Wednesday, June 27, 2018
On Wednesday, Steppenwolf for Young Adults announced the full casting for its first show of the 2018-19 season, Tony-winner “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Directed …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMOn Wednesday, Porchlight Music Theatre announced casting for its 2018-19 season opener, “Gypsy.” The Sondheim classic, directed by Michael Weber, will star E. Faye Butler as Rose, Daryn …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AMOn Wednesday, casting was announced for the Chicago premiere of “Homos, or Everyone in America,” the dramedy written by Jordan Seavey that opens Pride Films and Play’s next season. PFP…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:35AMThe wedding’s off! “Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding,” the immersive comedy staged as a wedding ceremony and reception between two Italian-American families, will end its second Chicago run …
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On Monday, the Joffrey Ballet announced that it received a $5 million endowment gift from the Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust in honor of Mary B. Galvin, one of the ballet’s founding…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:15PMOn Monday, Lifeline Theatre announced twenty added performances of its production of Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere,” adapted by ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric and directed by artistic di…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMOn Monday, BoHo Theatre announced the lineup for its 2019 season, the first under incoming artistic director Stephen Schellhardt. The company also announced that it will become a permanent r…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMOn Monday, Scott Sanders Productions and Broadway In Chicago announced complete casting for the world premiere of “Tootsie.” Tony Award-nominee and “Frozen” star Santino Fontana was …
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On Friday, Prop Thtr announced casting for the first production of its 2018-19 season, “Neverland.” The devised riff on J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” written and directed by the Prop�…
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On Thursday, Flying Elephant Productions announced casting for its Chicago premiere of “Defacing Michael Jackson,” the final production of the company’s first season. The show will fea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:55PMTania Castroverde Moskalenko, the CEO of the Auditorium Theatre, will depart the organization at the end of July, according to an announcement Thursday by John Svoboda, chairman of the Audit…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PM“What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world?” That’s how performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon, 26, often introduces their latest poetry chap…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30AMWednesday, June 20, 2018
On Wednesday, Hell in a Handbag Productions announced casting for its fall production of ‘The Artificial Jungle,’ the final play written by camp legend Charles Ludlam, a beloved figure o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMOn Wednesday, Timeline Theatre Company announced casting for Barbara Lebow’s “A Shayna Maidel,” which will open the company’s 22nd season. A drama about a family ripped apart by an a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMEverbody say yeah — “Kinky Boots” is slated for a one-week engagement at the Cadillac in January 2019. The production held its world premiere in Chicago back in October 2012 before hea…
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On Tuesday, Black Button Eyes Productions announced casting for its world premiere of “Nightmares and Nightcaps: the Stories of John Collier,” written and directed by the company’s art…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:20PMDavid Sedaris, whose acid-tongued memoirs of family life have made him a favorite of just about everyone, will be swooping into the Paramount Theatre on November 20 to read from his newest b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:05PMOn Tuesday, Teatro Vista announced the lineup for its 2018-19 season, including the world premiere of “The Abuelas,” a sequel to 2017-18’s “The Madres.” First will be “American J…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:30PMMonday, June 18, 2018
One of Chicago’s most essential one-man shows is going on a three-city tour. “Twisted Melodies,” written and performed by south side-native Kevin Roston, Jr. and originally produced by…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PMOn Monday, Griffin Theatre Company announced casting for the Chicago premiere of “The Harvest,” a drama by Samuel D. Hunter that follows a group of religious neophytes as they plan a mis…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:45PMWednesday, June 13, 2018
On Wednesday, Victory Gardens Theater announced the lineup for this year’s Ignition Festival of New Plays, which marks the series’ tenth anniversary. The fest’s six featured plays will…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PMOn Wednesday, the Joffrey Ballet said that it set an attendance record in 2017-2018, breaking a previous record claimed by the 2016-2017 season. According to the company, total attendance in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:20AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Drury Lane Theatre has announced casting for its remount of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The show will be directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony nominati…
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On Monday, Broadway In Chicago announced that two young local actresses have been cast in the role of “Lulu” during the Chicago engagement of “Waitress.” Camryn Cavaliero, 5, of Chic…
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Janet Ulrich Brooks will make her Theatre at the Center debut when she takes to the stage as Ann Landers in “The Lady with All the Answers.” The show opens on July 15 and will run until …
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On Friday, Northlight Theatre announced casting for its 2018-19 season, with a lineup of five shows that includes the music of Nina Simone and the world premiere of a Jane Austen-adaptation.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:35PMOn Thursday, First Folio Theatre announced casting for its world premiere of “Shrew’d,” a jazz musical that places “The Taming of the Shrew” in 1930’s Chicago. The show will open…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:55AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
Gaga is not a style. Get it right, dilettante. “It’s very important for me to stay away from thinking of my work or my research as being a part of a particular style,” says Ohad Nahari…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:10PMOn Wednesday, full casting for the Chicago premiere of “Heartbreak Hotel” was announced, with Eddie Clendening returning as Elvis, the role he originated at the Ogunquit Playhouse. It’…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMA trans rocker, an Iowa housewife and a troupe of male strippers walk into an Evanston theater — so begins the story of Theo Ubique’s upcoming 2018-19 season. After 13 years at No Exit C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:05AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
On Tuesday, the Marriott Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of ‘Murder for Two,’ in which a duo takes on 13 roles in less than 90 minutes, remaining on stage for the e…
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