Monday, October 29, 2012
Writers’ Theatre continues its season with the Midwest premiere of The Letters by John W. Lowell, directed by Kimberly Senior. The production runs November 13, 2012 – March 3, 201…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:23PMREVIEWED BY: RUSSELL GOELTENBODT Last Friday evening Chicago had the honor of welcoming back legendary singer, actress, director, Barbra Streisand to the United Center. For being such a la…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:33PMFriday, October 26, 2012
The Building Stage has announced the return of Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Again., created and performed by The Building Stage’s Founder and Artistic Dir…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:35PMThe Gift Theatre has announced its 11th season, beginning January 2013. The season opens with a celebration of short world premieres and then presents three radically different productions d…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:30PMWill Act For Food will present the Chicago premiere of THE RECKLESS, RUTHLESS, BRUTAL CHARGE OF IT, or THE TRAIN PLAY, by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by WAFF Artistic Director Andrew Jordan, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:26PMBring the entire family and join Annie, her canine companion Sandy, and her pint-sized cohorts, Nov. 21-Dec. 30, 2012 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora (now the…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:22PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) presents the beloved holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play adapted from Frank Capra’s film and directed by ATC Artistic Associate Jason W…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:17PMThe Board of Directors of About Face Theatre Company has announced that Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar will be stepping down at the end of the theatre’s 2012/13 Season. During her fi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:11PMThursday, October 25, 2012
Executive Director Jan Kallish today announces plans for her departure from Victory Gardens at the end of November 2012. Kallish has been with Victory Gardens since February 2009. Genera…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:38PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, makes a splash with the effervescent musical comedy SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, previewing November 8, opening November 15, and running through January 13, 2…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:42PMThe Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has shattered sales records around the globe with more than 32 million copies sold in the United States alone and a 2013 Universal Pictures feature film re…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:36PMAnthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announces the Midwest premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon), the world’s first mariachi opera…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:09AMHost Michael J. Roberts and entrepreneur Michael Dorf discuss the opening of City Winery in Chicago. When Michael Dorf finds a new passion, he does more than enjoy it. He builds a business a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:03AMTuesday, October 23, 2012
Rarely have I been so engrossed in watching great actors create art than I was watching the amazing Kamal Angelo Bolden and Guy Van Swearingen in Brett Neveu’s The Opponent, which is recei…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:24PMChicago’s newest theatre company, The Eclectic Theatre Company, is dedicated to presenting “niche less” theatre, focusing on story regardless of genre, style, or age. They believe in t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:44PMBroadway In Chicago has announced that I LOVE LUCY® LIVE ON STAGE, the brand new hit musical stage show adapted from the longest-running and most beloved television program in history, star…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:32PMEVET Arts, a new theatre company based jointly in Chicago and Boston, will make its Chicago debut with a new work of physical theatre entitledTrajectories: Part 1. Trajectories will ru…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:23PMVictory Gardens continues its 2012-13 season with the World Premiere of Failure: A Love Story, written by VG Ensemble Playwright Philip Dawkins and directed by Seth Bockley.The producti…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:19PMThe Black Ship Co. is proud to announce the Chicago premiere of Foreverendia, by Brian Tuttle and directed by The Black Ship Co.’s Artistic Director Nicki Mazzocca, November 28 – Decemb…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:09PM“Life is a Cabaret” once more when The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University welcomes Chicago favorites to perform in the Katten/Landau Studio Series (425 S Wabash, 4th Floor). Hu…
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:23PMShowBiz Chicago Podcast Irvine Welsh from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Irvine Welsh is the author of twelve works of fiction, including Trainspotting, The Acid House, Ecstasy and Filth, all of …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:20PM3Arts is honored to announce the ten recipients of its 5th annual 3Arts Awards, presented to women artists, artists of color and artists with disabilities working in the performing, teac…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:52PMSPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, the hilarious and naughty new musical parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, will dominate willing audiences at the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halste…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:19PMCity Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, the city’s newest concert venue, restaurant and only fully operational winery, presents the return of Nikki Hill, November 25; an Evening of…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:10PMSundance Institute today announced that it has established a first-of-its-kind Tennessee Williams Award to honor emerging playwrights who have participated in its Theatre Program Labs. Permi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:16AM WHAT: A Private Party: Celebrate the sounds and sights of Bollywood at Circle Theatre’s Annual Benefit THE HOOK Relax and enjoy Circle Theatre’s special invitation-only perf…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:07AMIt has been over a decade since last viewing a production of Lanford Wilson’s wallowing play Burn This, which is getting laborious remount by Shattered Globe Theatre. First opening…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:34AMSunday, October 21, 2012
The mask of familial harmony is ripped off and the wounds are exposed in Yazmina Reza’s hit God of Carnage, the 2009 Tony Award winning comedy which was recently turned into a feature film…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:57PMTheatre Seven of Chicago, recipient of the 2012 Emerging Theater Award, is pleased to kick off its 2012/13 Season with the professional world premiere of AMERICAN STORM, by Carter W. Lewi…
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