While in Chicago on Tuesday, the Grammy Award-winning musician Sting stopped by Tribune Tower to have a chat with theater critic Chris Jones. In addition to Sting's many albums and internati…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:18AMOn Saturday Feb. 22, the starry cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of “Of Mice and Men,” currently rehearsing in Chicago, stopped by the Goodman Theatre to take in a performan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:49PMThe Chicago Commercial Collective, a young for-profit producing entity, announced on Thursday the next two local productions it will remount: The original Inconvenience staging of “Hit…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:12PMAn electrical fire at theHarris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E. Randolph St. at Millennium Park) has prompted the cancellation of Wednesday night's performance of the Hamburg Ballet's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:22PMThe Joffrey Ballet announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. The company’s twentieth year in Chicago will feature eight premieres and some familiar Joffrey classics. &n…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM"The Lincoln Lodge Comedy Showcase," the 14-year-old weekly stand-up show that was recently displaced by the shuttering of its longtime home, The Lincoln Restaurant, seven weeks ago, has fou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:39PMThe Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California — owned by Gary and Kathleen Marshall — will present the West Coast premiere of of “The Last Act of Lilka Kadison” in associ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:13PMThe Second City e.t.c. announced the cast and creative team of its 38th revue on Wednesday. Second City Touring Company director Jen Ellison stages her first resident stage show, which will …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:47PMProducers of “The Last Ship,” the new musical by Sting having its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago this summer, announced casting and the show's future Broadway home on Wednesday. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:04PMTickets for “The Last Ship,” the new Broadway-bound musical with an original score by Sting, will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 14, representatives for Broadway In Chicago announced…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:23PMTimeLine Theatre Company has announced eight playwrights for its inaugural Playwrights Collective, representatives for the theater said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:18PMStage 773 has announced the line-up for the second annual “Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival,” a festival dedicated to the geekier sect of the Chicago funny scene, representatives for…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:22PMThe Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced the cast of its upcoming production of Jonathan Larson's 1996 musical “Rent” on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:11PMCollaboraction announced the lineup for its 14th annual Sketchbook festival on Thursday. Titled “SKETCHBOOK 14: 2049,” the collection of 18 world-premiere performance pieces cura…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:24PMNorthlight Theatre’s upcoming world premiere of Christian O’Reilly’s “Chapatti” will travel to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland in July 2014, the theater ann…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PMWriters Theatre's acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" has been extended three weeks through April 6, the theater announced on Wednesday. Kimberly Senior directs the product…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:49PMOn Monday Writers Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of August Strindberg’s “The Dance of Death,” the American premiere of playwright Conor McPherson&rsq…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:21PMMore than 20 theaters and 100 bars and restaurants in the Lakeview neighborhood have come together to form the Belmont Theater District, representatives for the Lakeview and Lakeview East Ch…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:12PMThe Grammy Award-winning musician Sting will appear at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in a benefit event to support the theater's Artistic Development Fund on Feb. 24, Steppenwolf announced on …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:24AMCasting was announced on Tuesday for the world premiere of playwright Mona Mansour's "The Way West," a serio-comic play of frontier tales told by a modern downtrodden California mom, at Step…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMLyric Opera has solved its Maria problem. The Broadway actress Jenn Gambatese ("Tarzan: The Musical"), most recently seen in Chicago as Glinda in the national tour of "Wicked," will play Mar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMBased on a sketch from The Second City e.t.c. revue, "A Clown Car Named Desire," cast members Brooke Breit, Mike Kosinski and Chris Witaske write and star in "Welcome To American Apparel," …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:45PMAs part of the 2014 Garage Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre Company will bring back Late Night @ Garage Rep, an after-hours rotation of weekly fringe performances beginning on March 6, the company a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PMA new Phantom will don the famous mask tonight in Chicago. Previously the title character's understudy, actor Cooper Grodin assumes the role of the Phantom in the national tour of Andrew Llo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMNPR's Joe Frank will bring his one-man show "Murdered by the Mind" to Steppenwolf Theatre Company for one night only on Saturday March 1, the theater announced on Wednesday. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTonight's performance of "Ghost the Musical," the first in Chicago for the nationally touring show, has been cancelled, Broadway In Chicago said on Tuesday morning, citing "production transp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:24PMTickets for the 2014 Chicago Theatre Week go on sale Jan. 7, the League of Chicago Theatres announced on Friday. The League, in partnership with Choose Chicago, expects over 100 productions …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMSeanachaí Theatre Company's production of Conor McPherson's "The Seafarer" will extend four weeks at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, the company announced on Monday. The play will now c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:11PMCourt Theatre in Hyde Park has announced the cast of "Seven Guitars," the 1940s portion of August Wilson's Century Cycle. The cast includes Felicia P. Fields, Allen Gilmore, Ronald Conner, J…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:18PMGriffin Theatre Company announced the full cast of "Golden Boy," Clifford Odets' boxing story, on Monday. Led by Nate Santana as Joe, the 15-person cast includes Nina O'Keefe, Mark Pracht, P…
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