Friday, October 24, 2014
The groundbreaking of the new, Studio Gang-designed Writers Theatre in Glencoe took place on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:11PMThis week’s Theater Loop Showcase is Josh Young from the new musical “Amazing Grace,” currently playing the Bank of America Theatre.
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Tickets for the return engagement of the national tour of “The Book of Mormon,” the musical comedy by Matt Stone, Trey Parker (“South Park”) and Robert Lopez (“Avenue Q,” “Froz…
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“Burning Bluebeard” will return to Theater Wit for three weeks this winter, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Kate Piatt-Eckert, Steep Theatre's business manager for the past year, will become the small Edgewater company's new executive director, it was announced on Thursday.
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Griffin Theatre Company announced the cast of its upcoming production of Lanford Wilson’s “Balm in Gilead” on Wednesday. Director Jonathan Berry’s production will include a whopping …
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Eclipse Theatre Company, the theater that dedicates each season to the work of only one playwright, will produce three plays by Terrence McNally in 2015.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMDrury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook announced the cast of its upcoming production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Camelot” on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:13PMThe Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit, a yearlong residency program meant to nurture playwrights as they develop new works, will include four participants during the 2014-15 season, the theat…
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This week’s Theater Loop Showcase is soprano Marina Rebeka from “Don Giovanni,” currently in a new production directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls at Lyric Opera.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:49PMTony Award-winner Shuler Hensley will play the mean, green Grinch in the national tour of “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at the Chicago Theatre this fall, the…
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will return to the United Center and Allstate Arena in Rosemont in November with “Legends,” a melange of traditional circus and mythological beasts, it…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:16PMRivendell Theatre Ensemble announced its 2014-15 season, the company’s twentieth year, on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:52PMA lineup of Broadway talent including 2014 Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller will take part in the previously announced Humanities Festival program “A Night at the Tonys,” hosted by Rob L…
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Theatre at the Center in Munster announced on Wednesday the cast of its upcoming production of “A Christmas Memory,” Duane Poole, Larry Grossman and Carol Hall’s musical adaptation of …
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Chicago Dramatists announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. This is the playwright-centric theater’s first roster of work since the 2012-2013 season. Its last show was “Homecoming 1972�…
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3Arts, the local non-profit organization that supports women artists, artists of color and artists with disabilities, announced the recipients of its 2014 awards at a ceremony at the Museum …
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Cirque Dreams has announced that it will return to Chicago with its holiday show, “Cirque Dreams Holidaze.”
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The Goodman Theatre announced on Thursday the cast of its upcoming collaboration with Second City, “Twist Your Dickens, or Scrooge You!” by Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort. The show previousl…
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American Blues Theater announced casting for its upcoming productions of “Sideman” and “Yankee Tavern” on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMTympanic Theatre Company has announced its 2014-15 season. The storefront company’s eighth year includes two productions.
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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’ reti…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMLookingglass 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 Wonde…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PMOn 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�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMA 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 12:29PMTheater Wit will perform “Bad Jews,” a vicious new comedy by Joshua Harmon, this spring, a representative for the theater announced on Monday.
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