Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Tympanic Theatre Company has announced its 2014-15 season. The storefront company's eighth year includes two productions.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:17PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 25, 2014
The Joffrey Ballet announced Thursday that Joffrey dancer Erica Lynette Edwards will become the company's director of community engagement . This new appointment also marks Edwards' retireme…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PM[SHARE]Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced the cast of its upcoming remount of "Lookingglass Alice," the theater's version of Lewis Carroll's stories "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PM[SHARE]On Monday Sept. 22, Tony Award-winning actress Jessie Mueller ("Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"), her sister Abby Mueller ("Kinky Boots" on Broadway) and many other local actors took the…
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This week's Theater Loop Showcase is "Smokefall," Noah Haidle's acclaimed drama currently being remounted at the Goodman Theatre. The play depicts multiple generations of a family that goes …
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The American Theatre Wing in New York announced on Thursday the recipients of the 2014 National Theatre Company Grants. The twelve theaters include two Chicago companies, The House Theatre o…
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The Marriott Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "The King and I" on Wednesday. Heidi Kettenring, a fixture of Chicago's music…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PM[SHARE]A memorial celebration will be held for local actress Molly Glynn on Monday, October 6 at 7:30p.m. Glynn died September 6 at the age of 46.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
The percussion-based performance piece, "Stomp," will return to Chicago for one week in January, Broadway in Chicago announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29PM[SHARE]Theater Wit will perform "Bad Jews," a vicious new comedy by Joshua Harmon, this spring, a representative for the theater announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the lineup for its sixth annual Garage Rep, the theater's yearly repertory of local storefront work, on Tuesday. The three participating theaters includ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01PM[SHARE]Broadway in Chicago will dim the lights of its four downtown theaters on Thursday in memory of radio personality Roy Leonard and actors Molly Glynn and Bernie Yvon, all of whom died last wee…
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Memorial services for longtime WGN radio personality Roy Leonard will be held this weekend, his son Kelly said on Monday.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
"The Doyle and Debbie Show," the country music send-up that played the Royal George Theatre in 2011 and 2012, will return to the Chicago area for one night only on Sept. 14.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Seanachai Theatre Company announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday, while also saying that it will no longer be called Seanachai Theatre Company. The theater's new monicker is Irish Theatre o…
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Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana announced its 2015 season on Monday. The coming year marks the theater's 25th anniversary.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 21, 2014
On Monday, Twisted Sister frontman and creator of the new musical "Dee Snider's Rock and Roll Christmas Tale," Dee Snider, stopped by Tribune Tower to talk to theater critic Chris Jones abou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:02PM[SHARE]Griffin Theatre Company announced the cast of its fall production of the musical "Titanic" on Thursday. It's a large crew for the modestly-sized Theater Wit, the venue where the show will pl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The full roster of artists performing as part of the first Chicago International Puppet Festival was announced on Tuesday. In January, the 10-day compilation will bring together many Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:04PM[SHARE]This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" from American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse Theater Center. The show by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik is a musical …
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
American Blues Theater's remounting of the musical play "Hank Williams: Lost Highway," currently running at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., will extend one month, a repr…
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The intimate, intense Steep Theatre Company in Edgewater announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday morning. The roster includes four dramas, none of which have been seen previously on Chicago …
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Comedian and host of CBS' "The Late Late Show," Craig Ferguson, will bring his stand-up show "Hot and Grumpy" to the Chicago Theatre for one performance on Nov. 16 at 7:00 p.m., a representa…
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