Broadway In Chicago Announces Additional Casting for World Premiere of AMAZING GRACE by Michael Roberts

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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:41pm on April 30, 2014☆⚑

BROADWAY IN CHICAGO ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS JONAH RAWITZ (BUFFALO GROVE) AND JULIA LINDSEY WHITCOMB (BELVIDERE) FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL ILLINOIS HIGH by Michael Roberts

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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:58pm on April 29, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: MILL FIRE (Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit) by Lawrence Bommer

NO CLOSURE IN BIRMINGHAM Originally produced at Goodman Theatre in 1989, Sally Nemeth's incendiary two-act, 125-minute Mill Fire depicts the origins and aftermath of its title disaster. This…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 8:50pm on April 28, 2014☆⚑

BWW TV: First Look at Billy Zane, Jenn Gambatese and More in Highlights of Lyric Opera of Chicago's THE SOUND OF MUSIC by BroadwayWorld TV

Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved Broadway musical The Sound of Music, April 25-May 25, 2014, at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wac…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 5:48pm on April 28, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: IN THE GARDEN: A DARWINIAN LOVE STORY (Lookingglass) by Lawrence Bommer

CHARLES DARWIN AND NATURAL AFFECTION With its intentionally contradictory title, In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story is not about the Garden of Eden; it is an earnest but unengrossing w…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 2:42pm on April 27, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: SEVEN HOMELESS MAMMOTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND (Theater Wit) by Lawrence Bommer

PREHISTORIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE PRESENT Extended until mid-May, Theater Wit's Midwest debut of Madeleine George's sharp new show has clearly touched hearts and nerves. It's no secret: Full of…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:39pm on April 26, 2014☆⚑

Photo Flash: First Look at Billy Zane, Jenn Gambatese and More in Lyric Opera of Chicago's THE SOUND OF MUSIC by BroadwayWorld

Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved Broadway musical The Sound of Music, tonight, April 25-May 25, 2014, at the Civic Opera House, …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 7:36pm on April 25, 2014☆⚑

SHOWBIZ CHICAGO PHOTO SPOTLIGHT: LYRIC OPERA'S THE SOUND OF MUSIC STARRING BILLY ZANE AND JENN GAMBATESE by Michael Roberts

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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:53pm on April 25, 2014☆⚑

Billy Zane Stars as Captain von Trapp in Lyric Opera of Chicago's THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Beg. Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Billy Zane, star of James Cameron's international blockbuster Titanic and critically acclaimed for his portrayal of Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago, has been cast as Captain von Trapp, com…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 1:30am on April 25, 2014☆⚑

Lyric Opera's The Sound of Music, Starring Billy Zane, Jenn Gambatese and Edward Hibbert, Begins Chicago Run April 25 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, which stars Billy Zane, Jenn Gambatese and Edward Hibbert, begins performances April 25 at the Civi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 25, 2014☆⚑

WTTW 'pledge lady,' original member of Chicago's Teatro Vista theater company, dead of breast cancer at 60

Sabrina duArte " a Chicago actor perhaps best known as one of the smiling on-air hosts who solicit donations for WTTW " has died after an eight-year struggle with breast cancer. She was 60.

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 6:18pm on April 24, 2014☆⚑

APOLLO CHORUS OF CHICAGO PRESENTS 'THE BEATLES & FRIENDS" CONCERTS ON FRIDAY, MAY 2 & SUNDAY, MAY 4 by Michael Roberts

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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:50pm on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Chicago theater openings for the week of April 25 to May 1

Including "In The Garden: A Darwinian Love Story" by Lookingglass Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 1:38pm on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: EMMA (Dead Writers Theatre Collective at Stage 773) by Lawrence Bommer

MATCHMAKERS GET BURNED In the social maze of Regency England, where any successful matrimony required sexual politics and emotional intrigue, novelist Jane Austen understood how love gets lo…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:44pm on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Theater Talk Chicago the musical's 10th anniversary by Theater Talk

Theater Talk Chicago the musical's 10th anniversary Original tape date: November 18, 2006. "Chicago" - the musical's 10th anniversary, with Walter Bobbie, James Naughton…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:05pm on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Children's Theatre Will Present World Premieres of Frederick and Wonderland, Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure in 2014-15 Season by Carey Purcell

The world premieres of Frederick and Wonderland, Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure, as well as the return engagement of The Selfish Giant, will be featured in the 2014-15 season at Chica…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28am on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Henry Wishcamper Will Direct The Little Foxes at Chicago's Goodman by Andrew Gans

Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes is the final addition to the Goodman Theatre's upcoming 90th Anniversary “Season to Celebrate.”

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:56am on April 24, 2014☆⚑

Review: Principal Principle (Stage Left Theatre & Theatre Seven of Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

Playwright Joe Zarrow has provided as much compassion as criticism in this world premiere, indicting a semi-privatized CPS that's over-regulated and underfunded. Scott Bishop's staging nail…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 8:12pm on April 23, 2014☆⚑

CANDID CONCERT OPERA CHICAGO PRESENTS MOZART'S Così fan tutte, May 9 & 10 by Michael Roberts

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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:58pm on April 23, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Children's Theatre announces musicals by Chris Jones

Chicago Children's Theatre said Wednesday that it will premiere a new musical based on Leo Lionni's book "Frederick," the story of a poetically inclined fieldmouse with a penchant for storyt…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:22pm on April 23, 2014☆⚑

"Chicago Fire" Star Yuri Sardarov Will Head Cast of Off-Broadway's Becket by Andrew Gans

Producers Will DeCamp and Alex Rapson announced that Jean Anouilh's Becket, the 1961 Tony Award winner for Best Play, will begin performances June 18 at the East Village’s Gene Fr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:57am on April 23, 2014☆⚑

Family Matters: Chicago Connections Within Lyric Opera's "The Sound of Music" by Zach Freeman

By Aaron Hunt In her autobiography, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," Maria von Trapp wrote of her confusion when the Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey encouraged her to forsake her asp…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 7:00am on April 23, 2014☆⚑

The First National Tour of 'Motown' Begins Performances in Chicago by Broadway's Best Shows

The first National Tour of Motown The Musical begins performances tonight at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago before continuing to cities across the country.  Motown The Musical is schedul…

SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 5:47pm on April 22, 2014☆⚑

Chicago Blues Guide HOT shows for this week! by Chicago Blues Guide

April 22-23: BOOGIE STOMP!, boogie woogie piano duo, w/ Bob Baldori & Arthur Migliazza at PianoForte, Chicago.

SOURCE: www.chicagobluesguide.com at 4:18pm on April 22, 2014☆⚑

Theater News: Chicago Fire's Yuri Sardarov to Star in Rare Revival of Jean Anouilh's Becket

Anthony Quinn and Laurence Olivier starred in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 4:00pm on April 22, 2014☆⚑