Sunday, October 13, 2013
Podcast with JIM SALTOUROS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Emergent Theatre Company, Jim Saltouros discusses his role as Jim Brennen in Bruce Graham’…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:18PMDaniel Harding, awarded the Premio Abbiati by Italian music critics as best conductor of 2011, celebrates Wagner’s centenary with the Prelude and Death of Isolde, the symphonic piece with …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:29PMFifteen years ago, on the night of October 6, 1998, two men lured Matthew Shepard, a gay freshman at the University of Wyoming, from a bar in Laramie, WY. He was kidnapped and driven to a fi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:59PMTimeLine Theatre Company announces a three-week extension of its acclaimed production of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Ron OJ Parson. Originally scheduled to close…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:41PMW.C. Turck, a Chicago-based activist and playwright, has announced the premiere of The People’s Republic of Edward Snowden, a comedic poke at the security state and spy culture through t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:00PMThursday, October 10, 2013
Okay, so the older I am getting, the more of an emotional sap I tend to be. It was last year after I saw Steve Kazee’s Tony acceptance speech for winning Best Actor in the musical Once, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:03PM A Red Orchid Theatre kicks off its 21st season with the Midwest premiere of Trevor, written by Nick Jones (Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black”) and directed by Artistic Associate�…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:45PMAmy Giordano from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. The legendary Gus Giordano Dance School celebrates its 60th Anniversary Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 at 5230 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Andersonville neig…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:29PMWednesday, October 9, 2013
It is not very often I am caught off guard by a production, but Pride Film and Play’s World Premiere production of Martin Casella’s Directions for Restoring The Apparently Dead did just …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:47PMWorld-renowned Irish super-group Celtic Thunder performs MYTHOLOGY live at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State, on Friday, Oct. 18 at 7:30pm, as part of their Fall 2013 62-city Canada and…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:12PMDrury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, celebrates 30 years of producing critically-acclaimed musicals and plays with its stellar 2014-2015 season. The internationally celebrated musical LES MI…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:05PMTuesday, October 8, 2013
It is no secret that America’s criminal justice system is horribly broken. Massive cuts in rehabilitative programs coupled with the inherent public relations soundbite that our politicia…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:46PMMonday, October 7, 2013
Podcast with ‘Once The Musical’s’ ALEX NEE from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Catching up with one of Showbiz Chicago’s favorites, ALEX NEE, who discusses going from AMER…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:59PM CLICK HERE TO TWEET: It’s official! The incomparable @KChenoweth will star in New Year’s Eve concert at @SmithCenterLV. Tickets on sale Friday. #NYE #Vegas The Smith Center for …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:52PMFriday, October 4, 2013
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today the release of Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Suiting the Action to the Word, a collection of original essays that furthers the study of Wil…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:18PMFrom the moment the first punch is delivered in the Chicago version of Old Jews Telling Jokes, you know that your life, at least for ninety minutes, is going to be a whole lot happier. �…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:32PMWednesday, October 2, 2013
The legendary Gus Giordano Dance School celebrates its 60th Anniversary Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 at 5230 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. The event kicks off Oct. 12 at 11 …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:59PMIn response to the devastating floods and mudslides in Acapulco, Mexico that killed at least 55 people and caused thousands to be stranded and homeless, including 210 colleagues from Fairmon…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:46PMWith the debut of their all-musical 2014 season, Kokandy Productions announces itself as Chicago’s newest non-Equity musical theater company, dedicated to producing high-stakes musical the…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:35PMTuesday, October 1, 2013
The popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series continues with a screening of High Fidelity, the critically acclaimed story of a record store owner’s heartache and love and the songs t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:06PMChicago’s acclaimed Spectacle company Redmoon kicks off its new “Redmoon INDOORS” Spectacle Series this November with two multimedia events celebrating the ritual of Halloween in fre…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:01PMPerry’s Restaurants, a family-owned group of award-winning steakhouses, will open an 11,000-square-foot location of its award-winning Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille in Oak Brook, Illino…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:48PMUsing its trademark interactive style, The Agency Theater Collective will tell the story of Stuart Levine, the fallen Chicago power broker whose lurid testimony brought down some of Illinois…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:59PMTheater Wit and Chicago’s own Nora Dunn, actress, comedienne and writer, have announced that Dunn’s premiere of her one-woman show, Mythical Proportions, has been extended by po…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:39PMHome Run Inn (HRI), Chicago’s Premium Pizza and recently rated #1 as the best frozen pizza by Consumer Reports, shares economical and easy-to-make recipes with fresh toppings on frozen pi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:28PMTo say that BoHo Theatre’s production of of Ira Levin’s thriller Veronica’s Room is extraordinary theatre would be an understatement. From the moment you walk into the intimate s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:27AMSunday, September 29, 2013
It is said that true artists can see beauty where none exists. In the Nazi camp of Theresienstadt, artists were forced to see beauty when none existed. That is thrust the emotionally ric…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:38PMTuesday, September 24, 2013
Podcast with Irma Vep’s Michael Graham, Brandon Johnson & Ben Mueller from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Brandon Johnson, Ben Muller and Michael Graham discuss Piccolo Theatre’s …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:46PMBroadway In Chicago has announced the upcoming 2014 spring season line-up. Supporting Broadway In Chicago’s commitment to Chicagoans seeing shows first, the season features four premie…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:47PMSunday, September 22, 2013
Podcast with EVITA’s JOSH YOUNG from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Josh Young discusses playing the iconic role of Che in the new National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:23PMPodcast with Irma Vep’s Michael Graham, Brandon Johnson & Ben Muller from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Brandon Johnson, Ben Muller and Michael Graham discuss Piccolo Theatre’s h…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:17PM 
