They are who they are. The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced the cast of its upcoming production of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s drag musical comedy “La Cage Aux Folles�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:48PMComedian Mike Birbiglia will stop at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn as part of his “Thank God for Jokes” tour, a spokesperson for the theater said on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:34PMAlbany Park Theater Project, the youth theater group that creates its own original works, will perform two productions in 2015, it was announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:05PMSix full-length plays and a bill of three ten-minute plays will premiere in the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the theater said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:14PMWindy City Playhouse, a new Equity theater in Chicago, announced the cast of its inaugural production, Deborah Zoe Laufer’s comedy “End Days,” on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:05PMDiedre Hall, the daytime TV actress who starred as Dr. Marlena Evans on “Days of Our Lives,” will perform in Hell In A Handbag Productions’ holiday benefit this year, the theater said …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:58PMThe previously announced Chicago-area premiere of “Billy Elliot” will be joined by two plays and two musicals at Drury Lane Theatre during the 2015-16 season, the theater said Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:16PMThe New Colony, a storefront theater company known for its zany, ensemble-based work, will make The Den Theatre in Wicker Park its new home, the company announced Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMChicago Dramatists, the city’s playwright-centric theater, named five new resident playwrights on Monday, bringing the company’s total to 35.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:34PMThis week’s Theater Loop Showcase is Justin Adair and Royen Kent from Griffin Theatre Company’s “Titanic.” Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s 1997 musical, here receiving its first loc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:51PMRichard Cotovsky will once again get behind the wheel of the “Hellcab” at Profiles Theatre, the theater has announced. Cotovsky played the driver of the eponymous cab in Will Kern’s pl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:04PMSteppenwolf For Young Adults' acclaimed production of "Animal Farm," newly-adapted from George Orwell's novel by Alice Austen and Steve Pickering, will add four more public performances, the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:17PMLight Opera Works in Evanston, a theater whose productions boast full, original orchestrations of classic musicals, announced its 2015 season on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:52PMTeatro Vista announced two new ensemble members and seven artistic associates on Friday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:24PMThe groundbreaking of the new, Studio Gang-designed Writers Theatre in Glencoe took place on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:11PMThis week’s Theater Loop Showcase is Josh Young from the new musical “Amazing Grace,” currently playing the Bank of America Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMTickets for the return engagement of the national tour of “The Book of Mormon,” the musical comedy by Matt Stone, Trey Parker (“South Park”) and Robert Lopez (“Avenue Q,” “Froz…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:03PM“Burning Bluebeard” will return to Theater Wit for three weeks this winter, it was announced on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05PMKate Piatt-Eckert, Steep Theatre's business manager for the past year, will become the small Edgewater company's new executive director, it was announced on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:37PMGriffin Theatre Company announced the cast of its upcoming production of Lanford Wilson’s “Balm in Gilead” on Wednesday. Director Jonathan Berry’s production will include a whopping …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMEclipse Theatre Company, the theater that dedicates each season to the work of only one playwright, will produce three plays by Terrence McNally in 2015.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMDrury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook announced the cast of its upcoming production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Camelot” on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:13PMThe Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit, a yearlong residency program meant to nurture playwrights as they develop new works, will include four participants during the 2014-15 season, the theat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:12AMThis week’s Theater Loop Showcase is soprano Marina Rebeka from “Don Giovanni,” currently in a new production directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls at Lyric Opera.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:49PMTony Award-winner Shuler Hensley will play the mean, green Grinch in the national tour of “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at the Chicago Theatre this fall, the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:58AMRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will return to the United Center and Allstate Arena in Rosemont in November with “Legends,” a melange of traditional circus and mythological beasts, it…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:16PMRivendell Theatre Ensemble announced its 2014-15 season, the company’s twentieth year, on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:52PMA lineup of Broadway talent including 2014 Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller will take part in the previously announced Humanities Festival program “A Night at the Tonys,” hosted by Rob L…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTheatre at the Center in Munster announced on Wednesday the cast of its upcoming production of “A Christmas Memory,” Duane Poole, Larry Grossman and Carol Hall’s musical adaptation of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:13PMChicago Dramatists announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. This is the playwright-centric theater’s first roster of work since the 2012-2013 season. Its last show was “Homecoming 1972�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:14PM3Arts, the local non-profit organization that supports women artists, artists of color and artists with disabilities, announced the recipients of its 2014 awards at a ceremony at the Museum …
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