Monday, September 18, 2017
The PrivateBank Theatre at 18 W. Monroe St. will soon have a new name and marquee, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. Following a June acquisition, the PrivateBank, where the Chicago prod…
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The Factory Theater announced its 25th season of world premieres, along with the company's new co-artistic directors, Thursday. Opening the season is Mike Ooi's "Captain Steve's Caring Kingd…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PM[SHARE]"Spamilton" will end its open run in Chicago Oct. 8, the New York based producers of the hit "Hamilton" parody announced Thursday. The skewering of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize-winnin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PM[SHARE]David McDermott will join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's leadership team as executive director, the company announced Thursday. McDermott currently serves as the first deputy commissioner of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 13, 2017
The Gift Theatre announced the cast of its world premiere production of Janine Nabers' "A Swell in the Ground" Wednesday. The nonlinear look at the lives of four college friends will star en…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PM[SHARE]Kiki Layne, an actress who was named one of the Tribune's Hot New Faces of Chicago theater in 2016, will play the lead role in Barry Jenkins and Annapurna's adaptation of James Baldwin's nov…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PM[SHARE]Megan Carney will be About Face Theatre's new artistic director, the company's board of directors announced Wednesday. Carney currently serves as the director of the Gender and Sexuality Ce…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Casting is complete for Tracy Letts' world premiere drama "The Minutes," along with upcoming winter productions, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. Danny McCarthy and Jeff Still …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PM[SHARE]Windy City Playhouse will present a world premiere immersive theater production in February, the company announced Tuesday. "Southern Gothic," written by Leslie Liautaud and directed by Davi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PM[SHARE]Some people spend their whole lives dreaming about their Broadway debuts. Others make theirs before middle school. Eli Tokash is one of those lucky few. He's a 14-year-old from the Pittsburg…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 11, 2017
Pegasus Theatre Chicago announced its 2017-18 season Monday. First up is "Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery" (Nov. 8-Dec. 10), Shay Youngblood's coming-of-age tale about a young black girl in th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PM[SHARE]Goodman Theatre will host a public event honoring the life and legacy of the longtime Chicago actor Howard Witt, the company announced Monday. Witt is known for his Tony-nominated performan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 7, 2017
TimeLine Theatre Company announced the cast of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" Thursday. "In the Next Room," the second production of TimeLine's 2017-18 season, will f…
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Four performing arts students have been awarded college scholarships from a fund honoring Bernie G. Yvon, the longtime Chicago actor who died in an automobile accident in 2014. This year's r…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PM[SHARE]Theater Wit announced complete casting for its 2017-18 season Wednesday. As previously announced, Alex Weisman, soon to make his Broadway debut in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," will s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Underscore Theatre Company announced its 2017-18 season Wednesday. "Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody)" (Oct. 13-Nov. 19), featuring book, music and lyrics by Preston M. All…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Ellen Chenoweth has been named the interim director of the Dance Presenting Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, it was announced Tuesday. Chenoweth, who is currently the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PM[SHARE]The MCL Chicago comedy theater will cease operations effective March 1, management announced Tuesday. Full programming will continue through Jan. 31. MCL Chicago was founded in 2014, when th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PM[SHARE]Steep Theatre announced the cast of Ayad Akhtar's "The Invisible Hand" Tuesday. The season opener, a political thriller about an American banker taken hostage, will star Owais Ahmed, Anand B…
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This week's Showcase features a song from the rock musical "Hair," now playing at the Mercury Theater. Michelle Lauto, who stars as the second-semester NYU protestor Sheila, sings "Easy to B…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:16PM[SHARE]Northwest Indiana's Theatre at the Center announced the complete cast of "Big River" Friday. James Romney and Jonathan Butler-Duplessis will star as Huck and Jim, respectively. Romney will…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wishes have been granted by a genie and a magic carpet has flown for months at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the national touring production of Disney's "Aladdin" has brought…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Drury Lane Theatre announced its 2018-19 season Tuesday. First up is Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "South Pacific" (April 5-June 17). Next up is Tennessee Williams…
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Your next shot at scoring "Hamilton" tickets is coming up next week. Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago announced Wednesday that a new block of tickets for the Chicago productio…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 22, 2017
The Second City's "She the People: Girlfriends' Guide to Sisters Doing it for Themselves" will open this fall at UP Comedy Club. The new sketch comedy show, created, designed and performed b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15PM[SHARE]The Stratford Festival of Canada, a longtime summer favorite of Chicago theater fans, has announced its 2018 season, which will mark Robert Lepage's Stratford directorial debut with a social…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PM[SHARE]Victory Gardens Theater announced complete casting for four productions in its 2017-18 season Tuesday. As previously announced, "Fun Home" (Sept. 19-Nov. 12), featuring music by Jeanine Teso…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PM[SHARE]Friday, August 18, 2017
A Red Orchid Theatre announced a new associate artistic director, development director and audience services manager Friday. Ensemble member Shade Murray will serve as the theater's first as…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Neo-Futurists' 2017-18 season will include three world premieres by Kirsten Riiber, Trevor Dawkins and Lily Mooney, the company announced Wednesday. The first Prime Time production will …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PM[SHARE]Monday, August 14, 2017
Dick Smothers, one part of the famous comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, will appear in iO Theater's Chicago Musical Improv Festival this weekend. Smothers will appear as the guest monologist…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]Goodman Theatre announced the lineup of its 14th annual New Stages Festival Monday. Featuring three weeks of developmental productions and staged readings, the free fest runs Sept. 20-Oc…
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