Casting is complete for “Ragtime,” the Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Tony-winning turn-of-the-century musical, the Marriott Theatre announced Thursday. “Ragtime” will star Nathani…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMFirebrand Theatre’s bloody hit “Lizzie,” a rock musical inspired by the alleged axe murderess, will extend with new cast member Ciara Renee, the company announced Thursday. Renee, who …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:50PMPorchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along” Wednesday. The production will star Matt Crowle as Charley Kringas, Jim DeSelm as Fran…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:15PMCasting is complete for the new production of “Hatfield & McCoy,” the House Theatre of Chicago announced Tuesday. The Hatfields include: Robert D. Hardaway as Devil Anse Hatfield, Marika…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:10PMRob Lowe will bring the national tour of his one-man show to Chicago for a one-night-only performance in May, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live,�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:45AMBlack Ensemble Theater has announced its 2018 season, featuring tributes to Chuck Berry, Patti LaBelle, blues artists and the women of soul. First up is “Hail, Hail Chuck: A Tribute to Chu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMCasting is complete for “Hinter,” a world premiere thriller by Calamity West, Steep Theatre announced Wednesday. The production will feature Aurora Adachi-Winter, Lauren Sivak, Sasha Smi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PMThis week's Showcase features Ball-Zee, a three-time winner of the UK Beatbox Championship and the current star of the beatboxing and a capella touring show "Gobsmacked." In the video, Ball…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:37PM“The Wizard of Oz” will make a Chicago stop along its yellow brick road, it has been announced by the Madison Square Garden Company. The non-Equity touring production, based on the belov…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:20PMA day-of-show drawing for $25 tickets to “Wicked” in Chicago will take place throughout the run of the show, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. On each performance day, fans eager to …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PMChicago Dramatists has announced two new leaders: Vanessa Bamber as managing director and Dana Lynn Formby as interim artistic director. Formby, who has been a resident playwright at Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:20PMComedy icon Carol Burnett will bring her live show back to Chicago, it was announced Monday. Burnett will take the Chicago Theatre stage June 12 for “An Evening of Laughter and Reflection,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:50AMNeed a musical theater break before turkey basting and giving thanks? This week's Showcase features both Billy Elliots from the hit Porchlight Music Theatre production singing that Elton Joh…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:03PMChicago comedy figure and Sketchfest founder Brian Posen has announced he is “stepping down as Creative Director of Stage 773” after a decade at the helm of the Lakeview performance venu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PMPeninsula Players, Wisconsin’s mainstay resident summer theater, announced its 2018 season Thursday. Opening the season is Sean Grennan’s “Now and Then” (June 12-July 1), a world pre…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:05PMParamount Theatre’s “Sweeney Todd” won top honors at the 49th annual Equity Jeff Awards, a close shave of a competition between this season’s union-affiliated theater productions in …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30PMCody Estle has been named Raven Theatre’s artistic director, effective immediately, the company’s board of directors announced Monday. Estle has served as Raven’s associate artistic di…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMPorchlight Music Theatre’s production of “Billy Elliot” is extending through Dec. 31, it was announced Monday. The production, based on the 2000 film about a boy who makes his way from…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMMore than 90 Chicago artists will receive grants Monday at the 10th annual 3Arts Awards, a yearly celebration held by the Chicago-based nonprofit organization that advocates for artists of c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMA Red Orchid Theatre has announced the cast of “Traitor,” a world premiere adaptation by Brett Neveu to be directed by Michael Shannon. The production will feature Dado, Kirsten Fitzgera…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMChicago musical theater divas E. Faye Butler and Felicia P. Fields will perform together in a new cabaret concert “Lettin’ the Good Times Roll,” Steve Abrams and Kicky Productions anno…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:55PMGriffin Theatre Company announced the cast of “Violet” Wednesday. “Violet,” the 1997 Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley musical about a disfigured woman who heads south with hopes of t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PMTavis Smiley will bring “Death of A King: A Live Theatrical Experience” to Chicago in January, it was announced Tuesday. Based on Smiley’s best-selling book, “Death of A King” comb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMGet out your gloves and grab a hot chocolate. A play about seasonal workers selling Christmas trees will open in December — in an actual Christmas tree lot outside of Uncommon Ground in Ed…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:35PMLin-Manuel Miranda will make an appearance in Chicago at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, it was announced Monday. The “Hamilton” creator is slated to speak at 11 a.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:15PMCast members from the Chicago production of “Hamilton” will “Rise Up for Puerto Rico” this Monday at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Spearheaded by Jose Ramos, a Chicago Academy for t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMThe majority of Equity acting jobs across Chicago theaters are going to men, white performers are often paid higher salaries than performers of color, and women are paid less than men on com…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMLarry Yando will take his tenth turn as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 40th year of “A Christmas Carol,” the Goodman Theatre announced Wednesday. Returning cast members in the Dickens’ holida…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:35PMCasting is complete for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning play “The Humans,” Broadway in Chicago and producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announced Tuesday. The production, l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMGriffin Theatre Company announced its 30th season Monday. First up is “Violet” (Nov. 26-Jan. 13), the rock-folk-gospel-infused musical about a young disfigured woman who boards a bus and…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMBroadway legend Chita Rivera is coming to Chicago as part of Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series, the company announced Monday. Rivera, a two-time Tony winner, will appear in concert with pianist…
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