Monday, December 29, 2014
Steep Theatre in Edgewater announced the cast of its upcoming production of "The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle" on Monday.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Something's coming! It's the Drury Lane Theatre production of "West Side Story." The theater announced casting for its upcoming staging of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laur…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 23, 2014
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Paige Faure from the national tour of "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" currently onstage at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2014
Route 66 Theatre Company announced its partial 2015 season on Friday. The lineup features two productions, one of which will be announced later in February.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2014
Lyric Opera's spring production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Carousel" will boast some top-drawer Broadway talent.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The touring casts of "Newsies" and "Cinderella," both stationed in Chicago for the month of December, will perform "Seize the Slipper," a cabaret at Sidetrack bar in Boystown on Monday, Dec.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:39PM[SHARE]The touring casts of "Newsies" and "Cinderella," both stationed in Chicago for the month of December, will perform "Seize the Slipper," a cabaret at Sidetrack bar in Lakeview on Monday, Dec.…
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It's that time of year again, and you know what that means " The Theater Loop's annual holiday video message! This year, 38 theaters and productions participated in the video.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2014
Lock up your daughters! Kokandy Productions announced the cast of its upcoming production of "The Full Monty" on Monday.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]The Chicago premiere of the musical "First Date" will arrive in early 2015, a spokesperson for the production announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2014
Porchlight Music Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of "Sondheim on Sondheim," a musical revue that blends composer Stephen Sondheim's songs with stories and multimedia, o…
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In the wake of controversial grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, Victory Gardens Theater will host a discussion on issues of inequality and race on Thursday, Dec…
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The New Colony, the oddball theater company that produces original, often humorous ensemble works, announced its 2015 season on Tuesday. This will be the company's first year in residence at…
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, the longtime home of Next Theatre that shuttered last month, is in search of new tenants, Angela Allyn, program coordinator for the City of Evanston, …
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Black Ensemble Theater, the Uptown company best known for its jubilant musical biographies and recurring original musicals, will begin its 2015 season with an unlikely selection " a straight…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PM[SHARE]Black Ensemble Theater, the Uptown company best known for its jubilant musical biographies and recurring original musicals, will begin its 2015 season with an unlikely selection " a play, th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The actress Laurie Metcalf will be honored next year at the Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts luncheon, the theater said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PM[SHARE]The National Endowment for the Arts announced its 2015 grant recipients on Tuesday. Out of $29 million in nationwide awards, 60 Illinois arts organizations will receive a total of $1,636,000.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:59PM[SHARE]Monday, December 1, 2014
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Travis Taylor from "Camelot," the 1960 musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, currently playing Drury Lane Theatre.Â
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Just in time for Thanksgiving comes this week's Theater Loop Showcase video: Kelly O'Sullivan and Sadieh Rifai in "The Humans," a new play by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Karam at America…
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This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Leah Urzendowski in "Burning Bluebeard," the dark holiday play from The Ruffians beginning Dec. 13 at Theater Wit.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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" on W…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:48PM[SHARE]Comedian 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 12:34PM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
Albany 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 03:05PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Six 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 06:14PM[SHARE]Monday, November 10, 2014
Windy City Playhouse, a new Equity theater in Chicago, announced the cast of its inaugural production, Deborah Zoe Laufer's comedy "End Days," on Monday.
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