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Billie Jean King’s resume is missing one thing — a college degree — so, at 81, she's back in the school where she started: ...
The play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater dramatizes the dramatic and impactful life of a legend with a muscular performance by ...
King has been a pioneer in promoting tennis and advocating for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. In 2006, the United States Tennis ...
Billie Jean King has accomplished much in her life, such as being the world’s top woman in tennis, advocating for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, competing on The Masked Singer, beating Bobby Riggs in the ...
"I hate not finishing," she recalls telling her colleagues. They asked what she meant. "I haven't finished college," she told them. "And, you know, I should finish." Yeah, what a slacker.
Julieta Pareja is a North County native who ascended to the top spot after reaching the final of this year’s Wimbledon ...
In the final few minutes of “Billie Jean,” the new play with Broadway aspirations at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, we follow ...
Determined to finish her degree, 81-year-old Billie Jean King returned to college at Cal State LA, and she's on track to earn ...
Legendary actor and comedian Lily Tomlin was in Chicago support “Billie Jean,” a play about another living legend — Billie ...
The tennis legend announced in March that she had gone back to school to finish her long-deferred college degree.
Lauren M. Gunderson's world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare celebrates Billie Jean King's challenges and achievements, on and ...