Friday, March 27, 2015
The Hypocrites announced its 2015-16 season on Friday. A longer-than-usual lineup for this theater company, it features remounts of three popular productions of the past four years, plus a p…
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Griffin Theatre Company’s next show will be playwright Conor McPherson’s adaptation of “The Birds,” a spokesman for the theater said on Wednesday.
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Sean Graney will adapt and direct another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but for the first time not with The Hypocrites, the Chicago theater company where he is artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:16PMSean Graney will adapt and direct another Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but for the first time not with The Hypocrites, the Chicago theater company where he is artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:16PMLookingglass Theatre Company filled in the gaps of its 2015-16 season on Tuesday. The three-play roster will begin with a new, previously announced adaptation of “Treasure Island” by Mar…
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Kokandy Productions announced its 2016 season on Monday, while also appending its 2015 season with a third production.
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Last week, the high school August Wilson Monologue Competition was held at the Goodman Theatre.
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The Auditorium Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday. Of particular note is the previously announced Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour, which will incude two new works by the reno…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced the cast of its upcoming production of Cole Porter’s tap-dance-filled musical comedy “Anything Goes” on Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMHell in a Handbag Productions, the proudly campy Andersonville theater company, announced its 2015-16 season on Thursday.
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A new musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” will be featured in Lifeline Theatre’s 2015-16 season. The theater's full lineup was announced on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMVictory Gardens Theater announced its 2015-16 roster on Wednesday. The theater’s 41st season includes five plays, four of which are new to Chicago.
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This week’s Theater Loop Showcase video is George Toles and Greg Foster in “The Full Monty,” staged by Kokandy Productions at Theater Wit.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMFour musicals from four different eras will take the stage of Paramount Theatre in Aurora next season. Paramount announced its 2015-16 slate on Tuesday.
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Writers Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Monday — the first to be performed in its new Studio Gang-designed theater on Tudor Court. The inaugural show in the Alexandra C. and John D…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:17PMActors Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Thomas Grant chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert in which they both starr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PMLinda Bloodworth-Thomason, creator of the television series “Designing Women” and book writer of the new musical comedy “First Wives Club,” chatted with theater critic Chris Jones l…
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Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” on Wednesday.
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This week’s Theater Loop Showcase is the National Theatre of Scotland’s “Dunsinane,” currently playing Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Actress Rumer Willis chatted with theater critic Chris Jones this week about the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theaterical concert in which Willis stars.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
This week’s Theater Loop Showcase is “The Royale,” a new play by Marco Ramirez (a writer of “Orange Is The New Black”) at American Theater Company.
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Casting was announced on Thursday for the Broadway production of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “Airline Highway,” which ended its Chicago run on Valentine's Day.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMCasting was announced on Thursday for the Broadway production of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “Airline Highway,” which ended its Chicago run on Valentine's Day.
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Film star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered around the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AMFilm star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered on the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in Chi…
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The Hypocrites will begin its new season with the Green Day musical “American Idiot” this fall, the theater company announced on Monday.
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