Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "A Class Act" by Porchlight Music Theatre at Theater Wit ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "A Class Act" by Porchlight Music Theatre at Theater Wit ★★&#…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:11PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Hollis Resnik, the longtime Chicago actress, has been cast as Mother Superior in the first national tour of the Broadway musical "Sister Act,' it was announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AM[SHARE]Hollis Resnik, the longtime Chicago actress, has been cast as Mother Superior in the first national tour of the Broadway musical "Sister Act," it was announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AM[SHARE]Friday, August 31, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "33 Variations" at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "33 Variations" at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago ★★★ ... Frequently in l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 30, 2012
Why Chicago breeds great restaurants and theater companies
Over the past 25 years or so, two surging art forms have elevated cultural Chicago on the global stage: theater and fine dining. I…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:09PM[SHARE]Over the past 25 years or so, two surging art forms have elevated cultural Chicago on the global stage: theater and fine dining. Is this coincidence or correlation?
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:09PM[SHARE]At the start of the summer, I groused that the slate at the major theaters in downtown Chicago was thin. It stayed that way; there were few must-see shows this summer, especially for visitor…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:58PM[SHARE]The new fall theater season in Chicago features plenty of Broadway blockbusters such as "War Horse" and "The Book of Mormon," and even a few star actors like Diane Lane. But Chicago is, abov…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:57PM[SHARE]For my overall top-10 list for the fall, check back on Sept. 9 in A&E. In the meantime, Chicago is, above all, known as a tryout town, an experimental city, a boundary crosser. It's world-pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:57PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Dreamgirls" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Dreamgirls" at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ★★★ ... If you've o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:44AM[SHARE]If you've overdosed on sunscreen, shorts, sweat and sand, the arrival of the ice-cool "Dreamgirls," those begowned, bewigged and beguiling divas who've sexily slinked and seductively shimmie…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 28, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Princes of Waco" at the Signal Ensemble Theatre ★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Princes of Waco" at the Signal Ensemble Theatre ★½ ... The princes in "Princes of Waco…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:29PM[SHARE]Monday, August 27, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Idomeneus" by the Sideshow Theatre Company ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Idomeneus" by the Sideshow Theatre Company ★★★ ... You're forgiven if yo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PM[SHARE]The rising stage director Henry Wishcamper has become a member of the Goodman's artistic collective. These artistic associates are closely involved with the life of Chicago's biggest non-pro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:42PM[SHARE]The rising stage director Henry Wishcamper has become a member of the Goodman's artistic collective. These artistic associates are closely involved with the life of Chicago's biggest non-pro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:42PM[SHARE]Aidy Bryant, one of the cast members of the Second City e.t.c. revue, "We're All In This Together," had her last show at Second City at Sunday night.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:48AM[SHARE]Theater at the Center, the Equity-affiliated theater in Munster, Ind., has announced its 2013 season. The calendar year begins with the first Chicago-area production of "The Fox on the Fairw…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]Theatre at the Center, the Equity-affiliated theater in Munster, Ind., has announced its 2013 season. The calendar year begins with the first Chicago-area production of "The Fox on the Fairw…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet and Sad" at Profiles Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet and Sad" at Profiles Theatre ★★★ ... Does talking in such detail about th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 26, 2012
Play is set on 10th anniversary of 9/11
At one point in Richard Nelson's "Sweet and Sad," a rich, wise and emotionally complex drama set around a dinner table on the 10th anniversary of the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:17PM[SHARE]Friday, August 24, 2012
Republicans, Democrats should allow us space to dream at conventions
With the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., on Monday, that once-every-four-years feast of poli…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:37PM[SHARE]With the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., on Monday, that once-every-four-years feast of political stagecraft is upon us. These conventions (the Democratic Party me…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:37PM[SHARE]Sean Palmer, who played the character of Marcus on HBO's "Sex and the City" will star in the Drury Lane Oakbrook production of "Singin' in the Rain," which begins in November.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee said Wednesday that it had omitted a category of nominees in its Tuesday announcement of the 2012 Joseph Jefferson Awards.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:13PM[SHARE]"The Book of Mormon" is releasing another 12-week block of tickets for its Chicago engagement. The new tickets, which go on sale Sept. 21, cover performances through June 2.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Although best known as a director, Sean Graney actually is becoming a most intriguing (and admirably prolific) adapter of classic literary works — from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Edga…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PM[SHARE]The Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, which operates in the No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, said Tuesday it will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects of Love" as part of its 2012-13 season. Fred Anz…
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