Thursday, December 8, 2022
Chicago's Anthony Norman leads the musical on tour. He once told his agent he didn’t feel right for the role, but in the audition, "something just clicked."
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The annual production of the Chicago favorite opens Saturday at the Lyric Opera House and runs through late December.
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Valdivia comes to CLATA from the National Museum of Mexican Art, where he served as the director of performing arts.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:21PMWednesday, October 26, 2022
The famed improv comedy institution iO Theater is reopening Nov. 3, according to an announcement Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:02PMFriday, October 21, 2022
Other musical titles for the upcoming year include the Huckleberry Finn adventure “Big River” and the '80s bash “Rock of Ages."
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Live stand-up shows can be found most anywhere and everywhere in the Chicago area, we boiled fall down to these 10.
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MSG announced Thursday that it is considering spinning off its theaters and live entertainment business to create a separately-traded company.
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The tour features Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle and Laird Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins.
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Writers Theatre in Glencoe has announced a four-title 2022-23 season, including productions of Manual Cinema’s “Christmas Carol” and the musical “Once.”
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced 52 grants to Chicago and Illinois organizations, totaling $2,172,510, as part of nationwide grant-making this week.
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Chicago Dancers United has announced the lineup for this summer’s Dance for Life, coming to this August to the Auditorium Theatre.
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Mike Birbiglia has some schedule juggling to do — he’s filling in as guest host on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week after Kimmel announced Monday he has COVID-19.
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The fan-favorite musicals “Dear Evan Hansen” and ”Anastasia” are returning to Chicago in 2022, says Broadway in Chicago.
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Upcoming titles include a world premiere musical based on “It Came from Outer Space,” the long-anticipated “The Notebook” and Barbara Gaines leading her final show.
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Northlight Theatre's coming season kicks off with a blue collar comedy and also includes "Andy Warhol in Iran."
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In the solo play, Mohegan theater-maker Madeline Sayet travels to England in 2015 to pursue a Ph.D. and finds a country on the eve of the Brexit vote.
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This will be the first time this musical has played in Chicago and you have less than two weeks to catch it — what exactly is this show again?
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TimeLine Theatre Company’s recent, sold-out production of “Relentless” will get a new downtown run.
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The company, known for its long-running production “That’s Weird, Grandma” that used professional actors and crew to celebrate the creative writing of students in Chicago Public School…
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The touring Broadway musical “Hairspray” arrives in Chicago for a two-week run at the CIBC Theatre in the Loop this week.
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BoHo Theatre Company on Thursday announced that Elizabeth Swanson will be its new artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:52PMThursday, January 13, 2022
Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater on Thursday announced a new season of shows for 2022, with the first beginning in just a few weeks.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMAs Illinois reaches what might be peak omicron, Chicago theaters and performance companies have announced a new round of postponements and schedule changes.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMThursday, January 6, 2022
The recent rise in COVID-19 brought more announcements of changes and postponements in Chicago theater. This list will update.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:24PM“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” has postponed its Chicago opening by about a month, according to an announcement Thursday from presenter Broadway in Chicago.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMWednesday, January 5, 2022
Wednesday brought a rush of show cancellations, postponements and changes in the upcoming season for the world of Chicago theater and performing arts, all tied to concerns over public health…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:43PMThe off-Loop company Redtwist Theatre announced Wednesday it is suspending live productions and postponing “Collected Stories.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:31PMLyric Opera of Chicago and Raven Theatre both have announced cancellations of upcoming productions due to COVID and public health concerns.
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For all the things Chicago is famous for, let puppetry be on the list, and puppetry’s biggest event on the calendar is the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
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The Goodman Theatre has canceled the rest of the run of its holiday show “A Christmas Carol,” the theater announced late Monday.
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The Joffrey Ballet announced Thursday that it was canceling the remainder of its performances of “The Nutcracker” at the Lyric Opera House because of COVID-19.
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