Monday, May 6, 2024

Vanderpump Rules' Ariana Madix Sets Return to Broadway's Chicago by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning production continues its record-breaking run at the Ambassador Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM

Ariana Madix Will Return to Broadway’s Chicago by Darryn King

Television personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will return to the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart. Madix broke box office records for Chicago during her first appearance as …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM

Ariana Madix Will Return to CHICAGO in August

TV personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will return in the role as “Roxie Hart' in Chicago on Broadway this August!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AM
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Exclusive: Oh My Pod U Guys-  Getting WICKED with Dan Micciche

I am joined by seasoned Bway performer, music director, conductor, and vocal coach, Dan Micciche! Dan holds the distinction of being the youngest person to ever play the role of Mary Sunshin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PM
Saturday, May 4, 2024

#tbt: Discordant 'Night Music' by Rob Weinert-Kendt

Catherine Zeta Jones in "A Little Night Music." (Photo by Joan Marcus) I'm not sure any Stephen Sondheim show is really underrated anymore—there are passionate partisans for every one, f…

SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 06:42AM
Friday, May 3, 2024

Robyn Hurder on Returning to CHICAGO by BroadwayWorld

Nowadays, Tony nominee Robyn Hurder is back on Broadway in Chicago and that's good, isn't it?! Fresh off of her acclaimed run in A Beautiful Noise, she returned to the show just last month …

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54PM

Jinkx Monsoon on Starring in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by BroadwayWorld

Over a decade after the world first came to know and love her on TV, Jinkx Monsoon is back onstage tackling one of her bucketlist roles. "I always dreamed of [having a career on Broadway]. …

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:54PM

Theatre News: Spotlighters Theater Announces Its 62nd Season (2024-2025) by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

A powerful and challenging season – with some great laughs along the way!  A Raisin in the Sunwritten by Lorraine Hansberrydirected by Rain PryorSeptember 9 – October 13, 2024 Set on Ch…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:24PM

Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Audience Testimonials | Through May 19 | Goodman Theatre by Goodman Theatre

"It's funny, moving, thought-provoking and it's familiar." Watch audience reactions for the play The Chicago Reader calls "a masterpiece." On stage through May 19 only, get tickets at Goodma…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:01PM
Thursday, May 2, 2024

VIDEO: Megan Hilty & Jennifer Simard Talk DEATH BECOMES HER on WGN9 Chicago

xMegan Hilty and Jennifer Simard stopped by the studios at WGN9 to talk all about the World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PM

Video: First Look at Jason Alexander in JUDGMENT DAY at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Get a first look at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Judgment Day, a hilariously irreverent world premiere comedy starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) in his Chicago s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AM

Is Jessy Schram Leaving Chicago Med? What Happened to Hannah Asher? - Soaps.com

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Illinoise Takes Flight On Broadway by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . In charge of adapting Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois for the stage, Jackie Sibblies Drury (playwright) and Justin Peck (director and chor…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:45AM
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Jason Alexander Is Returning to Stage Acting, This Time in Chicago by Mary Wisniewski

In Judgement Day at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Alexander plays a corrupt lawyer who may be looking for forgiveness.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM

English | Director Hamid Dehghani Interview | On Stage May 10 - June 9 | Goodman Theatre by Goodman Theatre

"This play is so personal to me." ENGLISH director Hamid Dehghani explores the impact this Pulitzer Prize-winning play has had on his life and why Chicago audiences will love it too. On stag…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:23PM

Ritual and realism by Jack Helbig

MPAACT resident writer Shepsu Aakhu does something remarkable in this gentle, metaphysical play. He creates a world that successfully blends ritual and realism without succumbing to the weak…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:06PM

Goofs, glorious goofs by Dan Jakes

Could you call Chris Dritsas’s and Zach Hacker’s musical comedy a parody? They probably wouldn’t fight you on it, but I might—the gags, send-ups, and compositions here (music by John…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:49PM

A gripping Hamlet by Dmitry Samarov

A tormented young man is visited by the ghost of his recently slain father, who asks the son to avenge his death at the hands of his own brother—who, to add insult to injury, has taken his…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:33PM

Middleton of the road by Amanda Finn

Self-indulgent. A blunt word, yet little else feels appropriate for a show that ran three hours and eight minutes—from late start to the end of curtain call—when it is said to be two hou…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:17PM

Going Jersey, Chicago Style: A Review of “Jersey Boys” at Mercury Theater by Dennis Polkow

It has been a fourteen-year dream of director Stearns for “Jersey Boys”—such a popular show in its original Broadway in Chicago run that a separate multi-year Chicago company was creat…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM

Video: The Cast of DEATH BECOMES HER Takes Their First Bows

Performances for the World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER began last night, April 30, 2024, at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre. An all new video has been posted to the sho…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AM

CHICAGO Opens Next Month in Sydney- New Performances on Sale by Aussie Theatre

One of Australia’s favourite musicals, CHICAGO, will play at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney from 9 June for a strictly limited

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:42AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Grown in Chicago by American Theatre Editors

In this month's Chicago newsletter, theatremakers Jillian Leff and Joel Willison share what inspires them and the American Theatre team invites you to join us for a special event in the city.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PM

Lessons from August Wilson by Sheri Flanders

In an embarrassment of riches, two impeccable renditions of August Wilson’s plays share space in the Chicago theater community this spring: How I Learned What I Learned, produced by Congo …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:47PM

Pokey LaFarge - Millennium Stage (May 4, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Pokey LaFarge returns with In The Blossom of Their Shade, out now via New West Records. The 10-song …

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Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard Star in Death Becomes Her Musical Beginning April 30 in Chicago by Andrew Gans

Christopher Gattelli directs the world premiere of the new musical based on the 1992 film.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM
Friday, April 26, 2024

TCG Conference Announces James Rhee as Plenary Speaker by American Theatre Editors

The Ashley Stewart CEO and best-selling author will speak on business models for change at the national convening in Chicago in June.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PM

Bebe Neuwirth to Announce Chita Rivera Award Nominees by Sandi Durell

Tony Award® winner and dance icon Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), who is currently starring in Broadway’s current revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, will announce this year’s Chita …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:43AM
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

The Music Man at Marriott knows the territory by Jt Newman

In the opening scene of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man at Marriott Theatre, a train car full of traveling salesmen showcase their talent and precision as they fast-talk and sing their wa…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:53PM

Jump bridges painful family memories by Kerry Reid

There have been several intriguing plays about siblings dealing with loss onstage this year, including Leah Nanako Winkler’s The Brightest Thing in the World at About Face Theatre and the …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:07PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards