Thursday, July 20, 2017
Strawdog Theatre Company announced its 30th season Thursday, the first to take place at the company's new home on Berenice Avenue. First up is the previously announced Chicago premiere of …
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Theatre at the Center, Northwest Indiana's Equity theater company, announced its 2018 mainstage season Wednesday. Artistic director Linda Fortunato will direct the season opener "Steel Mag…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:17PMKate Baldwin and Kate Shindle, Broadway stars and alumni of Northwestern University, are both 2017 winners of the The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago's Actor of the Year Award. Baldwin re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:25PMThe Neo-Futurists are adding five new members to the ensemble, the first to join since the company launched its new late-night show "The Infinite Wrench," it was announced Wednesday. The n…
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Broken Nose Theatre's hit remount of "At the Table" is extending again after selling out six weeks of performances, the company announced Monday. Written by Michael Perlman and directed by…
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The Gift Theatre's 2018 season will include a world premiere from Stacy Amma Osei-Kuffour, a Chicago premiere from the Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe and a modern take on "Hamlet,"…
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Women in Comedy will host the first free interactive conference related to topics concerning visibility and equity for women in the industry, the non-profit group announced Thursday. Titled …
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The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has cancelled Wednesday night's performance of "The Bridges of Madison County" due to severe flooding. Thursday and Friday performances are also cancelle…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:11PMGrammy Award-winning opera singer Thomas Young will join the cast of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's concert reading of "Standup Shakespeare," it was announced Wednesday. Young, who was in t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:53PMThe New York premiere of Alex Lubischer's "Bobbie Clearly" will open as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground season in the spring, it was announced Wednesday. Americ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:12PMTuesday, July 11, 2017
Mercury Theater Chicago announced the cast of its upcoming production of "Hair," running July 27-Sept. 17. The '60s rock musical by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, with music by Galt MacDermot,…
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Chicago-area native Nick Offerman will bring his stand-up show back home this winter, it was announced Monday. The comedian, writer and woodworker, known from NBC's "Parks and Recreation,"…
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Steep Theatre Company announced its 2017-18 season Monday, including a Chicago premiere from Ayad Akhtar, a world premiere from Calamity West and another collaboration with the Tony Award wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:11PMThursday night, the cast of Griffin Theatre Company's "Ragtime" prepared for another show at the Den Theatre in Wicker Park. They knew they would be singing the songs and saying the lines …
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Lila Neugebauer will direct the New York premiere of Tracy Letts' "Mary Page Marlowe," Second Stage Theater has announced. Letts' play, which received its world premiere in Chicago at Step…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:01PMThis week's Showcase features a song from Writers Theatre's production of the Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's "Parade," the 1998 musical based on the real-life trial and eventual lynchi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:33PMSkokie's Northlight Theatre announced complete casting for its 2017-18 season Thursday. Matthew Lopez's "The Legend of Georgia McBride" (Sept. 14-Oct. 22), about an Elvis impersonator tur…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus took its final bows in May but, in true circus fashion, the show will go on once more for a one-weekend-only reunion at Circus World in Baraboo, Wis…
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced complete casting for the "The Rembrandt" and "The Crucible," the first two shows in the company's 2017-18 season. The Chicago premiere of "The Rembr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:07PMAnother kitchen sink drama about a dysfunctional family is opening this weekend at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. There are the usual markers — American angst, middle-class tensions, Amy Mor…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PMThe students of West Beverly High are transferring to Chicago this fall. "90210: The Musical" will open at the Broadway Playhouse in September, Broadway in Chicago announced Wednesday. Bille…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:12AMLaurie Metcalf is closing the door on the Broadway production of "A Doll's House, Part 2," producer Scott Rudin announced Wednesday. Beginning July 25, Metcalf, a Steppenwolf ensemble me…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:35AMFriday, June 30, 2017
The reimagined production of Court Theatre's "Iphigenia in Aulis" is set to premiere this fall in the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater at the Getty Villa in California. "Iphigenia,…
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Court Theatre has announced the cast of Clarke Peters' "Five Guys Named Moe," the first production in the company's 2017-18 season. The five Moes include: Stephen Allen as Nomax, Darrian F…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PM"Knife to the Heart: The Circumcision Comedy" will snip its way to Chicago next spring in a production directed by Gary Griffin, it was announced Tuesday. The new Stan Zimmerman and Christia…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMTuesday, June 27, 2017
Casting is complete for Windy City Playhouse's production of Gina Gionfriddo's "Becky Shaw," the Irving Park company announced Tuesday. Theo Allyn will star in the title role with Michael Do…
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This week's Showcase features a song from the touring production of Bartlett Sher's 2015 Lincoln Center revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "The King and I," now playing in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:24PMTeatro Vista's "La Havana Madrid" will come to life again this summer at the Goodman Theatre, the company announced Monday. Following runs at Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 1700 Theatre an…
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Donica Lynn, the Tribune's 2016 Chicagoan of the year in theater, will present her fifth annual benefit concert "Today’s a Good Day - Walk With Me" on Monday. Slated for 8 p.m. at The Merc…
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Other Theatre, previously known as Other Theatre Company, announced its 4th season Thursday. In the fall, Kelly Howe will direct the world premiere of Martin Zimmerman’s "The Making of a M…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:15PMLatino theater companies from Latin America, the Caribbean and Chicago will come together to present "Destinos," the first Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, it was announced Thu…
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