Chicago Humanities Festival Presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Featuring Oscar Nominee Michael Shannon, Beginning Nov. 3 by Carey Purcell

The Chicago Humanities Festival presents a limited run of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, the Iranian absurdist play about isolation, featuring Oscar nominee Michael Shannon in one of the four per…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 3, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Theatre Review on Comcast with Guest David Zak by Michael J. Roberts

Showbiz Chicago Related PostsGuest Hosting Chicago Theatre Review on ComcastHosting Chicago Theatre Review w/ Guest Jim Schneider

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Comcast's Chicago Theatre Review October 1-15, 2013 by Michael J. Roberts

Showbiz Chicago Related PostsChicago Theatre Review on Comcast with Guest David ZakGuest Hosting Chicago Theatre Review on Comcast

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Chicago Event Review: BUILT TO AMAZE! (Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus) by Lawrence Bommer

A TITLE THAT LIVES UP TO ITS NAME The circus has rolled into Rosemont again, and the fall classic is worth running off to join (it moves to the United Center after Allstate Arena). This 1…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 1:48pm on November 2, 2013☆⚑

John Lithgow Brings STORIES BY HEART to Chicago Area This Weekend by BroadwayWorld

Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor John Lithgow offers a touching and humorous reflection on storytelling as the tie that binds humanity when he performs the Chicago area debut …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03pm on November 2, 2013☆⚑

Podcast with SOFA Chicago's Director DONNA DAVIES by Michael J. Roberts

Podcast with SOFA Chicago’s DONNA DAVIES from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Exhibition Director DONNA DAVIES discusses SOFA Chicago’s 20th Anniversary. For more information visit …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:20am on November 2, 2013☆⚑

Award-Winning Actor John Lithgow Brings Stories by Heart to Chicago Nov. 2-3 by Carey Purcell

Tony Award-winning actor John Lithgow offers the Chicago debut of his solo show, Stories by Heart, Nov. 2-3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 2, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Theater Review: BEST MUSICAL! (Porchlight Music Theatre at Up Comedy Club) by Samantha Nelson

FORMULAIC IN A GOOD WAY In The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker and Matt Stone proved that subject matter in musical theatre is a lot less important than sticking to the structural formula. There…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 6:24pm on November 1, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Satellite Party for the National Convening of Latino Theatre on Nov 2nd by Bt

Brief Overview:From October 31-November 2nd, HowlRound, in partnership with the Latina/o Theatre Commons will host the largest formal gathering of Latina/o theater-makers since 1986 at Emers…

SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:37pm on November 1, 2013☆⚑

Disney villains sing 'Chicago' parody 'Spell Block Tango' by Margaret Eby

Broadway just got a little more villainous. Todrick Hall, the "American idol" finalist who has made YouTube riffs on "Mean Girls" and "The Hunger Games" has done it again, this time with a D…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:24pm on October 30, 2013☆⚑

Chicago's upscale dining after the curtain falls by Phil Vettel

Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel has a guide to post-show dining, from Bijan's Bistro to Zed 451.    

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:21am on October 30, 2013☆⚑

Chicago writer/performer takes on James Franco by Christopher Borrelli

In 'Bring Me the Head of James Franco,' Ian Belknap howls at the poser artists/dilettantes everywhere, but particularly at James Franco A couple of weeks ago, Ian Belknap, who at 47 has the…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 1:00am on October 30, 2013☆⚑

Olympic Figure Skater Elvis Stojko Joins 'Chicago' Tour by Diamond Grant

Two-time Olympic silver medalist and three-time world champion figure skater Elvis Stojko will join the cast of the Tony Award winning Broadway production Chicago, as announced on NBC’…

SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 1:42pm on October 29, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Premiere of PigPen Theatre Co.'s Revised Old Man and The Old Moon Extends to December by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The new version of PigPen Theatre Co.'s acclaimed theatrical blend of music and shadow play, The Old Man and The Old Moon, which began its Chicago-area premiere in September, has extende…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:40pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Disney Villains Get Even! Adam Lambert, Amber Riley & More Send Up Chicago In 'Spell Block Tango' by Lindsay Champion

Ever wonder what happened to Disney’s most frightening villains after Ariel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and the dalmatians lived happily ever after? They wound up in jail, of course. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 3:58pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus & Euridice Will Be Presented by Chicago Opera Theater in 140,000-Gallon Pool by Carey Purcell

Chicago Opera Theater will present four performances of Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus & Euridice, a modern retelling of the famous Greek myth, Nov. 1-10 in the 140,000-gallon Ida Crown …

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:31pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Review: Pygmalion (Shaw Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

               Pygmalion Written by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Robert Scogin   Ruth Page Center, 1016 N. Dearb…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 1:20pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Christopher Fitzgerald Joins Broadway's 'Chicago' October 28 by Broadway's Best Shows

Broadway’s Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago welcomes two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald to the cast starting October 28 at the Ambassador T…

SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:22pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Tony Nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Joins Broadway Cast of Chicago Oct. 28 by Andrew Gans

Two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald joins the long-running, Tony-winning revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago beginning Oct. 28 at the Ambassador Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Opera Theater's latest creative turn: 'Orpheus' at park pool

After kicking off Verdi 200 in Chicago in September with a superb and challenging production of the rarely seen or heard "Joan of Arc," Andreas Mitisek, the feisty company's genre-bending ge…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:34pm on October 27, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Dance Review: GIORDANO DANCE CHICAGO (Fall Program at the Harris Theater) by Lawrence Bommer

FAST, FURIOUS AND FUNKY Ending tonight at the Harris Theatre, the latest balletic blast from the newly renamed Giordano Dance Chicago delivers six hyper-kinetic pieces. This generous outpour…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:40am on October 26, 2013☆⚑

Our new Theater Loop puts you on Chicago's stages

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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 3:45pm on October 25, 2013☆⚑

William Petersen, Michael Shannon Among Thesps Making Return to Chicago Stages by Don Davis

Can't go home again? That old adage apparently doesn't apply to actors who started in Chicago theater before going on to Hollywood success.

SOURCE: Variety at 11:40am on October 25, 2013☆⚑

Two-Time Tony Nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Will Join Broadway Cast of 'Chicago' by Broadway's Best Shows

Broadway’s Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald to the cast beginning October 28 at the Ambassa…

SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:59am on October 25, 2013☆⚑

Chicago Humanities Festival Explores the Theme ANIMAL: What Makes Us Human With More Than 60 Events Near Downtown Chicago Nov. 1-10 by Michael J. Roberts

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents the 24th annual Fall Festival, with more than 60 events that will explore the theme of ANIMAL: What Makes Us Human, Nov. 1…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:48pm on October 24, 2013☆⚑