Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member Ian Barford will return to Broadway in the new play "The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time" by Simon Stephens, a spokesperson for the …
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There’s a new Equity-affiliated theater in town. Called Cole Theatre, the nascent company was announced on Tuesday by Chicago actors Boyd Harris, nephew of Steppenwolf Theatre co-found…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:04PMTheatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana announced casting for the upcoming world premiere of “The Beverly Hillbillies, The Musical” on Tuesday. Gregg Opelka composed the score,…
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Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, which performs at the No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, announced its 2014-15 season on Monday.
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Black Ensemble Theater announced its 2014 season on Thursday. Beginning with the previously slated “One Hit Wonders,” the season is made up of three musical productions.
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The Saints, a volunteer group whose members usher local productions, announced $100,000 in grants to 22 performing arts groups on Wednesday. The grants range from $900 to $7500 and are meant…
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Aidy Bryant, Rachel Dratch and Jack McBrayer will appear in a fundraising event hosted by The Second City benefiting Gilda’s Club Chicago and The Second City Alumni Fund, the theater s…
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On Monday the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced the cast of its upcoming production of the musical “Godspell,” composer Stephen Schwartz’s hippie take on the New T…
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The Harris Theater for Music and Dance announced its 2014-15 dance season on Friday. The season features the Chicago debut of two international companies: the Beijing Dance Theater and Scott…
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ShawChicago, a company devoted to staged readings of the plays of George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries, announced its 2014-15 season on Wednesday. Two of the titles belong to the compa…
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced casting for the world premiere of "The Qualms" by Bruce Norris on Tuesday. Norris is the author of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and Olivier Award-winn…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:37PMA Red Orchid Theatre in Old Town announced its 2014-15 season, the theater’s 22nd, on Tuesday.
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“MythBusters: Behind the Myths” will play one performance in Chicago on December 6, Broadway In Chicago said on Monday. The touring show features Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, t…
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Casting was announced for Victory Gardens Theater’s upcoming revival of “Death and the Maiden” by Ariel Dorfman on Thursday.
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Profiles Theatre will perform David Mamet’s “Cryptogram,” a characteristically tense Mamet drama that’s celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, as part of th…
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Comedian Eddie Izzard sat down with theater critic Chris Jones for this interview, which recalls Izzard’s long history with Chicago. His new show, “Force Majeure,” plays th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:48PMCasting for “Amazing Grace,” the new musical set to begin performances at the Bank of America Theatre on October 9, was announced on Wednesday. The show features music and lyrics…
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Sideshow Theatre Company announced its 2014-15 season on Monday. All three plays will be performed at the Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater where the company continues in residenc…
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
A Red Orchid Theatre has extended its acclaimed production of Marisa Wegrzyn’s flight attendant comedy “Mud Blue Sky” five weeks, the theater said on Wednesday. It will now…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:58PMOn May 13, the Goodman Theatre will celebrate the life of Robert Christen, the theater’s Resident Lighting Designer who died on March 9 at the age of 64. Christen spent over three deca…
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The cast of the Goodman Theatre’s summer revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Brigadoon” was announced on Monday. The theater also said that writ…
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The theater company The Neo-Futurists announced its 2014-15 season on Friday. The theater also said that Kurt Chiang will succeed Megan Mercier as Artistic Director. Chiang will work alongsi…
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Chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks, William Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz, and his wife, Marilyn, have made a multimillion dollar gift to the Northwestern University School of Communica…
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Chicago arts organizations will receive $1,233,500 in grants from the National Endowment for The Arts this year, 2014 headlined by a $100,000 grant to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for its Mo…
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The House Theatre of Chicago’s 2014-15 season will feature "The Iron Stag King," "The Crownless King" and the new "The Excelsior King," the company's three-part fantasy saga, performed…
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Columbia College Chicago has announced that it will present theater artist Jim Jacobs with a 2014 honorary degree.
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