Tuesday, February 14, 2017
After 10 years at the helm of Hubbard Street Dance Company, Jason D. Palmquist will step down as executive director at the end of the company’s 39th season, HSDC announced Tuesday. Palmqui…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:57PMAmerican Players Theatre, Spring Green's outdoor theater in southern Wisconsin, announced its 38th season Tuesday. Running June 10-Oct. 22, the lineup includes eight plays in repertory an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMMilwaukee Repertory Theater announced its 2017-18 season, featuring an 11-show subscription series, on Tuesday. The Quadracci Powerhouse opens with "Guys and Dolls" (Sept. 19-Oct. 29, 2017)…
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Firebrand Theatre, the new Equity musical theater company committed to creating opportunities for women on and off stage, announced its inaugural season Monday. The company's premiere produ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:03PMWho's to blame for the ongoing demise of print media? The editorial assistants in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize finalist "Gloria" have some ideas. In this Showcase video, filmed a…
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The Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe has joined the Gift Theatre's ensemble, the Equity storefront theater company announced Wednesday. Rabe's play "Good for Otto," about the charac…
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The University of Illinois at Chicago will soon stage David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" in a way you've likely never seen it before — with women in the starring roles. Derrick Sanders,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:32PMAmerican Theater Company announced the cast of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Picnic" Monday, which will be lead by Molly Brennan as Hal. The full cast includes Robert Cornelius as …
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Music Theater Works, formerly Light Opera Works, announced its 2017 season Friday. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" (June 3-11) will open the season. MTW will present the Royal National Theater…
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced another slate of new programming for "LookOut," the company’s year-round multi-genre performance series, on Thursday. At the beginning of March is "Vo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:47PMA memorial has been planned for Jane Alderman, the influential Chicago casting director who died in October. "A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Jane Alderman" will be held March 20 at …
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Sideshow Theatre Company announced the 22-member cast of Debbie Tucker Green's "Truth and Reconciliation" Wednesday. The production will feature E'Mon Lauren Black, Latrel Crawford, Ashley C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:45PMPorchlight Music Theatre will perform its 2017-18 season at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, the Equity musical theater company announced Wednesday. Porchlight, which has previously been …
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Abby Mueller will be the second from her Chicago family to lead the Broadway company of "Beautiful," it was announced Monday. Abby will play the title role in the Carole King jukebox mus…
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Almost a year ago, Selina Fillinger sat down at an Evanston cafe with a coffee, a notepad and her nerves. She had a meeting with Northlight Theatre artistic director BJ Jones about "Faceless…
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Adam Jacobs, Broadway's original Aladdin in the Disney musical with flying carpet rides, wish-granting genies and catchy tunes like "A Whole New World," will reprise the title role in the No…
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The Marriott Theatre announced the cast of its season opener "Mamma Mia!" Tuesday. Danni Smith and Tiffany Tatreau will star as mother-daughter-duo Donna Sheridan and Sophie Sheridan, respe…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:26PMBill T. Jones, the Broadway choreographer, dancer and theater director, will make a Chicago appearance at the DuSable Museum of African American History at the end of the month. Jones, a…
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There are now two opportunities to "Spend the Night With Billy Crystal" in Chicago. It was announced Friday that Crystal will add a second performance of his show at the Chicago Theatre. T…
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The Gift Theatre announced the cast of Mona Mansour’s "Unseen" Wednesday. The production stars Brittany Burch as Mia and Alexandra Main as Jane, both ensemble members, with Ashley Agbay as…
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Mercury Theater Chicago announced the cast of the Tony Bennett revue "I Left My Heart" Wednesday. Paying tribute to the crooner with hits like "Put on a Happy Face" and, yes, "I Left My H…
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The Actors Gymnasium will stage a world premiere loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's short story "The Three Questions," the company announced Wednesday. Titled "Quest," the circus-theater product…
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The Theater Loop wishes you a merry little Christmas and a happy holiday season. In this Showcase video, Dara Cameron and Michael Mahler, currently starring in American Blues Theater's radi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:37PMTake a trip under the water (where it's hotter, ah) this holiday season with Paramount Theatre's "The Little Mermaid." This week's Showcase features Jonathan Butler-Duplessis as Sebastian …
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The House Theatre of Chicago has added seven new members to its ensemble, the company announced Tuesday. The new company members include Kara Davidson, Elana Elyce, Ben Hertel, Derek Matson…
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Casting is complete for the world premiere of "The Snare," Jackalope Theatre Company announced Wednesday. Written by Samantha Beach, "The Snare" follows an average eighth-grader who believes…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:29PMPhilip Dawkins' "Charm," which premiered in Chicago, will open MCC Theater's season in the fall, the off-Broadway company announced Wednesday. Will Davis, artistic director of Chicago's Ame…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:27PMNo "Hamilton" tickets in your stocking this year? Chicago theaters are here to cheer you up with holiday spirit. And remind you that there are a number of shows up and running with ticket …
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Richard E. Grant and Lisa O’Hare will star as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle in the Lyric Opera production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s "My Fair Lady," the company announc…
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Artistic director Robert Falls will not direct Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" in the spring as previously announced, the Goodman Theatre announced Monday. Artistic associate and producer…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:49PMFrom the grubby, self-serving Templeton in "Charlotte's Web" to the "1984" rats that carried out Big Brother's deeds in Room 101, rats in pop culture have a bad rep. Then there's the real-li…
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