Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Raven Theatre both have announced cancellations of upcoming productions due to COVID and public health concerns.
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For all the things Chicago is famous for, let puppetry be on the list, and puppetry’s biggest event on the calendar is the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
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The Goodman Theatre has canceled the rest of the run of its holiday show “A Christmas Carol,” the theater announced late Monday.
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The Joffrey Ballet announced Thursday that it was canceling the remainder of its performances of “The Nutcracker” at the Lyric Opera House because of COVID-19.
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The titles you’ll likely know — the musicals “The King and I” and “A Chorus Line” and the play “Steel Magnolias” — but that’s with a reason.
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The holiday show “A Christmas Carol” has been suspended at the Goodman Theatre through Friday, according to an announcement Tuesday from the theater, after a COVID-19 exposure within the…
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The touring musical “Pretty Woman,” which had been slated to play though Sunday at the CIBC Theatre in the Loop, has had to cancel the rest of its Chicago performances.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00PMThe Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced Friday it must cancel its performances of “Cinderella” this weekend because of COVID cases in the cast and crew.
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“Skates” will be the first show in the newly renovated Studebaker Theater; 'Pooh' is told with puppets.
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Dim the lights, ready Glinda’s flying soap bubble, cue “Defying Gravity” — the musical Wicked is coming back to Chicago next fall.
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The Apollo Theater Chicago on Lincoln Avenue is lit again with live shows, now with the comedy musical “Love Actually?” and continuing in the spring, including with a show titled “Frie…
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced its 2021-22 season, titled “RE/CHARGE,” the 44th for the company and the first under the artistic direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Victory Gardens Theater has announced its upcoming season at the Biograph in Lincoln Park. The slate will feature three mainstage productions including a world premiere and will begin with …
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“When Harry Met Rehab,” a new comedy about sobriety, has been announced for the Greenhouse Theater Center starring Dan Butler of “Frasier” fame.
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The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its upcoming season, its first under new artistic director Lanise Antoine Shelley.
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Writers Theatre has announced its 2021-2022 season, with four plays for live audiences at the theater in Glencoe for its 30th anniversary.
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To get back on stage in front of live audiences, or not? That remains the pressing question for many of Chicago’s smaller and midsized nonprofit theaters. Raven Theatre in the Edgewater ne…
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Shakes in the Parks has always prized entertainment over iambic pentameter, and with that in mind, this year’s “Dream: A Community Reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be l…
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Chicago’s Den Theatre has announced some big comedic names for fall 2021, including Maria Bamford, Nick Kroll and Cameron Esposito.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMA large number of Chicago-area theaters and performing arts companies, led by the League of Chicago Theatres, announced Tuesday morning they will require COVID-19 precautions including proof…
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Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has announced titles for the company’s 2021-22 season, with the opening production, Jason Robert Brown’s “Songs For a New World,” directed by artistic dir…
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Tickets go on sale at noon Aug. 11 for a special appearance by TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi.
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Porchlight Music Theatre returns to live performances in late October at the Ruth Page Center for Arts with “Pump Boys & Dinettes.”
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Hot Tix, that Chicago answer to discounted theater tickets, will reopen Aug. 11, according to the League of Chicago Theatres. On sale: Select performances of Broadway In Chicago’s upcoming…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMIts late-night show “The Infinite Wrench" is back soon. The season also includes a planned collaboration with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and the world premiere of a …
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About Face Theatre, dedicated to stories about gender and sexuality, is planning to return to live, in-person theater in March 2022 at the Den Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:26PMHell in a Handbag Productions is back on stage with its unduplicated, uncopiable theatrical celebration of camp and parody, including a murder mystery, “Christmas Dearest” and a whole ne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:20PMTimeLine Theatre Company is making progress on its new home in the Uptown neighborhood and the theater’s managing director Elizabeth K. Auman will step away from her current role to focus …
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Pazdernik has previously been producing associate and company manager with Porchlight Music Theatre.
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Chicago Dancers United announced the full lineup on Thursday for the 30th anniversary of Dance for Life, coming to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in late August.
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