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 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2016
Andre De Shields' "Confessions of a P.I.M.P." will return to Victory Gardens Theater in August, the company announced Friday. Told through song, dance and spoken word, De Shields' one-ma…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:33PM[SHARE]Once a week at Beauty Bar at 1444 W. Chicago Ave., writers, performance artists, movers, shakers, newbies and pros converge to share their stories beneath a glittery awning and a white banne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 14, 2016
In this week's Showcase, Dara Cameron, currently playing Audrey in American Blues Theater's production of "Little Shop of Horrors," sings the show's hopeful ballad "Somewhere That's Green…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2016
"Gotta Dance," the pre-Broadway musical that premiered in Chicago in December 2015, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2017 with a new name and a new closing number. It was announced Wed…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2016
The Peanuts gang will once again search for the true meaning of Christmas this holiday season in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Broadway in Chicago and Emerald City Theatre announced Tuesday. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:09PM[SHARE]Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City will collaborate in the fall on "Longer! Louder! Wagner!" the two companies announced Tuesday. Inspired by Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle -- and in pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:13AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2016
Interrobang Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season Monday. Beginning the season in the fall is "Still" (Sept. 28-Oct. 30), to be directed by co-artistic director Georgette Verdin. InÂ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:49PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 9, 2016
The Gift Theatre has announced its 2017 season, which includes three world premieres by women playwrights. The season begins in February with Mona Mansour's "Unseen" (Feb. 10-April…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:46PM[SHARE]Friday, July 8, 2016
American Blues Theatre announced casting for "Dutchman" and "TRANSit" from its 31st season on Friday. The cast of Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman," to be directed by Chuck Smith, includes en…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 7, 2016
Travis Turner sings a catchy song from "Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure," a world premiere play by Kevin Douglas now at Lookingglass Theatre Company, in this Showcase video. S…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Writers Theatre's 4-star production of "Company" will extend one week due to high ticket demand, the Glencoe company announced Wednesday. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:27PM[SHARE]Stage Left Theatre has announced a two-play slate for its 2016-17 season, the politically driven company's 35th, which will mark the departure of current artistic director Vance Smith. The s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Teatro Vista announced its 2016-17 season Wednesday, a season that includes world-premiere plays from Mando Alvarado, Ike Holter and Sandra Delgado. First up is "Parachute Men" by Alvarad…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PM[SHARE]Dennis Watkins took a break from the House Theatre's 4-star "Death and Harry Houdini" to stop on Michigan Avenue and perform some magic. In the video, Watkins carries out a few tri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:22AM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2016
In this week's Theater Loop Showcase, Staceyann Chin performs a scene from "MotherStruck!," her one-woman show now playing as part of the "Solo Celebration" series. Chin's show, which premie…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:16PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Victory Gardens Theater has announced the slate of readings for the 2016 Ignition Festival of New Plays. This year's plays include:Â "The Wayward Bunny" by Greg Kotis, directed by Henry Wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical "Next to Normal" will complete BoHo Theatre's 2016 season, the company announced Tuesday. Featuring a book by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AM[SHARE]Monday, June 27, 2016
New York's Second Stage Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season, the company's 38th, including two plays that premiered in Chicago. Tracy Letts' "Man From Nebraska," which opened at Ste…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:16PM[SHARE]"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical" will fly back to Chicago for a limited engagement at The Chicago Theatre, the Madison Square Garden Company announced. The Christmas tale …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:59PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Neo-Futurists have announced their 2016-17 season, including three mainstage world premieres, a "micro-festival" of art and performance and, of course, the 28th year of "Too Much Light M…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Debra Monk will star in David Rabe's world premiere "Visiting Edna," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Wednesday, news that increases the show's Broadway potential. Monk, a Tony winne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PM[SHARE]Shortly before the PrivateBank Theatre's box office opened Wednesday morning, a line of more than 25 people formed outside for tickets to "Hamilton" in Chicago, a significant reduction from …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Collaboraction has announced the full lineup of "Peacebook," a series of free multidisciplinary performances to be held in Chicago parks this summer. The festival opens Aug. 12 and…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:51PM[SHARE]Winter is coming to the Apollo Theater this July. "Thrones! The Musical Parody" (not to be confused with "Graeme of Thrones," the other "Game of Thrones" spoof coming to Chicago this fall) w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:57PM[SHARE]The queer comedy showcase Chigaygo will present a one-night-only event at the Laugh Factory Chicago to raise money for The Center Orlando, an LGBTQ center aiding the survivors and victims' f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:07PM[SHARE]Monday, June 20, 2016
Here comes the bride! Again! "Tony 'n Tina's Wedding" will return to Chicago this fall. The interactive dinner-theater trip to Tony and Tina's '80s altar will take place at a real chu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 19, 2016
"I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!" is a catchphrase of sorts for SpongeBob SquarePants, the nautical, nonsensical, adored yellow sponge now starring in "The SpongeBob Musical," a Broadway…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:54PM[SHARE]Friday, June 17, 2016
About Face Theatre announced a three-play slate for its 2016-17 season on Friday. First up is Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife" (Nov. 4-Dec. 10), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play first develop…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Theater Wit will produce the Chicago premiere of Mat Smart's "Naperville," the company announced Friday. Set in a downtown coffee shop in the play's namesake western suburb, the comed…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Casting is complete for Lookingglass Theatre Company season opener "Life Sucks," Aaron Posner's modern update to "Uncle Vanya." "Life Sucks" will include the previously announced ensemble…
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