Thursday, October 13, 2016
Victory Gardens Theater has announced the cast of Karen Hartman's "Roz and Ray." The world premiere stars Mary Beth Fisher as Roz and James Vincent Meredith as Ray. As previously annou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:50PM[SHARE]Black Ensemble Theater announced its 2017 season of revues on Thursday. The five-play slate will celebrate African-American dance history. Opening the season is "The Nicholas Brothers," (Feb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PM[SHARE]Musically Human, the new Equity musical theater company based in Highland Park, will not open its inaugural production of the musical "Passion" this month as originally planned. "In the last…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the national tour of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," coming to Chicago in March. Euan Morton, who originated the role of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Winter is coming but it has not stopped "Thrones! The Musical Parody," which will extend for the second time into January. Written and produced by the creative team behind "Baby Wants Candy"…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:47PM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2016
The latest for-profit production to close earlier than expected in Chicago will be "The Bardy Bunch." The early end was announced Monday. The Shakespearean send-up of families Partridge and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 9, 2016
"Cheers Live on Stage" closed its Chicago run early, playing its final performance to an audience who know everybody's names on Sunday. Tribune critic Chris Jones gave the production 3 stars…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:27PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2016
Cast members from the Chicago premiere of "Ride the Cyclone" will make the trip to New York to join the MCC Theater production. Original Chicago cast members Lillian Castillo, Karl Ham…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PM[SHARE]Ruth Sherwood, the protagonist of Leonard Bernstein's 1953 musical "Wonderful Town," is a Bechdel test-passing, expert man-losing, scoop-searching journalist whose dreams catapult her out of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
"Hand to God," Robert Askins' play about a Sunday school kid who creates a possessed puppet, has extended again at Victory Gardens Theater. The production, directed by Gary Griffin, w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:12PM[SHARE]American Theater Company has announced the cast of the Chicago premiere of "Men on Boats." The cast includes ensemble member Kelly O'Sullivan as William Dunn, Lawren Carter as Hall, Er…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 29, 2016
Congo Square Theatre announced its 2016-17 season, including two Chicago premieres, on Thursday. December will see the return of "A Joyful Noise: A Nativity Tribute" at the DuSable Museum…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Griffin Theatre Company has announced the cast of "Winterset," its 2016-17 season opener. The cast includes Maurice Demus as Mio and Kiayla Jackson as Miriamne, with Chris Acevedo, Larry …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Monday, September 26, 2016
Two performing arts students have been awarded the first college scholarships from a fund honoring Bernie G. Yvon, the longtime Chicago actor who died in an automoble accident in 2014. Ka…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:47PM[SHARE]Casting is complete for "Singin' in the Rain," the Marriott Theatre announced Monday. The production will feature Danny Gardner as Don Lockwood, Mary Michael Patterson as Kathy Seldon, Richa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:31AM[SHARE]Friday, September 23, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda kicked off his shoes (to show off his "Sunday in the Park with George" socks), Chris Jones picked up a mic to beatbox and a few thousand lucky "Hamilton" fans gathered tog…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30PM[SHARE]Mike Daisey, monologist and the creator of "The Trump Card," will perform the piece for one night only in Chicago to kick off the run of Theater Wit's production. Daisey will perform his mon…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 22, 2016
Robert Bathurst, known as Sir Anthony Strallan on "Downton Abbey," will star in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of "King Charles III," it was announced Thursday. The complete cast f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:40PM[SHARE]Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced casting for "The Christians" and "Straight White Men" on Thursday. Lucas Hnath's megachurch-set "The Christians," to be directed by ensemble member K. T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast of the Chicago premiere of "End of the Rainbow." Angela Ingersoll will star as Judy Garland with Kyle Hatley as Mickey Deans, Jon Steinhagen a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The New Colony has announced a 2017 season with four world premiere productions by Chicago playwrights. Opening the season in the winter is "Psychonaut Librarians" (Jan. 11-Feb. 11), to b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:32PM[SHARE]Paramount Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" on Tuesday. Kari Yancy will star as Ariel with Devin DeSantis as Prince Eric, Murphy Byrne an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:44PM[SHARE]Stage Left Theatre has announced that Jason A. Fleece and Amy Szerlong will be the next co-artistic directors of the company. Fleece, who directed "The Body of an American" at Stage Left The…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:52PM[SHARE]A day-of-show digital ticket lottery will take place for all "Hamilton" performances beginning Sept. 27, producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. A total of 44 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:41AM[SHARE]Friday, September 16, 2016
"Helldrivers of Daytona," the hot-rod hot-mess of a musical that received overwhelmingly negative reviews, has cancelled all future performances. In an e-mailed statement Friday, producer…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Casting has been announced for Calamity West's world premiere "Give It All Back." The production will feature Matt Fletcher, Andrew Goetten, McKenzie Chinn, Lindsey Kite, Paloma Nozicka, Pat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Drury Lane Theatre announced its 2017-18 season on Tuesday, a season with the previously announced local return of "Chicago" and the Chicago premiere of the '80s musical "Rock of Ages." Kand…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PM[SHARE]Monday, September 12, 2016
Pegasus Theatre Chicago will stage the premiere of "Rutherford's Travels" this November. The play is based on Charles Johnson's National Book Award-winning novel "Middle Passage" and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:57PM[SHARE]Friday, September 9, 2016
"Love Jones The Musical," an adaptation of the 1997 cult film, will stop in Chicago this fall during a national tour. The cast features Chrisette Michelle, Musiq Soulchild, Marsha Amb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:04PM[SHARE]BoHo Theatre announced its 2017 season on Friday. First up is "Urinetown" (Feb. 4-March 26), Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis' satirical musical about a revolution that flows from a city where a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 8, 2016
Jackalope Theatre Company has announced casting for "Octagon," the first show in the company's 2016-17 season. The cast features Ayinde Cartman, Sydney Charles, Travis Delgado, Eric Gerard, …
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