Thursday, March 14, 2019
“Pride & Joy — The Marvin Gaye Musical” is coming to the Chicago Theatre in June for nearly a week’s worth of performances. “Pride & Joy” is described as a jukebox musica…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMSATURDAY "Herland": A young high-school grad helps her neighbor create a D.I.Y. retirement home in her garage. Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.; 773-728-7529 and www.redtwist.org SU…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AMThe Pivot Arts Festival in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods has announced its lineup of music, theater and dance for this summer's fest, running May 31 to June 9 in various ven…
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The Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago has announced its 25th anniversary season, kicking off with Hollis Resnik in "Sunset Boulevard" and concluding with the local premiere of "Freaky Frid…
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Summer is coming: The first draft of a calendar of events for Millennium Park’s 2019 summer season is out now, including concerts, festivals and the Year of Chicago Theatre. The announceme…
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A Gary Griffin-directed musical (Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”), a new “Doll’s House,” Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly” and a work by Chicago’s Manual Cinema are among the si…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:40PMAmerican Blues Theater has announced its 2019-20 season, including "Five Presidents" by "West Wing" writer Rick Cleveland, a Nambi E. Kelley world premiere and the Green Day musical "America…
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Tickets for the coming 20th anniversary touring production of "Rent" go on sale next week. According to a Friday announcement from Broadway in Chicago, tickets for the two-week run (May 10-1…
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Performance artist David Cale's solo memoir play "We're Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time" will have a production at the Public Theater in New York this summer. According to an announcem…
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“Mean Girls,” the Broadway musical from last spring adapted from Tina Fey’s 2004 teen movie, is coming to Chicago at the end of this year. The first national tour will play the Nederla…
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The Joffrey Ballet announced its 2019-20 season Tuesday, with the Chicago premieres of Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre” and a work by Justin Peck, as well as the returns of “Don Quixote�…
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A bit of dazzle for you: Dennis Watkins’ show "The Magic Parlour" is reaching a milestone that few shows reach, even fewer one-man shows reach and vanishingly few magic shows reach — his…
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This is our 2018 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we’ve run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year’s Eve. And yes, New Year’s Eve fal…
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Chicago magician and performer Neil Tobin’s show “Necromancer: Near Death Experience” will have two final Halloween-season performances at Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave. Th…
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Given it’s in the 30s outside, all the sudden, is it not too soon to talk about the holidays? The city on Friday announced a schedule of holiday events for Millennium Park and the surround…
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You can get buried alive, chased by a demented clown, get souvenir scare photos, get lost in a graveyard, pay to scare other people, pay to skip the line, get chased by a demented clown with…
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The Steep Theatre on the Far North Side neighborhood of Edgewater has a new cabaret space: The Boxcar. The intimate new venue opens this weekend in 1113 W. Berwyn Ave., an expansion into the…
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Chicago's Amy Morton will direct an all-women “Glengarry Glen Ross” on Broadway, the Tribune reported late Thursday. Morton, of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, has acted a number of ti…
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“Come From Away” will make its first landing in Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday. The unlikely musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, will play July 30 to Aug. 1…
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Time for more “Memory”: The national tour of “Cats” is coming back to Chicago in July 2019, presenter Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. The record-breaker of an Andrew Lloyd Web…
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Come with your dancing shoes, come barefoot, come as you are, this summer's lineup for Chicago SummerDance begins in June 2018 in Grant Park. The June 28 to Aug. 24 lineup, announced Thursda…
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Want a first look at summer in Chicago? The 2018 summer lineup for Millennium Park has been announced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Expect more detailed calendars…
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Tickets for “The Cher Show,” the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has y…
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Pivot Arts on Thursday announced the lineup for this summer's Pivot Arts Festival, the sixth year for the fest. It's slated to run June 1-10 in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods…
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The lineup was announced Tuesday for the Onion Comedy & Arts Festival in Chicago, running at various venues May 30 to June 3 and celebrating the Onion's 30th anniversary as a publication. Th…
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This is our 2017 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we've run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year's Eve. This year the eve is on Sunday, w…
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What are you doing for New Year's Eve? Save the Seats is our annual feature with loads of Dec. 31 ticket reservations for the big night, and they're all for Tribune readers when the time com…
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The lineup is in place for the 17th annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, according an announcement Monday from SketchFest executive producer Jill Valentine. Running Jan. 11-21 at Stage 773…
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The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for "Blind Date," an upcoming new play by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls. "Blind Date" is about Ronald Reagan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PM"Burning Bluebeard," that most unlikely and critically acclaimed holiday show, is back again this winter for a short run of six performances, The Neo-Futurists and The Ruffians announced Thu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMThe next block of tickets for “Hamilton” in Chicago go on sale 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, the show announced Thursday. Tickets will be available for performances through Sept. 2, 2018. Thi…
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