Tuesday, March 17, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is George Toles and Greg Foster in "The Full Monty," staged by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PM[SHARE]Four musicals from four different eras will take the stage of Paramount Theatre in Aurora next season. Paramount announced its 2015-16 slate on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2015
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 04:17PM[SHARE]Actors 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PM[SHARE]Linda 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 last we…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase is the National Theatre of Scotland's "Dunsinane," currently playing Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:56PM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2015
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.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2015
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 02:00PM[SHARE]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 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2015
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 10:52AM[SHARE]Film 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2015
The Hypocrites will begin its new season with the Green Day musical "American Idiot" this fall, the theater company announced on Monday.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2015
Actor 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 plays…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2015
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.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 18, 2015
TimeLine 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 " hav…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
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 moves…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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 02:49PM[SHARE]Actors 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[SHARE]"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.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Two new works by choreographer Twyla Tharp will be performed in Chicago this fall as part of a multi-city tour celebrating Tharp's 50-year career, it was announced on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Newsman Anderson Cooper and late-night host Andy Cohen will take the Chicago Theatre stage this spring for a friendly talk, a representative for the tour said Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Mark L. Montgomery and Jennifer Coombs in "Rapture, Blister, Burn," a comedy by Gina Gionfriddo currently playing the Goodman Theatre.
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