Monday, March 12, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Camino Real" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Camino Real" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½ ...Spanish director Calixto Bie…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:03PM[SHARE]Gary Griffin will direct Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Sunday in the Park with George." Barbara Gaines will stage both David Ives' "The School for Lies" and William Shakespeare's "Hen…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]The Beatles tribute show "Rain" is returning to the Auditorium Theatre for a week in June, Broadway in Chicago said Monday. The Broadway production, which involves a lot of "Zelig"-like arch…
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The Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada announced Saturday that Anthony Cimolino, its current executive director, will become its next artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 8, 2012
"Hit the Wall," the hit, freewheeling show about the Stonewall riots, has been extended for one last week, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced early Friday. The show, penned by Ike Holter,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:11PM[SHARE]Initially weighed down by cliches, musical eventually reaches great heights
For "Bring It On," the very promising and belatedly affecting new cheerleader musical in progress, to succeed on …
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Magic Parlour" by House Theatre at the Palmer House Hilton ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Magic Parlour" by House Theatre at the Palmer House Hilton ★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]Writers' Theatre, the Glencoe-based theater company, will stage an intimate version of the classic Broadway musical "Sweet Charity" in 2013, the ambitious company announced Wednesday. Do…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:13PM[SHARE]Citing formidable world of mouth, Steppenwolf Theatre said Wednesday that the extended engagement of "Hit the Wall," the show about the Stonewall riots created by The Inconvenience and stage…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PM[SHARE]A production of Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” directed by Austin Pendleton, a fresh staging of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Broadway hit “Good People,” a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:52AM[SHARE]With a cast of 22 actors crammed into the minuscule Gift Theatre, Sheldon Patinkin's production of Rodney Ackland's loquacious but fascinating play, "Absolute Hell," three hours and 15 minut…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 6, 2012
"Rock of Ages," the touring musical celebrating the rockers of the 1980s, will sit down at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place for most of the summer, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesda…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AM[SHARE]'Hit the Wall,' the hit production by The Inconvenience about the Stonewall Rebellion, is being extended for one week only. Tickets to the show, part of the Steppenwolf Theatre's Garage Repe…
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THEATER REVIEW: "FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life" by Steppenwolf for Young A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:46PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Convert" in the Goodman's Owen Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Convert" in the Goodman's Owen Theatre ★★★½ ... When Jekesai,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:37PM[SHARE]Friday, March 2, 2012
As they prepare for their Chicago opening Wednesday, the cast of the touring cheerleader musical "Bring It On" is sitting, cheerfully, in Des Moines, Iowa, working on major changes to its Br…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PM[SHARE]"Jamaica Farewell," a solo show created by a Los Angeles-based actress called Debra Ehrhardt, is to have a Chicago run at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., beginning May 4.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Joining the flood of season annoucements this week, Chicago's TimeLine Theatre said it will stage one world premiere and three Chicago premieres as part of its 2012-13 slate.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:09PM[SHARE]Yuri Lane, the self-styled human beatbox and recent YouTube celebrity, will stage his current solo show, "MeTube," at Collaboraction, beginning Mar. 16.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:57PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The North Plan" at Theater Wit ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The North Plan" at Theater Wit ★★★ ... Kimberly Senior's zesty production of Jason W…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:39PM[SHARE]Broadway in Chicago said Wednesday morning that it will present touring productions of "Sister Act," "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and a reprise run of"Les Miserables"during th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Kristen Chenoweth, the original star of "Wicked"and currently the star of the ABC comedy "GCB," will play a rare concert performance at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., on J…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:37PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Fisherman" by Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Fisherman" by Stage Left Theatre ★★ ... The danger of writing a play abo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PM[SHARE]Mike Daisey, the demonstrably effective scold of Apple Inc., is bringing his hit solo show, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" to the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., on April 7.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:11PM[SHARE]"The Petrified Forest," Robert E. Sherwood's hoary, melancholic and heavily symbolic drama from 1935, is one of those Depression-era plays that seem to show up in Chicago every few seasons.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:37PM[SHARE]The Just for Laughs Comedy Festival said Tuesday that comic Aziz Ansari has been booked for the Chicago Theatre on June 15. Ansari stars opposite Amy Poehler on the NBC series"Parks and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:18AM[SHARE]The upcoming Chicago production of "The Book of Mormon" will put single tickets on sale Mar. 19, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday morning. But if you have access to an American Express card,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:04AM[SHARE]Mary Zimmerman will premiere her new stage-musical version of "The Jungle Book"in Chicago, as part of the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-13 subscription season, the Chicago theater announced.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 27, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Fulton Street Sessions" by TUTA Theatre Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Fulton Street Sessions" by TUTA Theatre Chicago ★★★ ... This little…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 26, 2012
Michael Shannon will return to A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago next season, the actor told the Tribune's Mark Caro in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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