The CEO of Black Ensemble Theater is disrupting her traditional formula with a new autobiographical musical — and planning an expansion in Uptown.

Also announced for 2025-26, a return of Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” and the Chicago premiere of the dark drama “Mr.

Randolph. “Now, in its centennial year, there is no better time to recognize The Theatre School’s immeasurable impact on Chicago theater”,” John Glover, chair of the Jeff Awards ...

Chicago’s Tom Morello performs ... Chuck Smith, speaking on Tuesday morning at the Goodman Theatre, will direct August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” as part of the company ...