Thursday, October 18, 2012
Theater on the Lake, the summer theater operation of the Chicago Park District located at the corner of Fullerton Ave. and Lake Shore Drive, has announced the joint artistic directors for it…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PM[SHARE]Stephen Colbert is headed to Chicago in support of his old Northwestern University college buddies. The satirist is the headlining host of "Gglassquerade," an annual benefit for the Looki…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:04PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Kinky Boots" at Bank of America Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Kinky Boots" at Bank of America Theatre in Chicago ★★★½ ... A warm, …
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Two of the most accomplished productions in the history of Chicago theater — "Follies" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and "The Iceman Cometh" at the Goodman Theatre — shared top …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:20PM[SHARE]NEW YORK — When Craig Wright's offbeat play "Grace" was produced at the Northlight Theatre in Skokie in 2006, the central problem was one that befalls many contemporary dramas seemingl…
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In an unusual throwback to how Broadway operated when Edward Albee's booze-soaked George and Martha first prowled the boards in 1962, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's naturalistic, emotiona…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:47PM[SHARE]Most of the great books for young children, such as Crockett Johnson's 1955 masterpiece "Harold and the Purple Crayon," are based on the very simplest of ideas. That's why everybody thinks t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:24PM[SHARE]Friday, October 12, 2012
So what if the teenager zapping digital zombies in the bedroom upstairs right now actually went out marauding through your neighborhood with her friends, ready to vaporize, say, the unsuspec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:25PM[SHARE]Sometimes it's better to forget the big name
When the Royal Winnipeg Ballet arrives in Chicago on Nov. 2, it will play at a hall that has been one of Chicago's crown jewels since its constr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 11, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Black Watch" by the National Theatre of Scotland ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Black Watch" by the National Theatre of Scotland, hosted by Chicago Shakespea…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" by Bailiwick Chicago Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" by Bailiwick Chicago Theater ★★ ... The…
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THEATER REVIEW: "One Name Only" at the Black Ensemble Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "One Name Only" at the Black Ensemble Theatre ★★★ ... Associate directo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:47PM[SHARE]The widely admired Circle Theatre production of the moving Australian drama "When the Rain Stops Falling"Â (penned by Andrew Bovell) is moving from Oak Park to Chicago. John Gawlik's prod…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:22PM[SHARE]Monday, October 8, 2012
It is hard to immediately think of a theater piece as tough to watch as Dael Orlandersmith's new solo show "Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men," a relentlessly intense and deeply disturbing charti…
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American Theater Company pairs 2 plays about Catholic nuns
American Theater Company could have called its new "Catholic Repertory," a notionally provocative and inspired pairing of John Pat…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Making Noise Quietly" at Steep Theatre ★★
Sometimes, journeyman writers enjoy a late-in-life renaissance, and so it has gone in Britain with Yorkshire scribe Ro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:29PM[SHARE]Why it's important that Chicago culture stays in Manhattan's spotlight
— Wandering through the darkened auditorium of Broadway's Cort Theatre here on a recent Saturday morning felt a …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Hypocrites production of Sean Graney's adaptation of "The Pirates of Penzance" has landed on the mainstage of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:19PM[SHARE]"Perhaps if you had remained still," says George, the distracted artist, to the woman he loves, currently on the way out the door for good, having settled for a lesser man. "Perhaps," she sa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Jerry Mitchell, currently in Chicago directing the out-of-town tryout of the musical "Kinky Boots," is the winner of the 2013 "Mr. Abbott Award," an honor named after the late George Abbott …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:08PM[SHARE]Monday, October 1, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Hoodoo Love" by The Collective Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Hoodoo Love" by The Collective Theatre ★★★½ ... Company co-founder Ne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:12PM[SHARE]The Music Theatre Company of Highland Park will stage a full production of the musical "The Pajama Game" next spring. Jess McLeod will direct, with choreography by Jessica Redich.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 30, 2012
4 stars for reprisal of Mary Zimmerman's signature work
THEATER REVIEW: 'Metamorphoses' 4 stars; through Nov. 18 at Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave.; 1 hour, 30 minutes; $36-$7…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Smokey Joe's Cafe," 3 stars; through Nov. 11 at No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood Ave.; 2 hours; $34-$39 at 773-347-1109…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA …
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THEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★ ... In the first scene of playwright Bill C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PM[SHARE]How Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein came together for a musical
NEW YORK - The New 42nd Street Studios, where many Broadway musicals rehearse, are full of drama. Once at this very addres…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in the Upstairs Theater at Chicago Shakespeare ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in t…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Seascape" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Seascape" at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★★★
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:50PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Bird of Youth" at the Goodman Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet Bird of Youth" at the Goodman Theater ★★★½ ... Tennessee W…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:50PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★ ... The show at Northlight Theatre is about t…
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