Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Robert Falls has been named a 2015 inductee into The Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in American Theater. Falls has been artistic director of Goodman Theatre since 1986 and rec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:51PM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2015
Chicago Dramatists has announced its 2015-16 season, the first without Russ Tutterow and with new artistic director Meghan Beals.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:28AM[SHARE]Iconic comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short will perform one-night-only in a show billed as "An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2015
Funny men Tim Kazurinsky and George Wendt spoke with Chris Jones this week about Northlight Theatre's upcoming production of "Funnyman."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:39PM[SHARE]Hershey Felder has announced a swap of shows in his upcoming programming at the Royal George Theatre. The previously announced "Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin" will now open Oct. 30 and pla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PM[SHARE]Funny men Tim Kazurinsky and George Wendt spoke with Chris Jones this week about Northlight Theatre's upcoming production of "Funnyman." In "Funnyman," art imitates the lives of famous…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Teller, of the famed magician duo Penn and Teller, chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming production of "The Tempest." Teller lent his…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:46AM[SHARE]Teller, of the famed magician duo Penn and Teller, chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming production of "The Tempest." Teller lent his…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2015
Broadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for "Unspeakable," the upcoming biographical journey through the life of Richard Pryor.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PM[SHARE]Broadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for "Unspeakable," the upcoming biographical journey through the life of Richard Pryor.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 10, 2015
City Lit Theater, known for its adaptations of literary works, has announced its 2015-16 season. Nicholas Meyer's "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," adapted by City Lit artistic director Ter…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Windy City Playhouse, Chicago's newest Equity company, has announced its 2016 season. Three Chicago premieres are slated for the coming year, marking the theater's second year of operation.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:01PM[SHARE]American Theatre Company has announced that the 80s camp musical "Xanadu" will close out its 2015-16 season, along with naming directors for the previously announced productions. The season …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PM[SHARE]Windy City Playhouse, Chicago's newest Equity company, has announced its 2016 season. Two Chicago premieres are slated for the coming year, marking the theater's second year of operation.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Broadway in Chicago has announced that veteran Broadway choreographer Christopher Gattelli will join the team of the pre-Broadway tryout of "The Spongebob Musical."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PM[SHARE]The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee will present the 2015 Equity Special Award to actors Paula Scrofano and John Reeger at the Jeff Awards ceremony, in recognition of their contributions t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:24PM[SHARE]The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee will present the 2015 Equity Special Award to actors Paula Scrofano and John Reeger at the Jeff Awards ceremony, in recognition of their contributions t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:11PM[SHARE]The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has announced its 2016 subscription series. The season includes the traditional five-show series, along with a limited-engagement musical.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:32AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 5, 2015
This week's Showcase features Jay W. Cullen, Luke Linsteadt, and Steven Perkins from The Hypocrites' production of "American Idiot." Green Day's punk-rock-opera, based on the Grammy Award wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AM[SHARE]Friday, September 4, 2015
This week's Showcase features Jay W. Cullen, Luke Linsteadt, and Steven Perkins from The Hypocrites' production of "American Idiot."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PM[SHARE]A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its new managing director, Abigail Madden, and new director of development, Jim Kirkhoff. Madden and Kirkhoff replace Rebecca Eaton and Jennifer Sultz, res…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast of its upcoming production of the American premiere of "Ride the Cyclone."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The iO Theater will expand programming to all four stages of its space this September with the addition of The Mission Theater. This announcement comes after the transfer of The Mission from…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Alan Schmuckler and Dave Holstein, musical writing duo of Chicago productions including Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's adaptation of "The Emperor's New Clothes," have teamed up to produce an …
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