Wednesday, 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…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:48PMSpectrum Fine Art Gallery is pleased to premier Still in the night, a new series of photographs by award-winning Chicago fine art photographer and community leader, Lou Raizin. The show ru…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:39PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces the appointment of Artistic Associate Kimberly Senior. Kimber…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:40PMMusical relevancy is a hard notion to determine. What was considered groundbreaking fifty years ago now maybe considered superfluous for today’s audience. Not so with the 2009 reviva…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:41AMTuesday, June 11, 2013
First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83), will present the rollicking World Premiere of SHAKESPEARE’S CYMBELINE: A FOLK TALE WITH MUSIC, previewing June 19, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:54PMStrawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland are proud to announce their 2013 – 2014 season. The 26th Strawdog season includes Conversations on a Homecoming by…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:45PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON stars, Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt, performed the Chicago Cubs Seventh Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field yesterday evening, June 10, 2013. THE BOOK OF MORMON has announced tha…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:34PMSpeech & Debate, American Theater Company’s remount of Stephen Karam’s topical play, succeeds on several levels. First, under the direction of P.J. Paparelli, the story wo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:11PMcash loans Podcast with Comedian TODD GLASS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Comedian Todd Glass discusses his career, including coming out as a gay man, his heart attack and the importance of…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:56PMMonday, June 10, 2013
Kinky Boots, the Cyndi Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical adaptation of the film of the same name, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the comedy by Christopher Durang, were re…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:42PMAbout Face Theatre is pleased to kick-off LGBTQ Pride Month with the Chicago premiere of the Olivier Award-winning drama THE PRIDE by Alexi Kaye Campbell, directed by Artistic Director …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:23PMMusic Box Theatre and WBEZ Chicago’s Sound Opinions present the third annual Music Box Summer Music Film Festival with the best new documentary and concert films available about bands…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:15PMSideshow Theatre Company concludes its 2012/13 season with the world premiere of THE BURDEN OF NOT HAVING A TAIL, by Carrie Barrett, directed by ensemble member Megan A. Smith, playing Ju…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:06PMBailiwick 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…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:01PMJackalope Theatre Company, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is pleased to present the world premiere of THE CASUALS, co-written by Chance…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:43PMBailiwick Chicago Theater is pleased to announce its 2013–14 Season, which celebrates daring new work alongside a recharged classic. In March 2014, Artistic Director Lili-Anne Brown direct…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:35PMThe Strange Tree Group presents the world premiere of the elaborate time travel comedy THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN by Elizabeth Bagby, directed by Thrisa Hodits, playing June 18 –…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:26PMJoin Bailiwick Chicago Theater for SUIT & TIE: an after work affair onWednesday, June 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the swanky Hotel Palomar Chicago, 505 N. State. St. Mingle and net…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:13PMThe producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical, have announced that the three-time Tony® nominated production will return for the holiday season with engagements at the The Bushnell in…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:01PMFriday, June 7, 2013
A stage tale of troubled families, a true-life story musical about gay servicemen in World War II and a rousing rock’n'roll revue took home top honors Monday, June 3, at Park West duri…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:06AMThursday, June 6, 2013
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that MOTOWN THE MUSICAL has chosen Chicago as the first stop on its national tour. The hit Broadway musical features music and lyrics from the…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMPodcast with West Side Story’s MARYJOANNA GRISSO from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:18PMPodcast with West Side Story’s MARYJOANNA GRISSO from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. MaryJoanna Grisso discusses playing the iconic role of Maria in the acclaimed National Tour of West Side…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:10PMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Raven Theatre and Vault 13 Productions have teamed up to bring back the wildly popular Black and Blue. Opening night is Friday, June 14th at 8:00 p.m. at The West Stage at the Raven T…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:31PMVictory Gardens Theater announces casting for the world premiere of Mojada by VG Associate Artist Luis Alfaro, directed by Artistic Director Chay Yew. Mojada will run July 12-Augus…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today the acting company and creative team for Shrek The Musical, the Theater’s annual summer family musical, directed and choreographed by�…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:08PMOne of the most exciting things about seeing musicals outside there original big budget context is the ability to discover new relatable relationships that may have gotten overlooked in the …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:08PMFriday, May 31, 2013
There is much emotional uneasiness during the 90 minutes that makes up the Chicago premiere of Ka-Tet Theatre’s Smudge. This three person work by Rachel Axler explores the parental d…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:32PMZipcar, Inc. and Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) announced today a unique new program, Fueling Local Art, that brings CLA’s Pop-Up Art Loop exhibits to festivals throughout Chicago this …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:06AMMusic Box Theatre presents a long lost film from the Hollywood Golden Age when its monthly Silent Cinema Series revives the 1922 Gloria Swanson/Rudolph Valentino treasure Beyond the R…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:58AMThe Chicago Dancing Festival is pleased to announce the programming schedule for its seventh season. Co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and native Chicagoan Lar Lubovi…
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