Thursday, May 1, 2014
Profiles Theatre will perform David Mamet’s “Cryptogram,” a characteristically tense Mamet drama that’s celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, as part of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:43PMWednesday, April 30, 2014
Comedian Eddie Izzard sat down with theater critic Chris Jones for this interview, which recalls Izzard’s long history with Chicago. His new show, “Force Majeure,” plays th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:48PMCasting for “Amazing Grace,” the new musical set to begin performances at the Bank of America Theatre on October 9, was announced on Wednesday. The show features music and lyrics…
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Sideshow Theatre Company announced its 2014-15 season on Monday. All three plays will be performed at the Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater where the company continues in residenc…
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
A Red Orchid Theatre has extended its acclaimed production of Marisa Wegrzyn’s flight attendant comedy “Mud Blue Sky” five weeks, the theater said on Wednesday. It will now…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:58PMOn May 13, the Goodman Theatre will celebrate the life of Robert Christen, the theater’s Resident Lighting Designer who died on March 9 at the age of 64. Christen spent over three deca…
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The cast of the Goodman Theatre’s summer revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Brigadoon” was announced on Monday. The theater also said that writ…
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The theater company The Neo-Futurists announced its 2014-15 season on Friday. The theater also said that Kurt Chiang will succeed Megan Mercier as Artistic Director. Chiang will work alongsi…
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Chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks, William Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz, and his wife, Marilyn, have made a multimillion dollar gift to the Northwestern University School of Communica…
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Chicago arts organizations will receive $1,233,500 in grants from the National Endowment for The Arts this year, 2014 headlined by a $100,000 grant to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for its Mo…
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The House Theatre of Chicago’s 2014-15 season will feature "The Iron Stag King," "The Crownless King" and the new "The Excelsior King," the company's three-part fantasy saga, performed…
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Columbia College Chicago has announced that it will present theater artist Jim Jacobs with a 2014 honorary degree.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Theater Wit in Lakeview will present the Chicago premiere of Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” in January, 2015, the company said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:13PMFirst Folio Theatre announced its 2014-15 season on Monday. Made up of two venues in West suburban Oak Brook, one indoors and one outdoors, the theater will present four plays in its 19th ye…
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Do you love Shakespeare? On May 18, The Theater Loop will host a gathering with Antoni Cimolino , artistic director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada. The Festival, which produces…
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Kareem Bandealy will play the title role in William Shakespeare’s “Othello” at The Gift Theatre, while Michael Patrick Thornton will star opposite him as the scheming Iago,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:53AMCasting for American Theater Company’s revival of “Hair,” the flower-child rock musical by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermott, was announced on Thursday. &nb…
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Raven Theatre announced its full 2014-15 season on Wednesday. The four-play lineup features the previously announced Chicago premiere of “Dividing The Estate,” Horton Foote&rsquo…
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Lookingglass Theatre Company’s 2014-15 season will feature a remounting of “Lookingglass Alice,” the company’s popular adaptation of the Lewis Carroll story, it was a…
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Stephen Sondheim is experiencing a big moment in Chicago, where four of the composer-lyricist’s musicals are concurrently running. The Sondheimmania will continue next season at Porchl…
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Monday, March 17, 2014
The complete cast of “Motown The Musical,” starting in Chicago in April, was announced by Broadway In Chicago on Monday.
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