Friday, September 18, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Already Chicago theaters are planning virtual holiday productions in place of their usual cash cows like "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PMWednesday, September 16, 2020
The Big Ten is back in business this week, even as theaters remain shut and schooling remains on your screen. That exposes a whole lot of double-thinking.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:21PMIn a pandemic-era first, “Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It!” brings a story about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer out to the neighborhoods. Live, with music.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMTuesday, September 15, 2020
Chicago theater’s Jeff Awards on Tuesday announced the nominees for the 52nd annual awards for Equity theaters.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:36AMAs Samuel Beckett said, we must go on, and as Tony Kushner said, the world spins forward. These two playwrights weren't talking about the current moment, but they might have been. In this mo…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMMonday, September 14, 2020
Its 43rd season will be composed of online presentations, the virtual presentations of new work by five choreographers.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:57PMSunday, September 13, 2020
Friday, September 11, 2020
“Incidental Moments of the Day: The Apple Family: Life on Zoom" is free to watch, starring Steppenwolf's Sally Murphy in a quiet story worth watching.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:26PMThe core asset of Ayad Akhtar's "Homeland Elegies," his latest deeply moving autobiographical novel, is the complexity of its thinking, its innate understanding that seeing the absurdity of …
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMThursday, September 10, 2020
The longtime chief theater critic of the New York Times announced Thursday that he is stepping down.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:27AMWhen the pandemic forced all of live Chicago theater onto a screen, the Neos got it done. Next up for the small but thriving North Side company is ”45 Plays for America’s First Ladies.…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMWednesday, September 9, 2020
Chicago's grand old hotel has roots in the Chicago arts that run deep. Now it's in financial trouble. Lose the Palmer and we lose part of Chicago.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMMy picks for the best bets for Chicago theater are a blend of virtual and live, outdoor experiences.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMWednesday, September 2, 2020
The stage program at the Museum of Contemporary Art has announced two virtual programs for the fall, one of which involves an audience doing their own at-home performance.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PMChicago's Steppenwolf announces a season of virtual theater, with “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" still on the slate for a live staging in early 2021.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01PMTuesday, September 1, 2020
His play, "Deep Azure," involved an African-American police officer who panicked and shot a student. It was staged by Congo Square in 2005, with Boseman at the opening.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:43PMSunday, August 30, 2020
The 40-year-old company formerly known as Light Opera Works is known for classic musicals with full orchestras, and hopes to produce "Mamma Mia!" at the North Shore Center next summer.
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Some early favorites for this year's Tony Awards include "Moulin Rouge" and "Slave Play." But importantly, the virtual ceremony must be about more than competition.
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When will a Chicago theater put on that particular show in 2021? It hasn't said because it doesn't know. But this obstacle can actually be a big step forward.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:35AMTuesday, August 25, 2020
The Chicago theater company will create an online comedy series titled “Hit ‘Em on the Blackside.” Plus Steppenwolf announces radio play cast.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:30PMMonday, August 24, 2020
No opening dates, but show titles, including “As You Like It" with Beatles music. And audiences will be allowed on Navy Pier.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:35PMThursday, August 20, 2020
In Chicago, where summer is short, time is running out for the kinds of outdoor performances that have worked well in London and cities elsewhere.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMWednesday, August 19, 2020
His “George Gershwin Alone" played an extended run at the Royal George in 2005-06, and the live concert will benefit a number of theaters.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PMThis is our chance to reset, everyone! In the wake of the mess left by the pandemic, theaters and other cultural organizations will be forced to follow the calendar year with their seasons. …
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMTuesday, August 18, 2020
Chicago’s Goodman Theatre has announced plans for an eight-show season that the theater now hopes to complete within the first eight months of 2021.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:02PMChicago’s Sideshow Theatre Company changes leaders and founding artistic director Jonathan L. Green will remain with the company.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMSunday, August 16, 2020
The opening notes of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical sounded, the actors' masks fell away and an unspeakable moving show began at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London, the fi…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PMLori Dimun will be the new leader of Chicago's Harris Theater. She was formerly the theater's chief operating officer.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PMThursday, August 13, 2020
What is theater? What is TV? What does it mean if a new Broadway musical first screens on Netflix before it's seen live by a Broadway audience?
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30AMWednesday, August 12, 2020
The original George Washington in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" is doing an online concert from New York — that will be "presented by" and benefit Northlight Theatre as well as other non…
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