Thursday, January 22, 2015
American Blues Theater announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday. The three plays and one musical will be performed at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln Park where the company is in re…
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It’s been over six months since the mammoth ill-fated arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” was set to play the United Center. That 51-city tour, …
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A notable group of stage and screen artists will celebrate the life of Sheldon Patinkin, the theater artist and teacher who died Sept. 21, it was announced on Friday.
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Shattered Globe Theatre announced the final show of its 2014-15 season Thursday. It’s “The Grown-Up” by Jordan Harrison.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:09PMMore key casting was announced for Lyric Opera’s spring production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carousel” on Thursday.
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A memorial for Julia Neary, the DePaul University professor and theater artist who died Jan. 3,
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PMA memorial for Julia Neary, the DePaul University professor and theater artist who died Jan. 3, will be held Saturday Jan. 24 at the Merle Reskin Theatre, a representative for DePaul said on…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PMWriters Theatre artistic director Michael Halberstam will direct Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” for the young Definition Theatre Company, a spokeswoman for the production said on Tu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMCasting was announced for “Louis & Keely ‘Live’ at The Sahara” on Wednesday. Produced by Hershey Felder, the musical show is set to begin performances at the Royal George Theatre in …
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An opening act of the inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, “Freeze!,” has been cancelled two days before it was set to begin performances at Chicago Shakespeare Theat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:11PMCasting for The Hypocrites’s productions of “Endgame” — coming hot on the heels of its currently-running Gilbert and Sullivan repertory — and "The Three Sisters" was announced on M…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:27PMThe Goodman Theatre announced a cast replacement for its fast approaching production of Gina Gionfriddo’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn” on Monday.
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British comedian Simon Amstell will bring his new show to Chicago this spring, a spokesman for the tour said on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:59PMThe national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical "Once," based on the 2007 romantic, indie movie-musical of the same name, will come back to Chicago this spring, Broadway in Chicago said …
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The upcoming pre-Broadway tryout, “First Wives Club,” announced its full cast on Wednesday morning.
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Tickets for participating productions in Chicago Theatre Week, the League of Chicago Theatres and Choose Chicago's annual period of discounted show tickets, went on sale Tuesday morning.
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Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of “Porchlight Revisits… City of Angels” on Friday.
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The Mercury Theater announced the cast of its winter production of “The Addams Family” on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:07PMTuesday, December 30, 2014
The theater and dance communities of Chicago are mourning the death of Eric Eatherly, a publicist for the Chicago-based Silverman Group and a former dancer. He was 35. Eatherly died Monday i…
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Steep Theatre in Edgewater announced the cast of its upcoming production of “The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle” on Monday.
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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 Art…
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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.
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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.
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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 12:30PMThis Theater Loop Showcase is Dan DeLuca and Zachary Sayle from the national tour of Disney’s “Newsies.”
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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 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:39PMThe 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 …
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This Theater Loop Showcase video is soprano Adina Aaron from “Porgy and Bess” at Lyric Opera.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:38PMIt'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.
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Lock up your daughters! Kokandy Productions announced the cast of its upcoming production of “The Full Monty” on Monday.
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