Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The producers of the troubled Broadway musical "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" announced "a newly expanded creative team" Wednesday night and said they would push back their opening until "ea…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:40PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Meet John Doe" ★★½ Through April 17 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $38 at 773-327-5252 At the top of "Meet Jo…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:25PM[SHARE]The playwright Kristoffer Diaz, an inveterate Twitterer who loves to hit back at critics, is taking his tweets to the next level. Diaz has penned a new short play for Collaboraction that the…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:04PM[SHARE]The first national tour of Terry Johnson's 2010 widely admired Broadway revival of Jerry Herman's "La Cage Aux Folles" is headed to Chicago for Christmas, Broadway in Chicago has announced. …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Nina Metz reviews "The Dream Journal of Doctor Jekyll," as collaboratively written by seven playwrights, including director Bob Fisher.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:37AM[SHARE]The New York Times reports Tuesday morning that "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," the pathologically troubled musical, will again postpone its Broadway opening, likely until June. Assuming the…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:28AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Charles Newell, the artistic director of the Court Theatre, will direct a major Chicago revival of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" in spring 2012. The two-part epic, Newell said, will fea…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Night and Her Stars" ★★★ Through April 24 Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 773-283-7071 or www.…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:13PM[SHARE]Monday, March 7, 2011
"Circle Mirror Transformation" with Steve Key (Schultz), Carmen Roman (Marty), Lori Myers (Theresa) and Joe D. Lauck (James). THEATER REVIEW: "Circle Mirror Transformation" ★★â…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:30PM[SHARE]"Hair" previews Tuesday and opens Wednesday at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., and plays through March 20. Call 312-977-1700 or visit broadwayinchicago.com. When a Chicago iconocla…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:29PM[SHARE]"Ann," a new solo show about the colorful late Governor of Texas, is headed to Chicago. Subtitled "An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards," this one-woman show is the work of the actress H…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:08PM[SHARE]The WIlliamstown Theatre Festival has announced that David Cromer will direct Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Williamstown this summer. Jessica Hecht and Sam Rockwell will …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 6, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "Ethan Frome" ★★½ at the Lookingglass Theatre Company Like the hapless lovers in Emile Zola's throbbing "Therese Raquin," or the wound-tight cowboys in "Brokeb…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:19PM[SHARE]Friday, March 4, 2011
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel at an event Feb. 23. Emanuel recently spoke with the Tribune's Chris Jones about his arts vision for Chicago. (Tribune photo by Nancy Stone) In a wide-rangin…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:29PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Precious Little" ★★ Through April 2 at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St.; Running time: 1 hour, 20 minutes; Tickets: $25 at 312-742-8497and www.dcatheat…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 3, 2011
Myra Lucretia Taylor plays Mary in the Goodman production of the same name. "Mary" closes March 6 in the Goodman's Owen Theatre. When Myra Lucretia Taylor's agent sent over the script to a n…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:58PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Terminus" ★★★½ Through Sunday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes; Tickets: $35 at 312-397-…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 2, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "Working" ★★★½ Open run at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St.; Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes; Tickets: $67.50-$77.50 at …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Abena Joan Brown, who led the eta Creative Arts Foundation with a firm hand for some 40 years, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the organization she co-founded. Her success…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:57PM[SHARE]The first national tour of the Broadway revival of "West Side Story" will take up residence in Chicago in the heat of the summer. As directed by the author of its book, Arthur Laurents, the …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:51AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Master and Margarita" ★★★ Through April 2 at Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway; Running time: 2 hours, 35 minutes; Tickets: $20 at strawdog.org or 773…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Bruce Norris's "Clybourne Park," a satirical, race-tinged riff on Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" and a play that has enjoyed recent success in both New York and London, is finall…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "This" ★★★ Through March 27 Where: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Tickets: $15-$35 773-975-8150 or theaterwit.org Meliss…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:56PM[SHARE]Well it ain't the national tour. Nor, strictly speaking, a flash mob. But surely, Victor Hugo would approve.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:29PM[SHARE]Monday, February 28, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: Garage Rep at Steppenwolf Theatre, with "The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen" ★★★½ (by The Strange Tree Group); "Heddatron" ★★★ (above, b…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 07:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "That Was Then" ★★½ Through April 3 by Seanachai Theatre Company at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes; T…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:12PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Samuel J. and K." ★★½ Through March 13 (Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.) plus weekday matinees; Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.; Running time…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 27, 2011
Northlight Theatre will premiere a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher about the Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine. Called "Ten Chimneys" (as is the historic home that was their former …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 26, 2011
Earlier this week in the Tribune, Nina Metz looked in on Chicago's newest "Saturday Night Live" cast members.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:27PM[SHARE]Chicago's Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel attended the Off-Loop show "A Twist of Water" on Saturday night in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. "There was a genuine emotional charge when Rahm's prese…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:22PM[SHARE]Friday, February 25, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "A Twist of Water" ★★★★ Through March 20 Route 66 Theatre Company at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes; Tickets: $2…
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