Monday, May 19, 2014
Vieux Carre was one of Tennessee Williams' first plays and one of his last -- begun in the late 30s but not completed until forty years later, near the end of the playwright's life. The prem…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, April 28, 2014
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Edward Hibbert, one of the stars from the Lyric Opera's production of The Sound of Music. He talks about his role in …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, April 14, 2014
The provocative title of Mike Bartlett's play, "Cock", refers to both sexuality and cock fighting. Profiles Theatre cast members Christopher Sheard, Jake Szczepaniak, Eleni Pappageorge and T…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, March 31, 2014
What are the pleasures and pitfalls of composing incidental music for a play? Chicago composers Christopher Kriz (multiple Jeff award nominee, including for his music for Lifeline Theatre's …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, March 10, 2014
What are the pleasures and pitfalls of composing incidental music for a play? Chicago composers Christopher Kriz (multiple Jeff award nominee, including for his music for Lifeline Theatre's …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, February 24, 2014
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with actress Amanda Drinkall. Amanda talks about her role in Venus In Fur at the Goodman Theatre and her acting career.
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, February 10, 2014
What makes a text suitable for the signature circus-infused style of Lookingglass Theatre? Director David Catlin and Acrobatic/ Circus Choreographer Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi join Anne Nichol…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, January 27, 2014
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Peter Oyloe, Jackie Intres and Christian Libonati. Christian talks about their latest show The Snow Queen, Jackie tal…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, January 13, 2014
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with publicist Noreen Heron. Noreen talks about the roles of a publicist, her clients and her background in theatre beginn…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, December 16, 2013
How -- and why -- would you tell the tragic story of the 1903 Iroquois Theatre disaster as a clown piece? Playwright/actor Jay Torrence and director Halena Kays join Anne Nicholson Weber to …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, December 9, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Chicgo Tribune critic Chris Jones about his book Bigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Chicago Theater As Seen By Ch…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, November 18, 2013
What is it like to make a career in Chicago theatrical design? Scenery designer Angie Weber Miller and costume designer Emily Waecker -- both 2013 Equity Jeff Award winners -- join Anne Nich…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, November 4, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with actor David Lively. David talks about playing Horace in Hello, Dolly! at Drury Lane Oakbrook and also about his long …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMMonday, October 21, 2013
What are the special challenges of making theatre for a young audience? Why is "simple" difficult? Director Henry Godinez and actors Karl Hamilton and Mark David Kaplan join Anne Nicholson W…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, October 7, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Millicent Hurley Spencer, the star of The Trip to Bountiful at Raven Theatre. She talks about her preparation and exe…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, September 23, 2013
Is it necessary to say something new when you produce a classic text? Director Ron OJ Parson and actor Greta Oglesby join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about their intimate production of Lorr…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, September 9, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Walter Stearns - the Executive director of the Mercury Theater and the director of their current show, The Color Purp…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, August 26, 2013
For two decades, Michael Shannon and Guy Van Swearingen have been making theatre at 1531 N. Wells Street, the home of A Red Orchid Theatre. On this week's podcast, Guy and Michael join Anne …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, August 12, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Erik Gernand - the author of The Beautiful Dark at Redtwist Theatre. Erik explains how and why he chose his topic and…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, July 29, 2013
How do you make it funny? Director William Brown and cast members Laura Rook and Nate Burger join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about the comedy - verbal, physical and situational - in Writer…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, July 15, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Chance Bone and Andrew Swanson. They talk about the process they used to co-write Jackalope Theatre's The Casuals pla…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, July 1, 2013
The prolific Cole Porter wrote nearly 900 songs. So if you set out to create an original revue of his work, where do you begin? And where do you end up? Theo Ubique Artistic Director Fred An…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, June 17, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Usman Ally, one of the stars of The Jungle Book at the Goodman Theatre. He talks about the collaborative process in c…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, June 3, 2013
The Q Brothers' hip-hop adaptation of Othello is bringing new audiences to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. CST Creative Producer Rick Boynton, who helped develop Othello: The Remix, joins broth…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, May 20, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Mary Williamson and Peter Oyloe who star in Redtwist's Reverb. They talk about the physical fight combat and how inte…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, May 6, 2013
What is it like to make a life in the musical theatre? Elizabeth Lanza has been working in Chicago storefront theatre for several years and is now making her equity debut as Nellie in Marrio…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, April 22, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Gene Weygandt - the star of Barnum. Gene talks all about playing PT Barnum and the production at the Mercury Theater.…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, April 8, 2013
What does it mean to a playwright to be a member of an ensemble? Tarell Alvin McCraney joined the Steppenwolf ensemble in 2010 during the run of his trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays. He's b…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, March 25, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Gitta Jacobs, the producer of Theo Ubique's Smokey Joe's Cafe that is now remounted at the Royal George Theatre. She …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, March 18, 2013
Transformation is both the subject and the central technique of Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, currently playing at Northlight Theatre. Director J.R. Sullivan and actors Brian Vaughn an…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMonday, March 11, 2013
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Lili-Anne Brown about her new show See What I Wanna See which is part of Steppenwolf's Grange Rep series. She also ta…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AM 
