Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Since its debut in 1947, Tennessee Williams' scorcher of a play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," has been made into an iconic film starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, received countless sta…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:00AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
The timing, as well as the patrimony, could hardly be more ideal. Raven Theatre’s production ...
The post Raven Theatre’s timely “Beast on the Moon” a poignant remind…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:09PMThe 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning and there are a number of "Chicago connections."
The post Tony Award nominations with a Chicago connection appeared first on Ch…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:54AMMonday, April 27, 2015
There is news from Griffin Theatre, the company that received a total of 14 Non-Equity Jeff Awards nominations (for the musical “Titanic, " as well as “Balm in Gilead,” and “Men Shou…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:16PMSaturday, April 25, 2015
Who would have guessed that a little 19th century English girl by the name of ...
The post “Wonderland, Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure” channels a glam Queen appeared f…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:42PMThe ever-scrupulous Jeff Awards Committee was confronted with a highly unusual situation Friday — the very morning after they had announced the list of Non-Equity Jeff nominations in which…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:05PMFriday, April 24, 2015
If both you and your kids start to feel a bit hyperactive during the 2015-2016 season you might want to blame it on the Chicago Children's Theater (CCT). The company plans to produce seven d…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:16PMWhile enjoying a brief bit of down time between her Tony Award-winning turn in "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," and her next project, the world premiere of the musical "Waitress," Jessi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:00AMThursday, April 23, 2015
The Joffrey Ballet's spring program of "New Works" has come with a rare change of venue (with the NFL draft being staged at the Auditorium Theatre, the company has had to move to the Cadilla…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:56PMThey are the hardest working, most resourceful, and most poorly paid people in Chicago show business. And that just might be why the annual list of nominations for Non-Equity Jeff Awards is …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:06PMNominations for the 2015 annual Drama Desk Awards (which includes Broadway, Off Broadway and 'Off Off Broadway" productions) were announced Thursday afternoon at New York's 54 Below by previ…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:23PMWednesday, April 22, 2015
Porchlight Music Theatre’s all-Sondheim season began with tragedy (“Sweeney Todd”), moved on to autobiography (“Sondheim ...
The post Some very funny things happen &#…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:37PM"Louis & Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara," the music-infused play about the relationship between musician, songwriter, singer and bandleader Louis Prima and singer Keely Smith, has now b…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:13PMTuesday, April 21, 2015
Jazz may be America's most original art form, but its history is littered with the sorry fates of musicians, both black and white, who died penniless and largely unknown. In "Side Man," his …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:00PMMonday, April 20, 2015
The catalyst for "Sounds So Sweet," the engaging new Black Ensemble Theater show written and directed by Reuben D. Echoles, is a funeral. But before she moved on, Grandstine — the matriar…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:26PMAnd the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama is: Stephen Adly Guirgis, for "Between Riverside and Crazy." The play, which already has been announced as part of Steppenwolf Theatre's 2…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:22PMThe news from Steppenwolf Theatre hardly comes as a surprise. Tony Award-winning director Anna D. ...
The post Anna D. Shapiro to direct world premiere of Tracy Letts’ play at Steppenw…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:59PMThe nominees for the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced Monday recognizing achievement in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
Among the productions to receive multipl…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:58PMFriday, April 17, 2015
Something absolutely wonderful can happen when a hit musical is finally liberated from its original Broadway incarnation — no matter how beguiling that original might have been. As proof y…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:42PMThursday, April 16, 2015
Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is a classic musical comedy of the "they just don't make 'em like that anymore" variety. It's a show that exists solely to entertain, and in its sensational Mar…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:09PM"Amazing Grace," the new musical that debuted in Chicago this past October, is headed to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. Performances of the show, which received respectful but mixed review…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:00AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
"Red Handed Otter," Ethan Lipton's wonderfully quirky and surprisingly profound play — now receiving its Chicago premiere in a perfectly acted production by A Red Orchid Theatre — is abo…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:14PMFour Chicago performing arts organizations — the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre and Lyric Opera Chicago — are among 26 such entitites nationwide selected t…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:58PMThe Joffrey Ballet has been temporarily kicked off the stage of its permanent home at ...
The post Joffrey Ballet to dance springtime ‘New Works’ program at Cadillac Palace Theat…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:00AMTuesday, April 14, 2015
The full lineup for the 3rd annual Pivot Arts Festival, which is devoted to the production of innovative music, theater and dance on the city's far north side, has been announced. The festiv…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:22PMMonday, April 13, 2015
Strawdog Theatre Company has just announced its 2015 - 2016 season that will arrive under the umbrella title of "The Tipping Point.” The company's main stage and Hugen Hall season, at its …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:41PMSunday, April 12, 2015
With his production of "An American in Paris," Christopher Wheeldon can be added to that impressive list of choreographers (Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Susan Stroman, Kathlen Marshall and Je…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:00PMDespite its title, "The Herd," this first play by British actor Rory Kinnear — now receiving a vividly acted U.S. debut by Steppenwolf Theatre — has nothing to do with livestock. It is …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:00PMRodgers and Hammerstein 's "Carousel" is the musical that takes us for a spin around the dark side of the American dream. And the new Lyric Opera production of this 1945 Broadway classic —…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:25PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 2015-2016 season will feature a reprise of "The Art of Falling," its groundbreaking collaboration with The Second City, as well as a massive amount of addition…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:59AMWith the first announcement that "Louis and Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" — a music-packed play directed by filmmaker Taylor Hackford — was to arrive at the Royal George Theatre, I headed …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:41AM 
