Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sean Graney will adapt and direct another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but for the first time not with The Hypocrites, the Chicago theater company where he is artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:16PMSean Graney will adapt and direct another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but for the first time not with The Hypocrites, the Chicago theater company where he is artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:16PMLookingglass Theatre Company filled in the gaps of its 2015-16 season on Tuesday. The three-play roster will begin with a new, previously announced adaptation of “Treasure Island” by Mar…
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Kokandy Productions announced its 2016 season on Monday, while also appending its 2015 season with a third production.
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Last week, the high school August Wilson Monologue Competition was held at the Goodman Theatre.
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The Auditorium Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday. Of particular note is the previously announced Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour, which will incude two new works by the reno…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMThe 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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