Monday, May 18, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase is Sean Allan Krill in "Sense and Sensibility," a new musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:58PMThe House Theatre of Chicago announced its 2015-16 season on Monday. The fanciful company continues in residence at the Chopin Theatre in Noble Square.
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Last night at Chicago Dramatists' annual benefit, interim artistic director Meghan Beals McCarthy and the organization's board of directors announced a new name for the theater at their home…
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Fresh from Broadway, Tim Kazurinsky will lead the cast of Bruce Graham’s new play “Funnyman,” alongside George Wendt at Northlight Theatre, a spokeswoman for the theater said on Tuesda…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:17PMThe Three Oaks Theater Festival has announced its 2015 season. The six shows run throughout the summer in Three Oaks, Michigan, a popular getaway about 90 minutes from downtown Chicago by ca…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:52PMVictory Gardens Theater has expanded its playwrights ensemble by four, a spokeswoman for the theater said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMSpring is the busiest time all year on Broadway. An avalanche of shows open leading up to the Tony Awards in June, making it nearly impossible for the average theatergoer to wade through it …
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced two shows on Monday for its Young Adults season, a literary adaptation and a new devised work.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:36PM"Beaches, A New Musical" has found the wind beneath its wings. Drury Lane Theatre's summer show that is being billed as a pre-Broadway production announced its cast on Monday.
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Stage Left Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Friday. All three politically charged productions will be performed at Theater Wit in Lakeview.
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"Smart People," the new play by Lydia R. Diamond, a Chicago Dramatists resident playwright, will run off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre this winter, it was announced Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:02PM"Smart People," the new play by Lydia R. Diamond, a Chicago Dramatists resident playwright, will run off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in the winter, it was announced Thursday.
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Sideshow Theatre Company’s new season will comprise three dramas, a spokesman for the company said on Wednesday. They’ll all be performed at the Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Thea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMSideshow Theatre Company’s new season will comprise three dramas, a spokesman for the company said on Wednesday. They’ll all be performed at the Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Thea…
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Raven Theatre has a new executive director. Brian Pastor, who’s served as managing director at City Lit Theatre the past nine years, will take over the job at Raven beginning July 1.
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Three local premieres will make up Irish Theatre of Chicago’s 2015-16 season. A spokesman for the theatre announced the roster on Thursday.
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Chicago Children’s Theatre announced its full 2015-16 season on Friday. The lineup, among six other productions, features a new play from the writer Nambi E. Kelley.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PMSideshow Theatre Company's "Stupid F---ing Bird" will return this summer in a commercial production on a bigger stage, a spokeswoman for the show announced Friday.
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"Beaches, A New Musical" — based on Iris Rainer Dart's novel that also inspired the popular Bette Midler film — playing the Drury Lane Theatre this summer, has announced a formidable cre…
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Producers of “Matilda the Musical,” the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, announced the cast of the first national tour on Tuesday.
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Soon-to-be Steppenwolf artistic director Anna D. Shapiro will direct Tracy Letts’ new play “Mary Page Marlowe,” the theater announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:42PMThis week’s Showcase — our longest ever — is Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale from Lyric Opera’s “Carousel.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PMThis week's Showcase — our longest ever — is Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale from Lyric Opera's "Carousel."
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theater are among twenty-six national recipients of a $52 million dollar grant, it was announced on Wednesda…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PMThe Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theater are among twenty-six national recipients sharing a single $52 million dollar grant, it was announced…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PMThis week's Theater Loop Showcase is "Outside Mullingar," starring Kate Fry and Mark Montgomery at Northlight Theatre.
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The full schedule for the 3rd annual Pivot Arts Festival was announced on Tuesday. The 10-day festival of performances and other events takes place in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods …
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Strawdog Theatre Company announced its 2015-16 season on Monday. It’s a diverse array of shows, from a riff on August Strindberg to one of George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart’s largest come…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:36PMStrawdog Theatre Company announced its 2015-16 season on Monday. It’s a diverse array of shows, from a riff on August Strindberg to one of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s largest comed…
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