Friday, January 3, 2014
The first full production of "Lost Lake," a new play by the Broadway scribe David Auburn ("Proof") is to take place in downstate Urbana in February, the University of Illinois' Department of…
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Picking a mere 10 shows from the plethora of work on offer this winter in Chicago's theaters is no easy task. Here's a mere sprinkling of the different kinds of live entertainment on offer i…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for the Chicago premiere of "Venus in Fur," David Ives' audition-set play, and it is a major break for the Chicago actress Amanda Drinkall, who rec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PM[SHARE]Friday, December 27, 2013
About a week before Christmas, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra put out a press release announcing the launch of a new "online multimedia magazine," titled CSO Sounds & Stories. The word journ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:06AM[SHARE]Michael Halberstam, the co-founder and artistic director of Writers Theatre in Glencoe, is ambitious, likable and determined. That trifecta of qualities, rarer than you might think in artist…
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THEATER REVIEW "The Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular" ★★★
THEATER REVIEW "The Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular" ★★★ ..."Baby, It's Cold Outside," sang Duke F…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Annie Get Your Gun" at Light Opera Works ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Annie Get Your Gun" at Light Opera Works ★★½ ... "Annie Get Your Gun" is one tri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:15PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2013
The story of how Walt Disney coaxed P.L. Travers, the creator of "Mary Poppins" and a soul as tough as old boots, into letting him turn her flying nanny into the star of a Disney movie featu…
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The actor's life is arduous and peripatetic, but it can be a long and fulfilling ride. You can find yourself handed enormous responsibility at a young age, like Johnny Rabe, given the pivota…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Winter Pageant" at the Redmoon Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Winter Pageant" at the Redmoon Theater ★★ ... For a good portion of the audience at Redmo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:14PM[SHARE]In a blow to Chicago’s summer slate of tourist-friendly events, the major comedy festival Just for Laughs, a heavily promoted fixture for the past five years — and a summer draw …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The widely acclaimed 2012 Goodman Theatre production of "The Iceman Cometh" will be taken out of cold storage and re-ignited in 2015 in Brooklyn, including with Nathan Lane, Stephen Ouimette…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:48PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "The Little Prince" at the Lookingglass Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Little Prince" at the Lookingglass Theatre ★★★ ... What early a…
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Tribes' at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★½ Nina Raine has made a big splash with Tribes, now at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, an uncommonly fine play determi…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]1. "Smokefall," Goodman Theatre: Even if director Anne Kauffman's production of "Smokefall" had not showcased the incomparable Mike Nussbaum, the dean of Chicago actors, this still would hav…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2013
The Mercury Theater on Southport Avenue will stage an Equity production of the Broadway musical "The Addams Family" during its 2014 calendar-year season, which the theater announced Thursday…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2013
A show called "Blackout" opens Friday night in Chicago. You likely can't go, unless you get really lucky on Craigslist. This is a very hard show to catch. It has shown up sporadically over t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "An Inspector Calls" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "An Inspector Calls" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★ ... J.B. …
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THEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" at About Face Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" at About Face Theatre ★★½ ... Last year, About Face Theatre subtitl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:20PM[SHARE]Chicago's Auditorium Theatre, which opened its doors in 1889, announced plans on Monday morning for its 125th-anniversary season. It includes the June 2015 return to Chicago of Britain's …
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THEATER REVIEW: 'A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★ύ…
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REVIEW: Sandra Bernhard at the MCA ★★★½
REVIEW: Sandra Bernhard at the MCA ★★★½ ... Finding "Sandyland" is never easy. But it's there, somewhere in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 5, 2013
Some Chicago theater companies become important by growing to the point they become institutions — entities that hire actors, build subscriber bases, raise money for new buildings, tha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:43AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner" at the Mercury Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Christmas Schooner" at the Mercury Theater ★★★½ ... Rolli…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a People: A Dancesical" at Black Ensemble Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Once Upon a People: A Dancesical" at Black Ensemble Theater ★★ ... T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:44PM[SHARE]The Chicago Commerical Collective, a small for-profit producer based in Chicago, has announced plans to market a tour of Off-Loop shows around the Midwest, aiming its wares at colleges and u…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 3, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: "It's a Wonderful Life" by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "It's a Wonderful Life" by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Burning Bluebeard at Theater Wit ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Burning Bluebeard at Theater Wit ★★★½ ... On Dec. 30, 1903, Chicago's Iroqu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PM[SHARE]The producers of “Wicked”  said Monday afternoon that the popular musical   grossed a whopping $1,935,432 in Chicago for the week ending   Dec. 1. That figure, lik…
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