Monday, July 1, 2013
Black Ribbon Theater is excited to announce its premiere of Cowboy Mouth by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith. Cowboy Mouth will be performed at the Athenaeum Theatre (2936 N. Southport Ave, Chi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:22PMFrom the moment the lights go up on the World Premiere of Bailiwick’s Mahal by resident playwright Danny Bernardo, there is something instantly engaging about this transplanted family …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:36PM THE VENUE If you want to see the biggest names in music live in memorable Chicago concerts, you’ll find them at The Venue at Horseshoe Hamm…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:32PMKokandy Productions proudly presents the musical “The Last Five Years”, August 2 through 25 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Traditionally, “The Last Five Years”…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:00PMFriday, June 28, 2013
Bailiwick Chicago Theater concludes its 2012/13 season with the world premiere of the family drama MAHAL by Resident Playwright Danny Bernardo, directed by Erica Weiss, playing June 26 – A…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:10PMEscape the New York summer heat with “Christmas in July” at Joe’s Pub at The Public where Chicago’s About Face Theatre in association with John Sanders presents a concert vers…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:44PMRed Tape Theatre is proud to announce the appointment of Brandon Ray as its new Artistic Director, the third in Red Tape’s ten-year history. Ray was previously the inaugural Artistic D…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:26PMWhen the Twist, the Pony and the Watusi replace the galliard and gavotte, and ruffs and farthingales give way to Aloha shirts and bikinis, one may well ask with Viola “What country, fr…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:43PMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) celebrated its season on Monday, June 17, with GALA 2013 at its home on Navy Pier, raising more than $1.1 million forChicago Shakespeare in Urban Co…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:08PMABOUT THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS: The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) was established in 2009 to elevate the importance of theater arts education in…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:58PMCo-founders John Stoops, Tim Evans, and Marc Grapey proudly announce the inaugural season of Three Oaks Theater Festival, a new summer theater festival that will bring three limited-eng…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:13AMThursday, June 27, 2013
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center is pleased to welcome summer with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musical WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND with lyrics by Jim Steinman, book by Patricia Knop, Andre…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:08PMBroadway In Chicago is pleased to announce WICKED, Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, will be flying its own WICKED Hot Air Balloon, to Lisle, Illinois, for the “Eyes to the Skies Festival…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:55AMDr. Suess’ The Cat in the Hat has gone through many incarnations of late, including a big budget Hollywood film that went a bit astray. The mischievous Cat that we all wanted to s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:50AM Dead Writers Theatre Collective shall present a benefit-staged reading of Brenda Kilianski’s Loos Ends: A Hollywood Memoir directed by Charlie McGrath. Performances are Wednesday,…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:03AMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Playwright Eduardo De Filippo’s 1948 masterwork Inner Voices returns triumphant in 2013 thanks to the incredible artistic craftsmanship of Piccolo Teatro di Milano which has arrived f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:48PMThe Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announced today confirmed speakers added to the 2013 Fall Festival, which will explore the theme of Animal: What makes us human?Speakers announced in…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:19PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce their annual FREE BROADWAY IN CHICAGO SUMMER CONCERT will take place on Monday, August 5, 2013 at 6:15 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:15PMThursday, June 20, 2013
The Joffrey Ballet and Artistic Director Ashley C. Wheater today announced that veteran Chicago arts administrator Greg Cameron, most recently the Chief Operating Officer of WTTW/WFMT, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:55PM“Come hear the music play…” this summer at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E Congress Pkwy) and the Katten/Landau studio (425 S Wabash, 4th Floor) when both spaces a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:37PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce a 3:00 p.m. performance of ALTON BROWN LIVE! THE EDIBLE INEVITABLE TOUR will be added on February 8, 2014 at the Oriental Theatre (24 West…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:30PMWednesday, June 19, 2013
The New York Daily News is reporting that James Gandolfini has suffered a massive heart attack and has died. A press-shy celeb who got his start as a character actor and became famous relati…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:50PMThis summer, Steppenwolf ensemble member—and former artistic director—Randall Arney returns to Chicago to stage Greg Pierce’s hit play, Slowgirl, which premiered at Lincoln Center Th…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:11PM Chicago native Bernie Sahlins (1922-2013), a true champion and icon for the Chicago theatre community, was a prolific Chicago producer. Mr. Sahlins was Co-Founder of The Playwrights The…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMTuesday, June 18, 2013
“Cirque Shanghai: Dragon’s Thunder” will feature an additional performance on Thursday, July 4, with performances at 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Navy Pier July 4 fireworks cel…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:12PM Broadway In Chicago, Emerald City Theatre and First Stage are thrilled to announce their partnership for the holiday classic, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER®. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REI…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:50AM“We all are, to some degree, in a state of being halfway. Between birth and death, sanity and insanity, sober independence and complete, falling down addiction. We are neither moral nor im…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:38AMMonday, June 17, 2013
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that five‐time Tony Award® winning PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, written by Tony Award nominee Rick Elice and directed by Tony® Award‐winne…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:24PMThursday, June 13, 2013
Podcast with Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’s KURT JENKINS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Actor/musician Kurt Jenkins discusses playing rock & roll legend Buddy Holly in the new nati…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:56PMWednesday, June 12, 2013
Performances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s season-concluding, Chicago-premiere production of Belleville by Amy Herzog begin June 27. Obie Award-winning director Anne Kauffman—wh…
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