Wednesday, February 18, 2015
TimeLine Theatre Company announced its 2015-16 season on Wednesday. Three of the four plays " all of of which are very much in TimeLine's wheelhouse of historical, socio-political work " hav…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
Dancer-actor Lucas Segovia, who plays Bernardo in Drury Lane Theatre's production of "West Side Story," stopped by Tribune Tower last week to teach reporter Jenniffer Weigel some mambo moves…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2015
More casting was announced on Wednesday for Lyric Opera's spring production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II"s musical "Carousel."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:49PM[SHARE]Actors Alec Baldwin, Alfre Woodard and hip-hop composer Ali Shaheed Muhammad will take the stage of the Black Ensemble Theater to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Louder Than A Bomb, the an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:12PM[SHARE]"A Steady Rain" playwright Keith Huff will premiere a new play at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a spokesman for the production said on Wednesday.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Two new works by choreographer Twyla Tharp will be performed in Chicago this fall as part of a multi-city tour celebrating Tharp's 50-year career, it was announced on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Newsman Anderson Cooper and late-night host Andy Cohen will take the Chicago Theatre stage this spring for a friendly talk, a representative for the tour said Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Mark L. Montgomery and Jennifer Coombs in "Rapture, Blister, Burn," a comedy by Gina Gionfriddo currently playing the Goodman Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2015
Two musicals by composer Henry Krieger, "Side Show" and "Dreamgirls," will bookend Porchlight Music Theatre's new season. A spokesman announced the company's full 2015-16 lineup on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:01AM[SHARE]Two musicals by composer Henry Krieger, "Side Show" and "Dreamgirls," will bookend Porchlight Music Theatre's new season. A spokesman announced the company's full 2015-16 lineup on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Choreographer and director Tommy Tune will receive the JUBA! Award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project at its Jubalee Gala in July, the company announced Wednesday. Aside from his tall sta…
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Judith Roberts ("Orange Is The New Black") in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Broadway-bound production of "Airline Highway" by Lisa D'Amour.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:15PM[SHARE]This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is Judith Roberts ("Orange Is The New Black") in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Broadway-bound production of "Airline Highway" by Lisa D'Amour.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Marcus Gardley's drama "A Wonder in My Soul," which was to be performed in April at Victory Gardens Theater, will be replaced by a different Marcus Gardley drama, a spokeswoman for the theat…
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American Blues Theater announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday. The three plays and one musical will be performed at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln Park where the company is in re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2015
It's been over six months since the mammoth ill-fated arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" was set to play the United Center. That 51-city tour, of cours…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:05PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2015
A notable group of stage and screen artists will celebrate the life of Sheldon Patinkin, the theater artist and teacher who died Sept. 21, it was announced on Friday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2015
More key casting was announced for Lyric Opera's spring production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Carousel" on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 14, 2015
A memorial for Julia Neary, the DePaul University professor and theater artist who died Jan. 3, will be held Saturday Jan. 24 at the Merle Reskin Theatre, a representative for DePaul said on…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PM[SHARE]Writers Theatre artistic director Michael Halberstam will direct Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" for the young Definition Theatre Company, a spokeswoman for the production said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PM[SHARE]Casting was announced for "Louis & Keely 'Live' at The Sahara" on Wednesday. Produced by Hershey Felder, the musical show is set to begin performances at the Royal George Theatre in March.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
An opening act of the inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, "Freeze!," has been cancelled two days before it was set to begin performances at Chicago Shakespeare Theater o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:11PM[SHARE]Casting for The Hypocrites's productions of "Endgame" " coming hot on the heels of its currently-running Gilbert and Sullivan repertory " and "The Three Sisters" was announced on Monday.
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