, the artistic ...

In 2019, actors Philip Earl Johnson and Gwendolyn Whiteside worked together for the first time on American Blues Theater’s ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Keith Anderson will co-star with S. Epatha Merkerson in a revival of William Inge’s ’Come ...

The Marriage of Figaro Mozart’s sublime opera is all about love. All kinds, from raunchy seduction to moonlight serenade. Based on Beaumarchais’s scandalous, satiric play, in which low-class Figaro ...

With recent commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, it may be interesting to note that the celebrations and relief at war’s end soon gave way to a period of reflection that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwendolyn Whiteside, the star of “Come Back Little Sheba” at American Blues Theater, is one of the great Chicago actors. You might ...