Chicago theater openings for the week of April 17-23

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 3:35pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Chicago theater openings for the week of April 17-23

FRIDAY |  "Soul Brother, Where Art Thou?": The Second City e.t.c.'s 39th revue is directed by Anthony LeBlanc and features Carisa Barreca, Eddie Mujica and Tim Ryder with new cast members…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 3:35pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Chicago theaters receive large grant for audience-building by Johnny Oleksinski

The Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theater are among twenty-six national recipients sharing a single $52 million dollar grant, it was announced…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 3:21pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Chicago theaters receive large grant for audience-building by Johnny Oleksinski

The Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theater are among twenty-six national recipients of a $52 million dollar grant, it was announced on Wednesda…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 3:21pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Four major Chicago arts organizations receive Wallace Foundation grants to study audience building by Hedy Weiss

Four Chicago performing arts organizations " the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre and Lyric Opera Chicago " are among 26 such entitites nationwide selected to re…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 2:58pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Jessie Mueller and Chicago's "Broadway Moms" Will Headline Carnegie Hall Family Concert by Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller and Chicago's "Broadway Moms," Leslie Stifelman and Melissa Rae Mahon, are among the lineup for Take the Stage With Broadway Stars, which will …

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:46pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Photo Call: Brandy Rocks Chicago! First Pics of the TV and Pop Star as Roxie Hart by Matthew Blank

The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago will welcome Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood to the Ambassador Theatre beginning April 28.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45pm on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Carousel at Chicago's Lyric Opera by Chris Luner

One of the greatest musicals ever written for the stage has come to life in Chicago in a new staging led by Broadway talent on the stage and off as well! Carousel, the musical masterpiece…

SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:59am on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Photo Flash: Brandy on the Cell Block - A First Look at CHICAGO's New 'Roxie' in Costume! by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago will welcome Grammy Award-winner Brandy Norwood making her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart beginn…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 9:28pm on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Thumbs Up! Chicago's Carousel, Featuring Career-Defining Star Turns by Laura Osnes & Steven Pasquale, Must Come to Broadway by Paul Wontorek

Seventy years old, Carousel remains the rich jewel in the crown of songwriting titans Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, whose collaboration has given birth to 10 Broadway musicals. Alth…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:32pm on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Review: Carousel/Lyric Opera of Chicago by Aaron Hunt

Wonderful things can come of Lyric's decision to present musical theater. New audiences may be caught up in the ambiance, and elect to attend an opera. Lyric's opera audiences could see musi…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 4:00pm on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Latino new play festival coming to Chicago by Johnny Oleksinski

A new Latino theater festival is coming to Chicago this summer, it was announced on Monday.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 2:51pm on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: THE GROWN-UP (Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit) by Lawrence Bommer

MAKING HEAVY OF LIFE "Can you see magic?" That's both process and purpose in Jordan Harrison's deliberately dazzling 75-minute bravura piece The Grown-Up, now strutting its precious stuff…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:36am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Preview: Stomping Grounds/Chicago Human Rhythm Project by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED We usually have to wait till June and bus, bike or train down to the Loop to see great free performances but, thanks to the Chicago Human Rhythm Project"that mighty advocate o…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:03am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: THE HERD (Steppenwolf) by Lawrence Bommer

CONDITIONAL LOVE AND EARLY DEATH The perils of parenting are center stage in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's truth-teller. British playwright Rory Kinnear's strangely named The Herd (…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 7:00pm on April 12, 2015☆⚑

"Carousel" at Lyric Opera of Chicago by John Olson

Ashford mixes presentationalism with realism, musical theater with opera and takes a chance on an artist with no theatrical resume to design the sets. It all comes together to make this 70-y…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 4:33pm on April 12, 2015☆⚑

PJ Paparelli Stages a Chicago Housing Crisis by American Theatre Editors

American Theater Company's docutheatre piece 'The Project(s)' takes up residence at the intersection of poverty, race and real estate.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 8:48pm on April 11, 2015☆⚑

Chicago Theater Preview: CAROUSEL (Lyric Opera) by Tony Frankel

CAROUSEL COMES TO LYRIC OPERA Lyric Opera of Chicago's stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel opens tonight and runs through May 3, 2015 at the Civic Opera House in Ch…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 3:28pm on April 11, 2015☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: AN ISSUE OF BLOOD: AN HISTORIC PARABLE (Victory Gardens) by Lawrence Bommer

BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE Six symbolic lives get ruthlessly entangled in this blast from the past. The world is pre-independent Virginia circa 1676 and the outcome is today in Marcus Gardley's�…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:11pm on April 11, 2015☆⚑

Stage Views: Chicago Star Brent Barrett On Hamilton, Camelot, Guys Sing Dolls and More by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 11, 2015☆⚑

Show Clips: CAROUSEL Starring Laura Osnes & Steven Pasquale at Lyric Opera of Chicago by Broadway.com

Show Clips: CAROUSEL Starring Laura Osnes & Steven Pasquale at Lyric Opera of Chicago Laura Osnes & Steven Pasquale headline the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. From: Broadwaycom V…

SOURCE: YouTube at 5:43pm on April 10, 2015☆⚑

BWW TV: Watch Highlights from Lyric Opera of Chicago's Starry New Production of CAROUSEL! by BroadwayWorld TV

Lyric Opera of Chicago's stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel begins tonight, April 10, and continues through May 3 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chica…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 5:26pm on April 10, 2015☆⚑

Photo Flash: First Look at Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale & More in Lyric Opera of Chicago's Stunning CAROUSEL! by BroadwayWorld

Lyric Opera of Chicago's stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel begins tonight, April 10, and continues through May 3 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chica…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 4:21pm on April 10, 2015☆⚑

Review: Murder Ballad/Bailiwick Chicago by Alex Huntsberger

In case you are worried about false advertising, the opening number of "Murder Ballad," currently receiving its Chicago premiere courtesy of Bailiwick Chicago, confirms that you are, in fact…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 1:00pm on April 10, 2015☆⚑

Giordano Dance Chicago is fueled by 'power, passion and soul'

Giordano Dance Chicago brings an eclectic program to the Edison Theatre

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 7:00am on April 10, 2015☆⚑