Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Sir Peter Hall, the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Sir Derek Jacobi, the illustrious English actor, are the artistic honorees at the upcoming Silver Jubilee Gala of the Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 26, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "Passing Strange" ★★★ Through May 29 by Bailiwick Chicago at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:30PM[SHARE]Carrie Coon (from left), Tracy Letts, Madison Dirks and Amy Morton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The revival of Edward Albee's play was directed by Pam MacKinnon in 2010 at the Steppe…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PM[SHARE]Hollis Resnik was one of the winners at last night's Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, D.C. The Chicago-based actress was honored for her role in Mary Zimmerman's "Candide," a co-production …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:54AM[SHARE]The lineup for the 2011 TBS Just For Laughs Festival (June 14-19 at various locations) has improved significantly: The festival announced Tuesday that the comedy heavyweights Steve Martin an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:18AM[SHARE]When the national tour of the Broadway revival of "La Cage Aux Folles" arrives in Chicago this holiday season, it will have George Hamilton in the lead role. The tanned one will play Georges.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01AM[SHARE]Monday, April 25, 2011
Steppenwolf Theatre said Monday that Jeff Garlin, the comedian with strong Chicago roots and well known for his work on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," will perform a solo show at the Steppenw…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]Ben Stiller and Edie Falco star in director David Cromer's Broadway production of "The House of Blue Leaves." BROADWAY REVIEW: "The House of Blue Leaves" at the Walter Kerr Theatre; 212-239-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Like Mormons, nuns are ideal subjects for musical theater. They seem likeable and wholesome, exotic yet familiar, and inherently optimistic. They sing in harmony as part of their …
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THEATER REVIEW 'Sister Act,' plays on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway. Call 212-239-6200, or visit Sisteractonbroadway.com. NEW YORK " Like Mormons, nuns are ideal subjects f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:44PM[SHARE]Nina Metz takes you backstage at Second City during the current hit revue, "South Side of Heaven," and looks forward to the upcoming Chicago Improv Festival.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:02PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 23, 2011
Douglas Alan-Mann, the former artistic director of the Chicago Theatre Company died Friday, his longtime friend and colleague David Barr III said on Satuday. Alan-Mann had fought a long batt…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:58AM[SHARE]"The Original Grease," currently in previews, opens May 1 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St. Tickets are $45-$50 at 773-409-4125 or www.atcweb.org TOURING THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "The Madness of George III" ★★★½ Through June 12 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes; Ticke…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:11PM[SHARE]The New Colony is this year's official "emerging theater," as designated by the League of Chicago Theatres with support from Broadway in Chicago. The membership of the League, a trade and lo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2011
Michael Weber, a longtime Chicago actor and the former artistic director of both Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind. and the former Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre, is the new artistic dir…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:32PM[SHARE]Nina Metz has the Tribune's guide to the 14th Annual Chicago Improv Festival, which begins Monday and runs through next weekend at about a dozen venues around town.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PM[SHARE]"Next to Normal," with Curt Hansen, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers, is playing through May 8 at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; $32-$95 at www.broadwayinchicago.com As Broadway t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:04PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Arnie the Doughnut" ★★★ Through May 15 at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave.; Running time: 1 hour; Tickets: $12 at 773-761-4477 or www.lifelinetheatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that it will add a world premiere to its 2011-12 season: "Fish Men," a play about urban "chess hustlers" by the Puerto Rican playwright Candido Tirado. Sla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00PM[SHARE]As expected, Cirque Shanghai is returning to Navy Pier this summer. The 2011 show, featuring the usual Chinese cast and this year titled "Cirque Shanghai Extreme," will begin performances Ju…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2011
American Theater Company and About Face Theatre will collaborate next season on the first major Chicago production of "Rent," the two theaters have jointly announced. The Jonathan Larson mus…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Merrily We Roll Along" ★★★ Through May 7 at Karger Center, 1850 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park; Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; Tickets: $30 at 847-579-49…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01PM[SHARE]Monday, April 18, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "The Mandrake" ★★ Through May 22 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 312-943-8722 or aredorchidtheat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:54PM[SHARE]Bruce Norris, a playwright with ties to Chicago, has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in drama for "Clybourne Park," a satire about real estate and race set on the city's North Side. The London p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:16PM[SHARE]Dixie has elongated her Chicago engagement. "Dixie's Tupperware Party" is swimming in enough plastic to keep the lights on longer. The show, performed by Kris Andersson, will now play the Ro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:38AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 17, 2011
THEATER REVIEW 'The Front Page' ««« Through June 12 at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave.; running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; tickets: $28-$38 at 773-281-8463 or timelinetheat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:37PM[SHARE]Chicago's Mayor Elect Rahm Emanuel took in the Goodman Theatre's production of "God of Carnage" Saturday night. And so did Michael Shannon, the A Red Orchid Theatre ensemble member who was r…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Metal Children" ★★ Through May 8 at Next Theatre, Evanston.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes; Tickets: $25-$40 at 847-475-1875 and www.nextheatre.org Aside…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:19AM[SHARE]Chicago's Eclipse Theatre has begun its season celebrating the work of playwright Naomi Wallace. Nina Metz reviews the first of those shows, "One Flea Spare."
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