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The story of tennis great Billie Jean King, a pioneer of women’s sports, is directed by Marc Bruni in a world premiere play ...
The play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater dramatizes the dramatic, and impactful, life of a legend with a muscular performance ...
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 ...
Billie Jean King is an icon in the world of sports, but her fridge is probably a lot more relatable to the average person ...
Billie Jean King was an athlete first. Quickly, she became a champion, many times over. She had a remarkable tennis career. But that was not enough, not nearly enough, for BJK, as she came to be ...
Here’s a soulful and sometimes silly six-pack of the artistic and the fantastic — our shortlist of Chicago shows to ...
Earlier this month, Coco Gauff was eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon. Now she won't be a part of Team USA competing ...
To Billie Jean King, it doesn’t really feel like it’s been 50 years since she spearheaded the charge for equal prize money for women’s tennis players and, in turn, changed the landscape of ...
Billie Jean King has urged players that are struggling with the demands of being a tennis professional to seek support from psychologists.. Two years ago, four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka ...
The world premiere of the powerful play "Billie Jean" is now at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The producer, writer and ...