Friday, November 18, 2011
What happens in Amsterdam stays in Amsterdam. At least, that’s what should have been the case for Matt (Dan Behrendt), Davis (Dereck Garner) and a mysterious redhead named Christina (S…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:35AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
This article (which is technically a blog post — ironic, given the subject matter of the piece) by Michael Kaiser, president, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has been m…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:45AMSunday, November 13, 2011
“This is the first show I’ve done in my 13 years performing at Davenports that is perfectly themeless,” said the effervescent Joan Curto of her new cabaret show, “Thi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:09AMAssisted Living, a new play by Deirdre O’Connor, is a tender domestic drama about a woman struggling to rediscover herself in a life consumed by taking care of her ailing mother. Reall…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:51AMSaturday, November 12, 2011
Obviously, this blog post has absolutely nothing to do with Chicago theatre (though, I technically saw this move in a theatre in Chicago, so there’s that). But Lars Von Trier’s m…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:34AMThursday, November 10, 2011
Hershey Felder is a talented man. He can play piano virtuosically (that’s a word, right?). He can command a stage. He knows how to establish a mood through carefully modulated delivery…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:21AMTuesday, November 8, 2011
Let’s face it: we’re a facebook society. I’m addicted to it, as I’m sure you are, too. So, CTA now has a facebook presence. I hope to use this facebook page to engage…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:01PMJeff Award winner Harry Groener in ChiShakes’ “The Madness of George III.” First off: congrats to all the Equity Jeff winners! Some thoughts: The shockers: SteppenwolfR…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:33PMMonday, November 7, 2011
Get ready for some random theatre-y thoughts: Sondheim gets his ChiShakes on: After receiving the Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement on Sunday morning, the man himself v…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:28PMFriday, November 4, 2011
Sophia Menendian, Antoine Pierre Whitfield and John Steinhagen in Raven Theatre’s “Bus Stop” I admire Raven Theatre for many reasons. The staff and actors all seem to love …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 09:09PMWednesday, November 2, 2011
I’ll admit it: I had pretty low expectations going into The Doyle and Debbie Show. The only thing that convinced me to check it out was the insistent Katy Walsh of Chicago Now’s…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 11:29AMTuesday, November 1, 2011
If you truly want to experience Chicago like a local, then you should know the secrets us locals use to get the best seats when attending Chicago theatre. Find out how in my latest Chicago L…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:55PMFriday, October 28, 2011
Carolyn Klein as Miss Neal (Left) & Elizabeth Bagby as Miss Emery in The Strange Tree Group’s The Spirit Play. Photo by Tyler Core. Do you believe in ghosts? My partner is an extreme s…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:00AMMonday, October 24, 2011
Do you like Halloween? Do you like musicals (with a little cheesy pop thrown in)? Then you’ll most certainly enjoy Catalyst Cabaret‘s new Halloween show (which sadly only has one…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:03AMTuesday, October 18, 2011
Check out my latest Chicago Like a Local blog post on Halloween-happy theatre options in Chicago: As Halloween creeps upon us, there are many kooky, dark, macabre and spine-chilling theatric…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:24AMMonday, October 17, 2011
Actually, I hate fishing. But Chicago Theatre Addict is taking a pause for a bit as lifely obligations take center stage. Back in a week or so! As always, thanks for reading.
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:10AMFriday, October 14, 2011
OMG are you sick of me writing about this stupid show yet? Well, there’s the door, kiddo. No, that’s the closet. Nope, that’s the way to the robot collection. Oh gosh. Neve…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:54PMThursday, October 13, 2011
Susan Moniz as Sally Durant Plummer in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s “Follies” Something magical’s happening on Navy Pier, and it’s not the weekly fireworks spe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:12PMTuesday, October 11, 2011
Have you ever wrapped a towel around your head as a makeshift turban and emoted “With One Look” into a mirror, or longed for the day the word would accept a tall, white guy playing Effie…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:15PMSunday, October 9, 2011
Terri White (center) leads the cast of “Follies” in “Who’s That Woman?” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) From the moment you enter the cavernous Marquis Theatre, the…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:18PMBetty Buckley’s new cabaret act is now playing at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency through Oct 29. Betty Buckley loves men. And in a pair of glittery silver heels balanced by her ele…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:00PMFriday, October 7, 2011
Betty Buckley’s new cabaret act is now playing at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. Hello lovlies! I’m in NYC for a few days, and have a full theatre schedule lined up, featuri…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:07PMThursday, October 6, 2011
My sister, Heather, is an amazing woman. A tenured chemistry professor by the age of 34. A mother of an amazingly adorable 1 year old boy. Wife of an equally awesome husband — also a c…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:31PMFriday, September 30, 2011
After a long day and even longer week, how lovely to encounter this on the Red Line’s Lake stop. And thanks to my trusty iPhone, I could share it with you all. Stop, take a moment and …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:56PMThursday, September 29, 2011
Patrick Andrews and Edward Gero get to work in John Logan’s “Red.” The creation of art is a daunting thing. Not only is the process most usually taxing (especially if the c…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:38PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
Yesterday, I noticed a significant — and seemingly out of the blue — spike of new twitter followers. So, I did a little digging and discovered I’d been listed as “The…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:07PMBrick (Eric Lindahl) can’t face his wife, Maggie (Jeremy Myers) in Hell in a Handbag’s “Pussy on the House” by Ryan Landry. (Photo by Rick Aguilar Studios) What happe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:15PMSunday, September 25, 2011
The cast of New Colony’s “Frat,” from the 2009 production. Photo by Anne Petersen. I was in a fraternity in college. Ok, so it was a music fraternity. Still, there were rit…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:05AMSaturday, September 24, 2011
Got this press release in my box. I’m all for supporting new musical works, especially when the support of new works supports worthy nonprofit organizations — in this case, The T…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:00PMRon Raines and Bernadette Peters (and their ghostly counterparts) in the Broadway production of “Follies.” (Photo © Joan Marcus) The challenge: To see two productions of Follies…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:55AMFriday, September 23, 2011
Mark Montgomery and Kate Fry in Victory Garden’s “In the Next Room or the vibrator play” One simple moment in Sarah Ruhl’s In The Next Room, or the vibrator play par…
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