Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced the cast of its upcoming production of Cole Porter’s tap-dance-filled musical comedy “Anything Goes” on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMHell in a Handbag Productions, the proudly campy Andersonville theater company, announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday.
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A new musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” will be featured in Lifeline Theatre’s 2015-16 season. The theater's full lineup was announced on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMVictory Gardens Theater announced its 2015-16 roster on Wednesday. The theater’s 41st season includes five plays, four of which are new to Chicago.
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This week’s Theater Loop Showcase video is George Toles and Greg Foster in “The Full Monty,” staged by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMFour musicals from four different eras will take the stage of Paramount Theatre in Aurora next season. Paramount announced its 2015-16 slate on Tuesday.
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Writers Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Monday — the first to be performed in its new Studio Gang-designed theater on Tudor Court. The inaugural show in the Alexandra C. and John D…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:17PMActors Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Thomas Grant chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert in which they both starr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PMLinda Bloodworth-Thomason, creator of the television series “Designing Women” and book writer of the new musical comedy “First Wives Club,” chatted with theater critic Chris Jones l…
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Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” on Wednesday.
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This week’s Theater Loop Showcase is the National Theatre of Scotland’s “Dunsinane,” currently playing Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Actress Rumer Willis chatted with theater critic Chris Jones this week about the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theaterical concert in which Willis stars.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
This week’s Theater Loop Showcase is “The Royale,” a new play by Marco Ramirez (a writer of “Orange Is The New Black”) at American Theater Company.
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Casting was announced on Thursday for the Broadway production of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “Airline Highway,” which ended its Chicago run on Valentine's Day.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMCasting was announced on Thursday for the Broadway production of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “Airline Highway,” which ended its Chicago run on Valentine's Day.
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Film star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered around the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AMFilm star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered on the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in Chi…
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The Hypocrites will begin its new season with the Green Day musical “American Idiot” this fall, the theater company announced on Monday.
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The Palace Theater, the relatively new dinner theater in the Wisconsin Dells, announced its 2015 season on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:51PMActor Colm Feore stopped by Tribune Tower this week to chat with theater critic Chris Jones about the upcoming cinematic release of the Stratford Festival’s “King Lear,” in which Feore…
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This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is wordless. It's pianist Austin Cook from Porchlight Music Theatre's revue "Sondheim on Sondheim," currently playing Stage 773.
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Casting complete. The Goodman Theatre filled in the remainder of its 2014-15 casting gaps on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:56PMTimeLine Theatre Company announced its 2015-16 season on Wednesday. Three of the four plays — all of of which are very much in TimeLine’s wheelhouse of historical, socio-political work �…
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Dancer-actor Lucas Segovia, who plays Bernardo in Drury Lane Theatre’s production of “West Side Story,” stopped by Tribune Tower last week to teach reporter Jenniffer Weigel some mambo…
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More casting was announced on Wednesday for Lyric Opera’s spring production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II”s musical “Carousel.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:49PMActors Alec Baldwin, Alfre Woodard and hip-hop composer Ali Shaheed Muhammad will take the stage of the Black Ensemble Theater to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Louder Than A Bomb, the an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:12PM“A Steady Rain” playwright Keith Huff will premiere a new play at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a spokesman for the production said on Wednesday.
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