Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Emerald City Theatre Company said Tuesday that it plans to build a custom-designed space that will allow it to produce theater for babies. Named the Emerald City Playhouse, the new theater w…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Stage Kiss" ★★½ Through June 5 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.; Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; Tickets: $25-$78 at 312-443-3800 or www.goodman…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]Darko Tresnjak, a director who has worked frequently at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and other Chicago theaters, is the new artistic director of Hartford Stage, the theater announced Monday. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:06AM[SHARE] Oprah Winfrey has long said she would love to return to acting. But as her iconic, Chicago-based talk show approaches its final episode, Winf…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2011
The musical "White Noise," an edgy show about a racist singing group, has posted its closing notice. The last performance at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago will be May 15.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:24PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Festen" ★★★★ Through June 11 at Steep Theatre Company, 1115 W. Berwyn Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $22 at 866-811-4111 and steept…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 5, 2011
Arthur Laurents, the legendary book writer of "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," and an indefatigable director of these and other works, has died, peacefully in his sleep, at the age of 93.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:01PM[SHARE]The Chicago Children's Theatre will stage a musical version of "Goodnight, Moon," the popular children's bedtime story by Margaret Wise Brown that was first published in 1947 and features be…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PM[SHARE]Playwright Sarah Ruhl listens as director Jessica Thebus speaks at a rehearsal for "Stage Kiss" at the Goodman Theatre. On Tuesday night at the Oriental Theatre, I watched a seemingly hesita…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:59PM[SHARE]Alice Ripley, the star of "Next to Normal," is expected back in the show at the Bank of America Theatre on Thursday night, Eileen LaCario, vice-president of Broadway in Chicago said on Thurs…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Peter Pan" ★★ Through June 19 at Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, 650 W. Chicago Ave.; Tickets: $25-$75 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com Threesixty Enter…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Spring Awakening" ★★ Through Sunday at Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes; Tickets: $27-$90 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinch…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PM[SHARE]Michelle Boone, the senior program officer for culture at the Joyce Foundation, is Chicago's new commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Read more here.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:10PM[SHARE]Bailiwick Chicago said Wednesday that is has snagged the rights for the Chicago premiere of the presidential Broadway rock musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" (book by Alex Timbers, music…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:07PM[SHARE]According to reports from readers, Alice Ripley, the star of the superb touring production of "Next to Normal" did not perform in Chicago on Tuesday night, nor last Saturday afternoon, nor l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Victory Gardens Theater has hired Chay Yew, a 46-year-old playwright and director who was born and raised in Singapore, to be its new artistic director. Yew, who is currently based in Ne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:59AM[SHARE]Lookingglass Theatre has won the Regional Tony; the theater is housed in the Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue. | PHOTO GALLERY | LIST OF TONY NOMINATIONS ' Chicago Fire and Eastlan…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Original Grease" ★★★½ Through June 26 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St.; Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes; Tickets: $45-$50 at 773-409…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:45PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Rantoul and Die" ★★½ Through May 22 by American Blues Theater in the Richard Christiansen Theater at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 1 hour,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:03PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The King and I" ★★½ Through June 5 by Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes; Tickets: $38 at 773-327-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:11PM[SHARE]Nina Metz reviews "Copperhead," the Civil War drama directed by Kathy Scambiatterra at the City Lit Theatre. And in her recent On the Fringe column, she takes a look at Theatre Ooblek's "The…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 30, 2011
"Peter Pan" is in previews and opens Wednesday, running through June 19 at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, 777 W. Chicago Ave.; $20-$75 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com. The pro…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Heartbreak House" ★★½ Through June 26 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe; Running time: 2 hours, 50 minutes; Tickets: $45-65 at 847-242-6000 or wri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:47PM[SHARE]Gilbert Gottfried is appearing at the Zanies comedy clubs, including 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. May 5 in Chicago (1548 N. Wells St.; $25 at 312-337-4027 and www.chicago.zanies.com); 8 and 10 p.m. Ma…
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"Stages, Sights & Sounds" runs May 3-15 at Northwestern University and the Museum of Contemporary Art; tickets $5-$11 at 312-494-9509 or chicagohumanities.org. The children's event is curate…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:30PM[SHARE](POSTED BY DOUG GEORGE) "A Twist of Water" starred Stef Tovar as Noah and Falashay Pearson as his adopted daughter Jira in its initial production at Theater Wit. It reopens May 1 through Jun…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:59PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Next to Normal" ★★★★ Through May 8 at Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; Tickets: $32 to $95 at 800-775-2000 and www.broadwayinchicago.com "C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Hypocrites, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre and Lifeline Theatre scored the most nominations in the non-Equity wing of the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which were announced Wednesday night. The …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00PM[SHARE]Baby It's You" plays on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St., New York; 212-239-6200 or www.babyitsyouonbroadway.com BROADWAY REVIEW NEW YORK " Oh, the wretched unfairness of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Cirque Eloize iD" ★★★ Through May 8 at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $20-$75 at 800-775-2000 or www.cirque-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:51PM[SHARE]All three current productions of "Million Dollar Quartet" (New York, London and Chicago) are to dim their marquees tonight in honor of one of the show's main producers, John Cossette, who di…
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