Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Goodman Theatre announced Wednesday the lineup of its 13th annual New Stages festival, featuring a slate of six new plays to be performed for free over a three-week period. The first of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:28PM[SHARE]Monday, August 8, 2016
Tympanic Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season on Monday. Opening the season in October is Hayes Borkowski's "Sweet Analytics," a new play inspired by Marlowe's "The Tragical Histo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PM[SHARE]Nelson Rodriguez has been named the first-ever artistic director of Pride Films and Plays, the company announced Monday. Rodriguez, a Chicago-based theater artist, has been an ensembl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AM[SHARE]Friday, August 5, 2016
The Q Brothers' "Othello: The Remix" will make its New York debut this fall at Westside Theatre. Written, directed and composed by GQ and JQ, the hip-hop update to Shakespeare's tragedy rece…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 4, 2016
Victory Gardens Theater has announced casting for "Hand To God," the first show in its 2016-17 season. Starring in the production will be Nina Ganet as Jessica, Curtis Edward Jackson as T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:55PM[SHARE]Casting is complete for the return of the '80s-set dinner-theater staple "Tony 'n Tina's Wedding." The interactive production stars Mitchell Conti as Anthony Angelo Nunzio Jr. (Tony) and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PM[SHARE]Remy Bumppo Theatre announced casting for its 2016-17 season on Thursday. In the fall, "Pirandello's Henry IV" by Tom Stoppard will feature Mark L. Montgomery as Henry with Chris Amos as Cou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 3, 2016
In this week's Showcase video, Evan Linder and Liz Sharpe perform a scene from "Byhalia, Mississippi," written by Linder and now in a remount at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre. In the video, Lin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:57PM[SHARE]First Floor Theater has announced its 2016-17 season, which features comedies from three women playwrights and is set to take place at The Den Theatre, where First Floor will be a new reside…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PM[SHARE]Goodman Theatre announced the cast of its fall production of Andrew Hinderaker's "The Magic Play" on Wednesday. Francis Guinan (Father) and Sean Parris (Diver) will join the previously annou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PM[SHARE]Hannibal Buress will make a hometown stop on his stand-up comedy tour this fall, it was announced Wednesday. "The Hannibal Montanabal Experience" will play the Chicago Theatre on Sept.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:53AM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2016
"Welcome to the future home of Ellen Gates Starr High School," announces Albany Park Theater Project co-founder David Feiner, smiling, unable to stand still. "Whoooo!," responds a crowd of C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2016
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the fall lineup for "LookOut," the company's wide-ranging performance series now in the middle of its first slate of summer programming, on Thursday.Â�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PM[SHARE]Slate and The Second City have announced the cast of "Unelectable You," a new political comedy show from the daily web magazine and the Chicago comedy company, inspired by the elect…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2016
American Theater Company will present just three of four originally announced plays in its 2016-17 season, producing no fall production, the company announced Thursday. The season, th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for "Helldrivers of Daytona," the Broadway-hopeful pop-rock musical opening at the Royal George Theatre this fall. The cast includes Samantha Pauly as Pepper, Davi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Kokandy Productions has announced an expanded fifth season, including two Chicago premieres and four productions in total. "The Wiz," with a book by William F. Brown and music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PM[SHARE]Monday, July 25, 2016
Steppenwolf for Young Adults announced the cast for "The Burials," the first production in SYA's 2016-17 season, on Monday. Caitlin Parrish's world premiere features Aurora Adachi-Winter, St…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:46PM[SHARE]Broadway in Chicago has announced the full lineup for its annual free summer concert in Millennium Park. Newly announced performances include: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" featuring com…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:19AM[SHARE]Friday, July 22, 2016
Nathaniel Stampley sings the classic ballad "The Impossible Dream" in this Showcase video, filmed at Tribune Tower. Stampley can currently be seen on the Marriott Theatre's stage as M…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 21, 2016
Underscore Theatre Company announced the cast of "Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera" on Thursday. Produced in association with Harborside Films, the dark comedy inspired by the 1994 attack …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:16PM[SHARE]This week's Showcase features a performance from Thom Miller, currently starring as Robert in Writers Theatre's 4-star production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Miller sings "Marry Me a Li…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:55PM[SHARE]The Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced the cast of its 2016-17 season opener "Mamma Mia!" on Thursday. The ABBA musical about a young bride prepping for a wedding day, that will invol…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:19AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Halcyon Theatre announced the cast of "Fefu and Her Friends," along with an additional co-producton in the 2016-17 season, on Wednesday. "Fefu and Her Friends," Maria Irene Fornes' room-by-r…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:47PM[SHARE]Shattered Globe Theatre announced the first two productions of its 2016-17 season Wednesday. Opening in the fall is Sam Shepard's "True West" (Sept. 8-Oct. 22). The tale of two estranged …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:48PM[SHARE]Glencoe's Writers Theatre announced casting for five productions in its 2016-17 season, the company's 25th and first in its new Studio Gang Architects space, on Wednesday. The season ope…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:53PM[SHARE]"Something Rotten!" has been added to Broadway in Chicago's next season, it was announced Wednesday. Originally directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, the musical comedy abou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:47AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Casting is complete for Erika Sheffer's new play "The Fundamentals," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. The cast features ensemble members Alana Arenas as Millie, Caroline Nef…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:35PM[SHARE]The Marriott Theatre announced the cast of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Tuesday. The production stars Ari Butler as J. Pierrepont Finch, Jessica Naimy as Rose…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:57AM[SHARE]The national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" is coming to Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. "The King an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:05AM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2016
Porchlight Music Theatre announced casting for "In the Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's pre-"Hamilton" Tony winner, on Monday. Jack DeCesare will star as Usnavi De La Vega, with Lucia Godinez …
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