“The Understudy” is about a stage manager, Roxanne (Jessica Weaver), put in charge of an understudy rehearsal for a newly discovered Kafka play. Scot Whitney Courtesy Imagine a smash-hit Broadway show ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. When Adam Todd Crawford and Danny Fender began to peel away the paper ...

For over half a century, I have been in and around the world of live theater, as an actor, critic, spectator and lover. And in all those five decades, I can honestly say I have never met anyone quite ...

Danny Fender (left) and Adam Crawford, co-owners of the Understudy Credit: Sarah Elizabeth Larson Almost a year ago, I talked to Danny Fender and Adam Crawford about their plans for the Understudy, a ...

Since 2017, the Dekalb Market Food Hall at City Point has been a great spot to grab lunch, with over thirty-five different vendors offering foods from all over the world. Now, two new additions to the ...

I often hear actors of varying experience levels say that they are not interested in being an understudy. They are reluctant to tie themselves to a job where they may not get to go on stage and be ...